- TURY.CLUB
- Tourist Objects
- Puerto Rico
- Ponce
- Hacienda Buena Vista
In 1833, a Spaniard who emigrated from Venezuela to Puerto Rico bought a large plot of fertile land in the hills north of Ponce. He built a beautiful two-story main house, slave huts, farm buildings and buildings for storing and processing crops. Hacienda soon became a major producer of coffee, grain and other products. His son and grandson turned this farm into one of the most innovative farms on the island with a machine powered by a neighboring 100-foot waterfall. By 1900, a series of hurricanes brought the farm to a standstill, and gradually Hacienda Buena Vista fell into decay and was abandoned. In 1984, it was bought and restored by the Conservation Trust Fund. Visiting a farm today is a trip to the past. This is a "working" coffee plantation that shows rural life in the 19th century Puerto Rico. The owners donated much of the furnishings, and the foundation bought the rest of the antiques.
