San Juan
San Juan is the capital city and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory and insular area of the United States.
San Juan is the capital city and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory and insular area of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico.
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Worth seeing in and around San Juan
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01San Juan National Historic Site
San Juan National Historic Site in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park Service-managed historic site which preserves and interprets the Spanish colonial-era fortification system of the city of San Juan, and features structures such as the San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. This fortification system is the oldest European construction under United States jurisdiction and one of the oldest in the New World.
8.4 km · U.S. national park in Puerto Rico · Wikipedia - 02University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 44,200 students and approximately 4,450 faculty members.
1.5 km · public university system in Puerto Rico · Wikipedia - 03Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It is best known as the former home of the Puerto Rico Islanders of the North American Soccer League and current home of the Bayamón FC of the Liga Puerto Rico.
9.3 km · soccer stadium in Bayamón, Puerto Rico · Wikipedia - 04Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, popularly known as the Bithorn, is the largest multi-purpose baseball stadium in Puerto Rico since opening in 1962. Located nearby the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and in same complex as the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in the Hato Rey business center of San Juan, the capital city and municipality of the archipelago and island, the stadium is named after the first Puerto Rican to play in Major League Baseball, pitcher Hiram Bithorn, who debuted with the Chicago Cubs in 1942.
1.5 km · stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico · Wikipedia - 05Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Castillo San Felipe del Morro, most commonly known as El Morro, is a large fortress and citadel in the Old San Juan historic quarter of San Juan, the capital city and municipality of Puerto Rico. Commissioned by King Charles I of Spain in 1539, it was first built as a fortified tower in honor of King Philip II, who oversaw its expansion into a hornwork bastion fort by 1595.
9.6 km · colossal fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico · Wikipedia - 06Cathedral of San Juan Bautista
The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist, officially known as the Minor Basilica of Saint John the Baptist and Parish of Our Lady of Remedies, is the Catholic cathedral for the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico. Located in the Old San Juan historic district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, it is one of the oldest buildings in both Puerto Rico and the Americas, the oldest purpose-built cathedral building and second-oldest existing cathedral in the Americas, and the third cathedral to be constructed in the Americas.
8.7 km · Roman Catholic church in Puerto Rico · Wikipedia - 07José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
The José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum of Puerto Rico is the largest multi-purpose indoor arena in Puerto Rico since opening in 2004. Located in the Milla de Oro financial district of the Hato Rey business center in San Juan, the capital city and municipality of the archipelago and island, the venue is popularly known as the Choliseo, which is a portmanteau of the words coliseo and "Cholito," a reference to Don Cholito, a character created by the eponymous comedian José Miguel Agrelot and his own adopted nickname.
2.4 km · the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment · Wikipedia - 08Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Cristóbal is a fortress in the Old San Juan historic quarter of San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico, known for being the largest fortification built by the Spanish in the New World. Dating back to defense expansions following attacks by the English in 1598 and Dutch in 1625, it was first constructed in 1634 as the Caballero de San Miguel and the Garita del Diablo.
8.4 km · fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico · Wikipedia - 09Puerto Rico National Library
The Puerto Rico National Library is the national library of Puerto Rico. It was created in 1967 as the Biblioteca General de Puerto Rico by Joint Resolution No.
7 km · library in San Juan, Puerto Rico · Wikipedia - 10Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery
The Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a historic Catholic cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents.
9.2 km · colonial-era cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico · Wikipedia
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Getting to San Juan
- Airports
- Luis Munoz Marin (SJU), 8 km · Cyril E. King (STT), 115 km · Terrance B. Lettsome (EIS), 161 km
- Stations
- Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, 7.5 km · Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport, 6.7 km · San Juan Bay, 6.6 km
- Charlotte Amalie → San JuanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Beef Island → San JuanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Punta Cana → San JuanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
No local-transport research exists yet for San Juan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for San Juan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is also ferry service from across the harbor.
- Get inFor just getting around, you might also consider the city bus to and from Old San Juan (see same subject for "San Juan".) Ferries del Caribe operates an international passenger and vehicle service from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- Get aroundThere is also a large, on-the-wall bus map at the ferry terminal in Old San Juan.
- Get aroundThe Cataño Ferry (La Lancha de Cataño) is a public ferry serving Old San Juan and Cataño.
- Get aroundThe ferry is scheduled to leave Old San Juan on the hour, and leave Cataño at half past the hour.
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- Trujillo Altomunicipality in Puerto Rico6.9 km
- Catañomunicipality in Puerto Rico6.9 km
- Old San Juan Historic Districthistoric district in San Juan, Puerto Rico8.8 km
- Río Piedrasdistrict in San Juan, Puerto Rico1.6 km