The capital San Juan is divided in old San Juan and
Condado. Old Sun Juan is a beautiful in the colonial
style built old part of town, with numerous houses
restored in the original Spanish style. From that the
19. Century coming promenade
Paseo de la Princesa leads past the former prison
La Princesa , in which today a Musuem for modern art
is created. Along the stadtmauer thront the 1540
established fortress La Fortaleza . The Paseo ends to
the Puerto de San Juan, which oldest gate of the solid
stadtmauer, of where one to the rosafarbenen and
completely reconditioned cathedral comes.
To the Plaza de San José is the statue of Juan Ponce de León as well as
the Pablo Casals museum, who are dedicated to the factory of the famous Cellisten. In
the Casa del Callejón, a typically Spanish gentleman seat, is created
the museum OF Colonial Architecture and the museum OF the Puerto Rican Family.
At the outermost point of the peninsula El Morro, San Juans most impressing fortress rises - in itself
closed, a sechsstoeckige city with tunnel, drilling workstations, Waffenlaegern and dungeons.
Condado, the new city, is connected by a narrow land strip with the old part of town. The away San
Jerónimo, a museum for military history, and the Botani garden is worth seeing. During a port round
travel a beautiful chance for city and environment is offered.
