Travel Today with Peter Greenberg--San Juan, Puerto Rico

What this episode covers

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from San Juan Water & Beach Club Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Joining Peter Greenberg on the show will be Nuria Sebazco, TV Reporter for Telemundo Puerto Rico, with a front line report on the Zika virus and its impact on tourism. Professor Luis Agrait, History Department Chair at The University Puerto Rico, stops by to talk about diversity in Puerto Rico and the blending of cultures, as well as the food that’s come from that. Andy Rivera, Founder of the Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawings Society, discusses the volunteer base of the program, and gives insight into the many special and little known tours the program offers. Chef Wilo Benet, Chef and Owner of Pikayo, a restaurant spanning 27 years, explains what distinguishes Puerto Rican cuisine from other flavors—detailing why flavorful doesn’t necessarily mean outrageously spicy. Finally, Celina Nogueras Cuevas, writer, cultural creator, and trend forecaster, talks about street art and the local scene of entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico. There’s all of this and much more as Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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