The Super Duper San Juan – Puerto Rico
Caribbean | Ricky | September 2, 2010 at 5:19 am
Did I board a wrong flight? How am I in Spain? Quite Freaky and really really strange! If you find yourself saying similar things to yourself; WAIT! You’re absolutely normal. Puerto Rica is enlivened by the relics of the yester-years; although the country is much guarded within the territories of the United States of America, any visitor can be deceived tripping over wondering if they have forayed into the Spanish limits. The hotels and resorts still maintain a Spanish ambience. The fluttering flag by the sea-shore pacifies one that yes, it is very much the American lands.
Be it any city in Puerto Rico, ranging from the Aguadilla to the Rincon, Ponce to the Cabo Rojo or even the Culebra Island and San Juan, the Puerto Ricon air is filled with the beats of reggae. Be it the local eatery by the beach or a bazaar that is pulsating to the worn out vendors, the tunes of beats of reggae will make some or the other way to reach your ear-drums and keep stirring you in the perfection vacation spirit. The restaurants and night-club dance the night lovers to the beats of Salsa and Latin style rhythms. A perfect Caribbean country, very few other places have been successful at preserving the true-blue spirit all so well. Nestled in the vigilantly refurbished docks and imperial buildings, the undying charm of Puerto Rico is hard to be infected by.
One of the exotic cities of Puerto Rico is the San Juan, a trip to which is marked about by most-talked high point brought about by the nostalgic charm of the Old Town, the beaches which are a great escape into the marine life beneath the seas, the fishing activities and also the many monumental buildings which have withstood the test of time and till date fascinate visitors in absolute awe.
The San Juan City can said to be divided into two parts. The aforementioned Old Town as is more like a rewinding-in-the-past area, the latter half of greater San Juan city very vividly represents the contemporary culture. Maintaining that perfect Caribbean laid back spirit, the town area glitters in the urban developments sans any intimidation of other leading cites. Despite it all, you can still be soaked in to the vibe of Puerto Rico. Emerging as one of the most leading destinations, San Juan unarguably has it all, be it the electrifying night life or the rich heritage which comes to be celebrated from the many sights and structures that can be spectacled.
San Juan Puerto Rico also makes it clear that the cultural hub is not just confined to the Old City area. The Capitol Building dating back to the period of the twentieth century is a significant landmark building, which shines in its effulgence of marble stone and overlooks some of the greatest views of the Caribbean Island, one can find from anywhere else on the Island.
Also, the museum of the Museo de Arte Puerto Rica, built in a quaint Neoclassical style exhibits a great range of art further extended by a beautiful garden filled with sweet smells of the wonderful flowers and many birds pecking on the sweet nectar of flowers. Also, within the garden is a pond that is a home to many cute colorful fish.
For those who can’t get enough of plants and flowers must most definitely take out some time to visit the Universidad de Puerto Rica that features a botanical garden as large in expanse ranging up to seventy-five acres. Unarguably, the wonderful plats that grow here enchant many visitors leaving no single empty frame in their cameras or now the memory cards are used up to the optimum clicking pictures of the wide variety of trees and flowers and also posing around them all. There is an orchid garden boasting thirty-thousand plants and also a small little lotus pond.
From everything else, also make way and take out time well in advance to check out the ruins of the Caparra – which are relics of the inhabitancy that came to be founded in the year of 1508 by Ponce De Leon. Although, the structure remains in much a state of havoc, visitors can choose to visit the Museum of the Conquest and Colonization while around.
San Juan cannot stand complete without sampling the culinary offerings and enjoying at the local salsa clubs. The area of La Fortenza for a more up-scale locality bustling with bars and clubs where one can immerse in some urban fun. The Condado Plaza Hotel Casino is another place where as the name of the place suggests, one can be up for a little gamble affair. All in all, the night life and culinary experience go hand-in-hand, and one must definitely look to meet these two agendas. Remember, the clubs and bars are pulsated with a contagious vibe and overlooking your dress code can quite be embarrassing while at the refusal of entry.
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San Juan is a beautiful place.
Places and monuments emphasized in tourism campaigns include: Old San Juan, promoting the historic nature of its colonial buildings and narrow streets covered by adoquine, a blue stone cast from furnace slag; they were brought over as ballast on Spanish ships.
This includes the city’s ancient defensive wall and forts, most notably El Morro and the Castle of San Cristóbal. O
The numerous restaurants and art galleries in the zone are frequently visited by tourists.
The local universities are promoted as historic places, most notably the campus of University of Puerto Rico located in Río Piedras, which is the oldest university on the island being founded in early 1900′s.
I love San Jaun. Especially the Old San Juan, which occupies the western end of a rocky islet at the mouth of San Juan Bay. I found out from my grandpa that during the 20th century, the main population centers surged well beyond the walls of the old city and onto Puerto Rico’s main island, and merged with the existing settlements east and south of Old San Juan. As a result, the city is now composed of a variety of neighborhoods.