San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

Written By Dolly Oyebadejo

  • Puerto Rico is a beautiful island, rich in culture, and definitely worth a visit. I need to visit more areas of the island. This blog post with cover San Juan.

  • For transportation, we used uber without issue.

  • Prices are comparable to prices on mainland United States, so don’t expect a very cheap trip.

  • This isn’t a comprehensive guide at all, but here are some things I did on my two trips to San Juan.

  • My friend, Justine actually made a vlog of our trip if you want more details.

  • Here’s a link to my google doc, which contains the information in this blog post in a way that may be easier to reference.

 
 

ACTIVITIES

Cathedral de San Juan Bautista, stop along walking tour

stop along walking tour

stop along walking tour

  • El Yunque Rainforest Waterfall Tour

    • Highly recommend. It’s about 45 minutes outside of San Juan and has an early morning start, but it is worth it. Did this tour twice and would do it again.

    • The rainforest is beautiful. This tour has some hiking, swimming, cliff jumping, and natural water slide.

  • Snorkeling with Fish and Turtles

    • We enjoyed this excursion, also great for novice swimmers. We booked this excursion through AirBNB Experiences. However, it looks like the excursion has been taken down from the AirBNB website, but I’ll keep it linked in case it comes back available.

  • Salsa Lessons For Beginners

    • Highly recommend, this was fun experience.

  • Beaches

    • Isla Verde

    • Condado Beach

    • Escambron Beach

Condado Beach

Isla Verde

Escambron Beacg

FOOD

Brunch/Breakfast 

  • Bistro Cafe

  • Christianson

  • Carthage Express

  • Numero Uno Beach house 

  • Puerto Rico Bagel Co

Lunch/Dinner

  • Raíces — delicious Puerto Rico food, recommended by multiple PR friends 

  • El Condado Gastro Bar

  • Ropa Vieja Grill

  • Barrachina - birthplace of Piña Colada 

  • Serafina

  • Lote 23 — food truck park

  • Distrito T Mobile — lively entertainment area with multiple restaurants, live DJ

    • Denko Asian Eatery is delicious 

Denko Asian Eatery

Lote 23

Drinks/Bars

Accommodations

Here are the different places I’ve stayed. I recommend spending at least a few nights staying in Old San Juan, the feel there is completely different than staying in Condado. Old San Juan feels more culturally-rich and less touristy than Condado, which kind of has a Miami feel.

  • AirBNB in Old San Juan

    • This place was stunning, the photos undersell this beautiful, spacious apartment. Also perfect location, can get around Old San Juan easily.

  • La Concha Renaissance Resort

    • Great location, restaurant nearby in walking distance. Beautiful rooms. Hotel has nice pool and beach access.

  • AC Hotel in Condado

    • This hotel was nice clean, but I preferred La Concha.

inner courtyard of Old San Juan AirBNB

La Concha

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