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| View of San Juan from cruise ship |
San Juan is an easy port stop to visit without an excursion. The cruise terminal is located in Old San Juan so you can just walk off the pier into the city. There is not a pier shopping area as in most ports; the shopping is a few blocks away in Old San Juan. A US Post Office is a block away from the cruise pier so I was able to mail postcards to the grandkids without worries.
I enjoy Geocaching so I had saved a list of caches in Old San Juan and was able to locate a few. While searching, we met other tourist( even a couple geocaching) and struck up friendly conversations about geocaching and San Juan.
Just walking around we ran across a quaint bakery( La Bombonera) so we stopped in to try a few pastries and some very strong local coffee. We enjoy local finds.
Some of the streets are paved of blue bricks. Historians believe the blue bricks were the result of the iron furnace waste from the Spanish sugar carrying ships. As a way to dump the furnace residue, the sailors poured it on the streets. We walked to the San Felipe Fort and cemetery. Along the walk we saw the Totem, several plazas, and San Juan Gate. We ended our walking venture with a stop at Barrachina ( birth place of the Pina Colada). Puerto Rico offers many different attractions and adventures to explore either on your own or with a tour such as beaches, rainforests, Bacardi Distillery and forts.
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| Barrachina |
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| Blue brick streets |
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| Totem |
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| Plaza Art and location of a geocache |
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| San Juan Gate |
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