La Puerta de San Juan

Quick Photo Stop

Walked through here as part of a day in Old San Juan. Lot of history and great views of the bay from here. Find a route that makes sense and go from there...

Worth the short walk

A modest landmark in modern times, but the ceremonial entrance to the old city. Dock nearby suggests how visitors arrived. The only gate of five that remains. Street leads straight to Cathedral de San...

The main medieval gate to old San Juan

La Puerta de San Juan has a much more important historic role than it appears today. Back in the colonial era it was the main gate to the town seeing high officials and royalty passing through it. T...

interesting

While this is interesting it looked as though it was blocked. However you could walk around the blockade. We are glad we did as the views are breathtaking. They were working on the baths or (walls...

Red painted “door”.

This pretty red-painted Puerta de San Juan or San Juan Gate is where you re-enter the city. Above the gate is inscribed “Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini”- Latin for “blessed is he who comes in t...