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San Juan, Puerto Rico
When it was founded by Europeans in 1521, San Juan was called ‘Port Rich City’. That bit, guarding the entrance to San Juan harbour, has kept its port atmosphere, but the rest of the neatly grided city pulses with a more modern thump, which blends with salsa sounds and the smell of the sea and exotic spices. Millions of tourists join the gridlocked traffic, which lets visitors out at surprisingly authentic Spanish markets or African quarters when they were expecting to end up amongst shiny office blocks.
The best things to do in San Juan
Vieques Bioluminescent Bay
By day the Vieques Bioluminescent Bay looks deceptively normal, but after the sun goes down, taking a swim in the inky blue wat…
San Juan Beach
Great surf beach.
Old San Juan
One of the oldest European cities in the Western Hemisphere, Old San Juan features narrow streets, quaint buildings, and the 16…
Ponce Museum of Art
This is one of the Caribbean’s favourite museums with a collection of over 3,000 pieces. That doesn’t seem like that many comp…
Teatro Tapia
This theatre, built in about 1824, isn’t just old, it’s also authentically old. The interior has really good period copies of …
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