About this experience
If there is a tour every visitor and traveler must do before even trying to walk our old city’s street, this will be it!
This tour was curated with comfort and as little walking as posible in mind, and it is the single tour every and anyone should do to avoid wasting hours looking for the landmarks, buildings and walking under the scorching sun trying to discover it’s history.
In it your driver and guide will take you in a route through the 80+ main buildings and landmarks and a journey in time telling you about the city’s history in short and precise way as he drives you slowly through the narrow and colorful streets of our historic walled city.
Depending the lenght you choose, you will have from 2 to 6 stops to take pictures and get a closer look of the main landmarks of the city. Among them San Cristobal and El Morro Forts, El Convento, Ballaja, Saint John’s Cathedral, La Rogativa, Del Cristo and San Jose chapels and Colombus and Ponce de Leon square.
At a glance
- Duration: 2 hr
- Private experience
Plan your experience
Set aside 2 hr for the experience itself, with additional time to reach your meeting or pickup point.
Compare the available options before choosing: their itinerary, inclusions and pickup arrangements can differ. Check the price for your date and whole group.
Before you go
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What is included
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- WiFi on board
- Air-conditioned vehicle
Not included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Itinerary and highlights
Your guide will drive you around the city and give you a detailed introduction to Puerto Rico's history and tell you about every main landmark. Your guide will allow you to have several stops where you can walk and take pictures while experiencing our old city.
Largest fort ever built by any empire in the new world
Columbus welcomes every visitor comminh by land to our Old San Juan.
Park dedicated to our George Washington figure Luis Muñoz Rivera
One of the 3 most beautiful cemeteries of the world.
Square that conmemorates the 500 years of rhe discovery of Puerto Rico
Both Spanish and US troops quarters, Ballaja served as main military quarters for more than 100 years.
Built after spanish rulers took down the eastern walls of the city, the casino became the place for the opulent balls, weddings and parties of the wealthy spanish in the city.
Built in 1540 by Ponce De Leon family, it is the 2nd oldest church in our nation America and 4th oldest in all the Americas
Built in 1511, it is our nations oldest church and burrial place of Ponce de Leon
Renamed after our first elected mayor, Felisa Rincon de Gauthier, it is the oldest city square in all the americas.
Main entrance to the city in colonial times, it's aligned to the cathedral's main doors so anyone coming in to the city had to pay respects to the church.
Monument for the "Miracle of San Juan" when the bishop and the woman went to pray for the british troops to leave their attack in 1797.
Second and actual city hall.
Former Real Intendencia, Spanish mint and US mint in Puerto Rico amd today's State Department.
Marker for the old fort part of the first line of defense of San Juan, today is a bridge that joins the main island Puerto Rico to the San Juan Island.
Part of the first line of defense of the old city, was also the home of our second US governor Gen Brooke.
Monument to our first world boxing champion and infantry man for the US during WW2.
Square with Ponce de Leon statue and monument
Monument to all US pressidents who have made official visits to Puerto Rico as presidents.
Walkway just outside the south wall of the city
Chapel of the Christ is venerated as a place of miracles with hundreds of accounted healing miracles.
Oldest executive mantion still in use in the Americas. Built in 1540.
Former place for the spanish firing squad.
Old San Juan most famous garita or view point. The spanish troops considered it haunted and nobody wanted to take the night shift to it so they even played dice to choose who was going each night.
Monument to the victims of the Holocaust.
Today a wedding venue, it was the meeting place of the top of spanish society in Puerto Rico.
Meeting and pickup information
- Travelers arriving in cruises should meet us at the lobby of the Condado Vaderbilt by the right side of the lobby.
- Travelers arriving in cruises should meet us at the Post Office behind the Rumbao Hotel.. We will be 2 minutes away.
Languages and tickets
- English — Guide
- Spanish — Guide
- Mobile Only
Tour operator
- Bucketlist Tours
Accessibility and practical details
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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