Travel San Juan, Puerto Rico: Shops on Calle Fortaleza

I started the morning off early with a walk through the extensive grounds of the Embassy Suites / Golden Sands resort in Dorado, and around mid-day we made our way into the Puerto Rican capital -- San Juan. Old San Juan is a beautifully restored colonial city and was founded in 1521. We parked our vehicle close to the Puerto Rican Capitol and started walking west towards Old San Juan past Plaza Colon which features a statue of Christopher Columbus. After my initial explorations of the popular shopping street Calle Fortaleza I discovered the Governor's Mansion (la Fortaleza) where two local policemen enlightened me about the significance of this building. Then I came across the Parque de las Palomas where hundreds of pigeons swarm the tourists who feed them. Walking north I explored the Atlantic waterfront, the Old San Juan Cemetery and one of San Juan's most imposing fortifications: Fort San Felipe del Morro, begun in 1539, which today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I even hopped on the free open-air tourist trolley to get a more comprehensive view of Old San Juan and caught a nice sunset, looking south over the Bay of San Juan.

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[cucayuca]

This kid is an idioT! pr1982baller imsulting this lady who comes to PR and displays the beauty of the island and here he is insulting her and calling her stupid. "What an asshole" I ask that she excuses him becuase he is a punk and doesnt have an education has nothing better to do then to insult, then puerto ricans wonder why the world thinks we are low life spics , because of people like this idiot culo cagao kid. Thank You so much for bringing PR and Viejo San Juan To You Tube!

[taino730]

@ericktwelve since i live in Puerto Rico i can tell you it is not mostly white we have the prefect blend of white, black, taino indians and many more cultures

[pr1982baller]

@pr1982baller Sorry I was just kidding. She can go now there won't be any problems. La perla doesn't exist no more.

[iancolon98]

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[ericdewyane]

@jagatech The Taino indians are not completely gone, there are some that still exist.

[jagatech]

@taino730 Actually there is more gypsy and guanche blood from spain in Puerto Rico than taino indian blood. Tainos were completely gone about 400 years ago. And there is not so many full blacks. Majority of black looking puerto ricans are mixed or biracial.

[jagatech]

@ericktwelve In reality about 50% of puerto ricans are of Southern European decent mostly from Spain and the other 50% are of mixed races with the typical latino looks and different skin tones. Most native indians of the island were killed by the spanish about 400 years ago so very few people have taino blood actually. So yes there are a lot of white Puerto Ricans

[jota4change]

@cucayuca You don't have to go into details saying that the world thinks that we are "low life spics"... Just a hand full of racists think that. You are complaining about an punk but you are being punk your self by saying that world thinks we are low lifes and spics... You are saying it. Wow.

[americanladies1]

I went to PR and is a very nice island! They're very friendly people. You can find everything in one place.

[werewret]

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