San Juan, Puerto Rico is a melting pot of cultures - TaÃno (Native Indian), Spanish, African, and North American. They converge in the food, music, language, architecture, religion, lifestyles, arts, and crafts.
Things to do in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Alcaldia (City Hall)
Built in stages from 1604 to 1789 and resembling the city hall in Madrid, Spain, this government building also houses a tourist information center and a small gallery of rotating exhibitions. Best Western Puerto Rico lodging is nearby. Call 787-791-5263 for more information.
Bacardi Rum Plant
Take a 45-minute tour of the world's largest rum distillery, Bacardi Museum, and be rewarded with a tasty sample at the end of your visit. Call 787-791-5263 for more information.
Captain Duck Tours
Come aboard Captain Duck Tours for San Juan’s only land and sea adventure! The versatile (and amphibious) duck boat (and bus) offers up-close views of the historic seaport city’s land and sea attractions. Tours average 90 minutes. Call 787-725-0077 for more information.
Casa Blanca
Built in 1521 as a home for Governor Juan Ponce de Leon, today this historic landmark contains two interesting museums of Indian and colonial artifacts. Call 787-791-5263 for more information.
El Morro (Castillo de San Felipe del Morro
Constructed to defend the San Juan coastline during the 17th and 18th centuries, this dramatic fortress rises 140 feet above the sea on a rocky promontory, and is composed of six huge levels of ramps, barracks, dungeons, turrets, towers and tunnels. Call 787-791-5263 for more information.
Las Tortugas Adventures, Inc.
Las Tortugas Adventures, get off the beaten path and explore a side of Puerto Rico the few see. Kayak along stunning coastlines in tropical blue waters. Discover mangrove forests, bioluminescent bays, hidden beaches, and coral reefs teeming with sea-life. Adventures you will remember forever.
Old San Juan
Consisting of 400 restored buildings from the 16th- and 17th-century Spanish colonial period, this area in San Juan is steeped in history with an old-world and romantic European charm. Call 787-791-5263 for more information.
San Juan Cathedral
Built in 1540 and the site where the body of Ponce de Leon is entombed, the the Catedral de San Juan is an authentic and rare New World example of medieval architecture Call 787-791-5263 for more information.