Both of these a well worth a visit if you did not do part 1 of the guided walk. As you walk downhill on Cristo Street, you will again pass the Hotel El Convento (a good stop for tapas) and the San Juan Cathedral. Here on Cristo Street, you will pass numerous shops (including outlet stores for Coach and Ralph Lauren), galleries and restaurants. Once back on Cristo Street head downhill towards Fortazela Street. Admission to the house is $3, but you can tour the gardens for free.įrom Casa Blanca, head along San Sebastian Street (famous for its amazing festival held every year in January). Casa Blanca is open daily 8:30am – 4pm (except Sunday and Monday). Today it is a National Historic Monument and home to the Museum of Period Furnishings. Unfortunately, he died before seeing it completed. This building was completed in 1521 for Ponce de Leon. Casa Blancaįrom here head across Plaza de Beneficial where you will see Casa Blanca to the right.

These museums are definitely worth checking out if you have the time. The building here is the ‘old barracks’ which now houses several museums. The San Juan Cemetery is the final resting place of several well known Puerto Ricans and is also known for its intricate gravestones, tombs and central round chapel dedicated to Mary Magdalenįrom the grounds of El Morro go straight a head to the Plaza de Ballaja. Again the views from around the cemetery are impressive. On leaving the fort you will have the San Juan Cemetery on your left. Part 2 of the self guided walking tour of Old San starts at El Morro and heads back into the city towards La Fortaleza, the shopping district, San Cristobel Fort and back to the Tourist Information Center. Then jump on the free trolley that will take you directly to El Morro.

If you don’t have the time to do part 1 of the self-guided tour of Old San Juan.

From there we passed the Cathedral on our way to El Morro. In the Self Guided Tour of Old San Juan Part 1, we started down by the cruise ships and took the Paseo La Princesa Promenade to the San Juan Gate.

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