Guidebook for San Juan

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Guidebook for San Juan

Food Scene

Cute little organic coffee shop/ gift store, where everything sold is Fair Trade.
La Chiwinha EcoTienda
1325 Calle San Ignacio
Cute little organic coffee shop/ gift store, where everything sold is Fair Trade.
Nice pizza place
8 locals recommend
Mona Lisa
51 Av. Universidad
8 locals recommend
Nice pizza place
Coffee
7 locals recommend
Arrope Café
51 C. Domingo Cabrera
7 locals recommend
Coffee
Open 24hrs
53 locals recommend
Denny's
Avenida Isla Verde
53 locals recommend
Open 24hrs
Good Spanish restaurant. Specially great after hours.
13 locals recommend
El Hipopótamo
880 PR-1
13 locals recommend
Good Spanish restaurant. Specially great after hours.
Usually crowded on the weekends, it is a great place to find "pescado frito" (whole fried fish) with "tostones" (fried plantains). Typical puertorrican food.
58 locals recommend
Malecon de Naguabo
58 locals recommend
Usually crowded on the weekends, it is a great place to find "pescado frito" (whole fried fish) with "tostones" (fried plantains). Typical puertorrican food.
Excellent saturday and sunday brunch; arrive early. Jazz lovers: friday nights are a treat, starting at 7pm.
99 locals recommend
Abracadabra
1661 Av. Juan Ponce de León
99 locals recommend
Excellent saturday and sunday brunch; arrive early. Jazz lovers: friday nights are a treat, starting at 7pm.
If you are looking for a local hangout, this is it. Try the food cooked by grandma.
El Guayabo
29 Calle Colton
If you are looking for a local hangout, this is it. Try the food cooked by grandma.
Local restaurant that will make you feel like eating in grandma's house.
145 locals recommend
La Casita Blanca
351 C. Tapia
145 locals recommend
Local restaurant that will make you feel like eating in grandma's house.
Tapas style restaurant featuring a very creative cuisine. Excellent food and drinks. Try the mojitos!
31 locals recommend
Soda Estudio de Cocina
909 Av. Manuel Fernández Juncos
31 locals recommend
Tapas style restaurant featuring a very creative cuisine. Excellent food and drinks. Try the mojitos!
We love this Peruvian restaurant. Try the chaufas and the ceviche!!
73 locals recommend
La Cocktelera
1857 C. Loíza
73 locals recommend
We love this Peruvian restaurant. Try the chaufas and the ceviche!!
Great food truck on Calle Loiza.
134 locals recommend
Tresbé
1765 C. Loíza
134 locals recommend
Great food truck on Calle Loiza.
Some call it the best Mexican restaurant in the island. Opens until 3pm. Great for a quick lunch after the beach.
178 locals recommend
Acapulco
2021 C. Loíza
178 locals recommend
Some call it the best Mexican restaurant in the island. Opens until 3pm. Great for a quick lunch after the beach.
We love this Thai restaurant. Try the fried rice and the drunken noodles.
53 locals recommend
Mai Pen Rai
303 C. Canals
53 locals recommend
We love this Thai restaurant. Try the fried rice and the drunken noodles.
After Hacienda San Pedro this is our second best favorite coffee shop. Try the guava-butter toasts.
83 locals recommend
Café Cuatro Sombras
259 C. del Recinto Sur
83 locals recommend
After Hacienda San Pedro this is our second best favorite coffee shop. Try the guava-butter toasts.
Good coffee shop located inside one of Old San Juan's historical buildings.
18 locals recommend
Don Ruiz
18 locals recommend
Good coffee shop located inside one of Old San Juan's historical buildings.

Shopping

Coffee
Mondo Bizarro
1074 Avenida de la Constitución
Coffee
Closest Pharmacy
277 locals recommend
Walgreens
1130 Ashford Ave
277 locals recommend
Closest Pharmacy

Everything Else

State university, Rio Piedras Campus
Servicios Médicos UPR-RP
State university, Rio Piedras Campus
Follow the trail at the end of the beach to go to the beautiful and private "Playa Colorada" (Red Beach) and "Playa de los Gobernadores" (Governor's Beach).
326 locals recommend
Seven Seas Beach
326 locals recommend
Follow the trail at the end of the beach to go to the beautiful and private "Playa Colorada" (Red Beach) and "Playa de los Gobernadores" (Governor's Beach).
Red sand, crystal clear water and very private. A hidden gem!
30 locals recommend
Colorá Beach
30 locals recommend
Red sand, crystal clear water and very private. A hidden gem!
Beautiful beach with crystal clear water. Also visit the lighthouse, excellent for a photo shoot.
247 locals recommend
Playa sucia
247 locals recommend
Beautiful beach with crystal clear water. Also visit the lighthouse, excellent for a photo shoot.

Sightseeing

Amazing Tropical Garden
23 locals recommend
UPR Botanical Garden
23 locals recommend
Amazing Tropical Garden
Beautiful nature reserve. It has one of the five bio-luminescent bays in the world.
113 locals recommend
Reserva Natural Cabezas de San Juan
113 locals recommend
Beautiful nature reserve. It has one of the five bio-luminescent bays in the world.
The world's largest radio telescope in the world. There's a museum and a store.
184 locals recommend
Arecibo Observatory
Puerto Rico 625
184 locals recommend
The world's largest radio telescope in the world. There's a museum and a store.
Beautiful caves and underground water system.
286 locals recommend
Camuy Cave Park
286 locals recommend
Beautiful caves and underground water system.
Once considered a skyscraper in old Old San Juan (you'll see why when you visit), it is a beautiful art deco building. Visit the museum on the 3rd floor.
206 C. de Tetuán
206 Calle Tetuán
Once considered a skyscraper in old Old San Juan (you'll see why when you visit), it is a beautiful art deco building. Visit the museum on the 3rd floor.
Take a walk around what once was the best area in the city. You'll notice how different it is to the rest of San Juan. Go from Sagrado Corazón to Miramar.
Avenida Juan Ponce de León
Take a walk around what once was the best area in the city. You'll notice how different it is to the rest of San Juan. Go from Sagrado Corazón to Miramar.
After strolling around Santurce, come to Old San Juan, one of the oldest cities in America. Declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark District in 2013, it will be love at first sight.
460 locals recommend
Old San Juan
100 C. de la Fortaleza
460 locals recommend
After strolling around Santurce, come to Old San Juan, one of the oldest cities in America. Declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark District in 2013, it will be love at first sight.

Essentials

The best place to find fresh produce and meat for a special home-cooked meal
9 locals recommend
La Hacienda
Avenue de Diego
9 locals recommend
The best place to find fresh produce and meat for a special home-cooked meal

Drinks & Nightlife

If you are into salsa, this is the place!
50 locals recommend
Nuyorican Cafe
312 Calle de San Francisco
50 locals recommend
If you are into salsa, this is the place!
Also known as "La Placita" is a favorite local hangout for many. There are many restaurants and bars around it.
141 locals recommend
La Plaza del Mercado Santurce
205 Calle Jose M. Raffucci
141 locals recommend
Also known as "La Placita" is a favorite local hangout for many. There are many restaurants and bars around it.
Great wines at reasonable prices. Go to the balcony on the second floor and enjoy a bottle of wine in a very relaxing spot. Located a few blocks away from the apartment.
Chateau Rouge
Great wines at reasonable prices. Go to the balcony on the second floor and enjoy a bottle of wine in a very relaxing spot. Located a few blocks away from the apartment.
If you love whiskey then you must try this whiskey bar.
45 locals recommend
Gallo Negro
1107 Av. de la Constitución
45 locals recommend
If you love whiskey then you must try this whiskey bar.
Cool place to hangout. Spanish tapas and music.
16 locals recommend
Bar Gitano
1302 Ashford Ave
16 locals recommend
Cool place to hangout. Spanish tapas and music.
A hidden beer garden. Walk past the bar to find it.
Taberna Boricua
418 Cll Agueybana
A hidden beer garden. Walk past the bar to find it.
Over a 100 different beers from all over the US and the world.
123 locals recommend
La Taberna Lúpulo
151 C. San Sebastián
123 locals recommend
Over a 100 different beers from all over the US and the world.
The best drinks in town.
369 locals recommend
La Factoria
148 C. San Sebastián
369 locals recommend
The best drinks in town.