San Juan is the second oldest European founded settlement in the Americas and
the old city is fascinating. The city is
surrounded by 15ft thick walls and has 2 amazing forts which are still big
tourist attractions.
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| Mark with the walls of Old San Juan behind |
We knew that we might be sharing the city with the hoards from the cruiseship but we were particularly unlucky that The Independence of the Seas (over 4000 passengers) and the Disney Fantasy (up to 4000 passengers) were both in port plus 3 other smaller ships! There were people everywhere but really enjoyed our visit.
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| Cruiseliners at the dock in San Juan - view from Fort |
Fist stop was Fuerte San Felipe
Del Morro, which dates back to 1539 but was occupied up until the second world
war. We spent some time exploring, there
were 6 floor and has a working lighthouse.
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| Fuerte San Felipe Del Morro |
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| Exploring the Fort |
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| Mark appearing from one of the many doorways |
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| Amanda posing whilst getting blown away |
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| Lighthouse on Fort |
We followed the city walls along
the sea front to Fuerte San Cristobal, again a huge fort which was used up until
World War 2 with a maze of interlinking tunnels on different floors. Both forts were full of children from
the cruiseship which was manic, we are not used to so many people. But both worth a visit and really cheap, $5
for both.
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| Mark on watch |
We finished off our visit to San Juan with a stroll around
the old town, some of the buildings have been beautifully maintain and there
are also some amazing government buildings, it is all very clean and safe.
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| Beautiful shady promenade where we sat and enjoyed our lunch with the Iguanas and parakeets |
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