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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.
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Castillo San Felipe del Morro - Oldest fort in all the americas
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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.
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Parque Luis Munoz Rivera - Park dedicated to our George Washington figure Luis Muñoz Rivera
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Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery - One of the 3 most beautiful cemeteries of the world.
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Plaza del Quinto Centenario - Square that conmemorates the 500 years of rhe discovery of Puerto Rico
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Cuartel de Ballaja - Both Spanish and US troops quarters, Ballaja served as main military quarters for more than 100 years.
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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.
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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
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Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista - Built in 1511, it is our nations oldest church and burrial place of Ponce de Leon
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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.
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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.
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San Juan City Hall - Second and actual city hall.
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Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico - Former Real Intendencia, Spanish mint and US mint in Puerto Rico amd today’s State Department.
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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.
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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.
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Sixto Escobar Park - Monument to our first world boxing champion and infantry man for the US during WW2.
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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.
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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 transportation
- Bottled water
- On-board WiFi
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Gratuities
- Lunch
If there is a tour every cruiseship 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 possible in mind, and it is the single tour everyone should do to avoid wasting hours looking for the landmarks, buildings and walking under the scorching sun trying to discover its history.
In it, your driver and guide will take you on a route through the main buildings and landmarks and a journey in time, telling you about the city’s history in a short and precise way as he drives you slowly through the narrow and colorful streets of our historic walled city.
You will have 4 to 6 stops to take pictures and get a closer look at the main landmarks of the city. Among them are San Cristobal and El Morro Forts, El Convento, Ballaja, Saint John’s Cathedral, La Rogativa, Del Cristo and San Jose chapels, and Columbus and Ponce de Leon square.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
