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Private Historic Old San Juan Sightseeing and Walking Experience
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Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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If there is a tour every visitor and traveler must do before even trying to walk our old city’s street, this will be it!
This tour was curated with comfort and as little walking as posible in mind, and it is the single tour every and anyone should do to avoid wasting hours looking for the landmarks, buildings and walking under the scorching sun trying to discover it’s history.
In it your driver and guide will take you in a route through the 80+ main buildings and landmarks and a journey in time telling you about the city’s history in short and precise way as he drives you slowly through the narrow and colorful streets of our historic walled city.
Depending the lenght you choose, you will...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Bottled water
WiFi on board
Air-conditioned vehicle
Gratuities
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
Travelers arriving in cruises should meet us at the lobby of the Condado Vaderbilt by the right side of the lobby.
Return
Itinerary
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Old San Juan
Your guide will drive you around the city and give you a detailed introduction to Puerto Rico's history and tell you about every main landmark. Your guide will allow you to have several stops where you can walk and take pictures while experiencing our old city.
2 hours
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Castillo de San Cristobal
Largest fort ever built by any empire in the new world
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Plaza Colon
Columbus welcomes every visitor comminh by land to our Old San Juan.
4
Luis Munoz Rivera Park
Park dedicated to our George Washington figure Luis Muñoz Rivera
5
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery
One of the 3 most beautiful cemeteries of the world.
6
Plaza del Quinto Centenario
Square that conmemorates the 500 years of rhe discovery of Puerto Rico
7
Cuartel de Ballaja
Both Spanish and US troops quarters, Ballaja served as main military quarters for more than 100 years.
8
Old San Juan
Built after spanish rulers took down the eastern walls of the city, the casino became the place for the opulent balls, weddings and parties of the wealthy spanish in the city.
9
Iglesia de San Jose
Built in 1540 by Ponce De Leon family, it is the 2nd oldest church in our nation America and 4th oldest in all the Americas
10
Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista
Built in 1511, it is our nations oldest church and burrial place of Ponce de Leon
11
Plaza de la Catedral
Renamed after our first elected mayor, Felisa Rincon de Gauthier, it is the oldest city square in all the americas.
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La Puerta de San Juan
Main entrance to the city in colonial times, it's aligned to the cathedral's main doors so anyone coming in to the city had to pay respects to the church.
13
La Rogativa
Monument for the "Miracle of San Juan" when the bishop and the woman went to pray for the british troops to leave their attack in 1797.
14
San Juan City Hall
Second and actual city hall.
15
Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico
Former Real Intendencia, Spanish mint and US mint in Puerto Rico amd today's State Department.
16
Fortin San Antonio
Marker for the old fort part of the first line of defense of San Juan, today is a bridge that joins the main island Puerto Rico to the San Juan Island.
17
Fortin de San Jeronimo del Boqueron
Part of the first line of defense of the old city, was also the home of our second US governor Gen Brooke.
18
Sixto Escobar Park
Monument to our first world boxing champion and infantry man for the US during WW2.
19
Plaza de San Jose
Square with Ponce de Leon statue and monument
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Paseo de los Presidentes
Monument to all US pressidents who have made official visits to Puerto Rico as presidents.
21
Paseo de la Princesa
Walkway just outside the south wall of the city
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Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Salud
Chapel of the Christ is venerated as a place of miracles with hundreds of accounted healing miracles.
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La Fortaleza - Palacio de Santa Catalina
Oldest executive mantion still in use in the Americas. Built in 1540.
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El Bastion
Former place for the spanish firing squad.
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Garita del Diablo
Old San Juan most famous garita or view point. The spanish troops considered it haunted and nobody wanted to take the night shift to it so they even played dice to choose who was going each night.
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Holocaust Memorial Monument
Monument to the victims of the Holocaust.
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Casa de Espana
Today a wedding venue, it was the meeting place of the top of spanish society in Puerto Rico.
Private Historic Old San Juan Sightseeing and Walking Experience
(2) Reviews
Santurce
About
If there is a tour every visitor and traveler must do before even trying to walk our old city’s street, this will be it!
This tour was curated with comfort and as little walking as posible in mind, and it is the single tour every and anyone should do to avoid wasting hours looking for the landmarks, buildings and walking under the scorching sun trying to discover it’s history.
In it your driver and guide will take you in a route through the 80+ main buildings and landmarks and a journey in time telling you about the city’s history in short and precise way as he drives you slowly through the narrow and colorful streets of our historic walled city.
Depending the lenght you choose, you will...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Bottled water
WiFi on board
Air-conditioned vehicle
Gratuities
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
Travelers arriving in cruises should meet us at the lobby of the Condado Vaderbilt by the right side of the lobby.
