On the edge of the Carite Forest, the adults-only El Pretexto is a wooden farmhouse and Puerto Rico’s first culinary farm lodge. Naturally food plays an integral role at this property, which features an organic garden and small forest of fruit-bearing trees. Book ahead through the website or Airbnb to stay here or to dine at their bimonthly pop-up dinners.
The pop-up dinners are a sight to behold as locals and travelers rub elbows around the long picnic-style table. The wooden decks give sweeping views over the mountains of Cayey, all the way down to the southern coast of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Sea. With a cool mountain breeze blowing through, sunsets are nothing short of magical.