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
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Mona Lisa
51 Av. Universidad
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Nice pizza place
Coffee
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Arrope Café
51 C. Domingo Cabrera
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Coffee
Open 24hrs
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Denny's
Avenida Isla Verde
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Open 24hrs
Good Spanish restaurant. Specially great after hours.
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El Hipopótamo
880 PR-1
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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.
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Malecon de Naguabo
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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.
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Abracadabra
1661 Av. Juan Ponce de León
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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.
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La Casita Blanca
351 C. Tapia
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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!
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Soda Estudio de Cocina
909 Av. Manuel Fernández Juncos
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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 raden deze aan
La Cocktelera
1857 C. Loíza
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We love this Peruvian restaurant. Try the chaufas and the ceviche!!
Great food truck on Calle Loiza.
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Tresbé
1765 C. Loíza
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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.
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Acapulco
2021 C. Loíza
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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 raden deze aan
Mai Pen Rai
303 C. Canals
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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 raden deze aan
Café Cuatro Sombras
259 C. del Recinto Sur
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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.
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Don Ruiz
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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
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Walgreens
1130 Ashford Ave
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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).
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Seven Seas Beach
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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!
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Colorá Beach
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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.
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Playa sucia
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Beautiful beach with crystal clear water. Also visit the lighthouse, excellent for a photo shoot.

Sightseeing

Amazing Tropical Garden
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Botanische Tuin van de UPR
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Amazing Tropical Garden
Beautiful nature reserve. It has one of the five bio-luminescent bays in the world.
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Reserva Natural Cabezas de San Juan
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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.
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Arecibo Observatory
Puerto Rico 625
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The world's largest radio telescope in the world. There's a museum and a store.
Beautiful caves and underground water system.
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Camuy-grottenpark
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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.
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Old San Juan
100 C. de la Fortaleza
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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
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La Hacienda
Avenue de Diego
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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!
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Nuyorican Cafe
312 Calle de San Francisco
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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.
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La Plaza del Mercado Santurce
205 Calle Jose M. Raffucci
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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.
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Gallo Negro
1107 Av. de la Constitución
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If you love whiskey then you must try this whiskey bar.
Cool place to hangout. Spanish tapas and music.
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Bar Gitano
1302 Ashford Ave
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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.
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La Taberna Lúpulo
151 C. San Sebastián
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Over a 100 different beers from all over the US and the world.
The best drinks in town.
369 locals raden deze aan
La Factoria
148 C. San Sebastián
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The best drinks in town.