By far my favorite port. So much history. It seemed like there was a park with a statue on every block.
Save your massive souvenir shopping for this port. The prices were fantastic. ...
I would give this one a 3/5 had I not taken a taxi to the Castille fort. That place was awesome, got some great photos and history. Otherwise, the excursion choices were only so-so. I think the excursion that includes the fort was something like $120pp (crazy) - we paid $10 each (if I remember correctly) for the fort entry and maybe $12 for the cab ride up, then walked back downhill to the ship. ...
i love this city. We went on a shore dive with Aqua Adventure and had a blast. After that we caught an uber back to old san juan for lunch and a walk around the fort. There is a walgreens across the street from where the ship docks if you need anything. ...
The first problem is that we had to dock at the secondary facility near the airport - requiring a half hour bus ride to get to town. The second problem is that there were five other ships in port with us - and half of them were "mega-ships". The result is that there were OVER 20,000 cruise visitors in addition to land resort tourists in San Juan that day - completely overwhelming the city's ...