It is the heart of the historic part of the city with its colonial buildings lining narrow streets, and its long-standing defensive walls and forts of Puerto Rico built to protect the city and the Bay of San Juan from English and Dutch attacks. One of the city's main tourist attractions is Old San Juan (Viejo San Juan) on the Isleta de San Juan. The University of Puerto Rico with its 11 campuses and about 58,000 students is based in San Juan.Īerial view of Old San Juan cruise terminal at Calle Marina. Transportation, manufacturing, banking, and tourism are the economic muscle of the city and the nation. San Juan is Puerto Rico's most important seaport it is one of the busiest ports in the Caribbean and Latin America. The city is the island's core for almost anything. Official languages are Spanish (Puerto Rican Spanish) and English. It is the second most populous city in the Caribbean, only surpassed by Santo Domingo.
2015), 2.5 million live in its metropolitan area (2010). Today San Juan is inhabited by about 355,000 people (est. That first settlement was abandoned, and the colonists moved to the Islet of Puerto Rico (now Isleta de San Juan) in 1521 to establish a new town which they named 'Villa de Puerto Rico.' Making it the second oldest European-established city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. Soon after, Spanish colonists arrived and established a settlement in 1508. Christopher Columbus 'discovered' the island more than 500 years ago, in 1493. San Juan is a city with a rich Spanish heritage. Remember, Royal Caribbean allows up to two bottles of wine per stateroom to bring onboard.Aerial view of Santurce, one of the 18 districts (or barrios) of San Juan and its most populated. We should also note there is a duty-free liquor store inside the check-in area, which is a great place to pick up a few bottles of wine to bring onboard your cruise. Once through there, you will enter your line and get checked in. You will be subjected to a security check that consists of an x-ray machine and metal detector. Once inside the building, you will find lines for Crown and Anchor Society members and lines for everyone else. The good news is, often the lines outside are infrequent. Since most Royal Caribbean ships do not leave port until later in the evening (usually around 8pm), so getting to the port early in the morning is not as critical but lines outside the building are possible. Given this is Puerto Rico, the temperature and humidity outside can be quite high. One potential issue is the check-in building is not very large and the staff will only allow batches of passengers in at a time, so you may get stuck outside waiting to get in. We've gotten to the pier as early as 10:30am and we've generally heard passengers are let into the embarkation building around 11am. Waiting to check in for our Jewel of the Seas cruise #cruise #JewelOfTheSeas #cruiseship #travelĪ photo posted by Royal Caribbean on at 7:48am PDT Everyone else will wait in a separate line. In addition, there is a special line to enter the building for Platinum and above Crown and Anchor Society members.
There will be porters at the pier to help take your luggage and load it onto the ship. Once you arrive at the pier, the check-in process is similar to other ports but we've also noticed a few differences too. As of the writing of this blog post, Jewel of the Seas and Adventure of the Seas are offering cruises out of San Juan. It's adjacent to the Isla Grande Airport and is about a 5 minute taxi drive from Old San Juan.Īs you're driving in, you should be able to see the ship docked since there isn't much around there. Royal Caribbean cruises that originate in San Juan will dock at the Pan American Pier, which is across the channel from the San Juan Cruise Port. If you've ever taken a cruise that stops in San Juan for the day, you've likely been to the San Juan Cruise Port, but that's just for cruise ships that are in the city for the day.
If you're considering going on one of these cruises, here's what you need to know about embarkation day in San Juan. Royal Caribbean offers cruises that begin in San Juan, Puerto Rico that offer some great Southern Caribbean itineraries to try.
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