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San Juan
San Juan is the capital and largest city in
Puerto Rico. As of the 2000 census,
the city's population was 433,733.
San Juan is home to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's
most important sea port, San Juan Port. This port
handles approximately 90% of Puerto Rico's ship-based
passenger and cargo traffic, and is a popular stop in
Caribbean cruise tours - visited by over 1 million cruise
passengers each year.
San Juan is also famous for the Old San Juan district.
This is a historic neighborhood which is filled with
colorful buildings and narrow cobbled streets, and which was built during the Spanish era
in the 16th and 17th centuries. Old San Juan is in fact
on an island, and is connected to the mainland of
Puerto Rico by bridges and a causeway.
Here is some more information about San Juan:
- Airports serving San Juan include Fernando Ribas Dominicci Airport and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.
- Important education institutions in San Juan include the Ana G. Méndez University System's Metropolitan University (main campus), the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, the University of Puerto Rico (main campus) and the University of the Sacred Heart.
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Here are a few books about San Juan that you might find interesting:
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By Fodor's
Fodor's
Released: 2010-08-03
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Full-color guide • Make your trip to Puerto Rico unforgettable with 40 maps, illustrated features, and 172 color photos.
Customize your trip with simple planning tools • Top experiences & attractions • Lodging comparison charts • Easy-to-read color regional maps
Explore San Juan, El Yunque, Vieques and beyond • Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more • “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers • Illustrated features on Bioluminescent Bays, Salsa, and Surfing • Best open-air adventures, beachcombing and arts activities
Opinions from destination experts • Fodor’s Puerto Rico-based writers reveal their favorite local haunts • Frequently updated to provide the latest information |
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By Ron Bernthal
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From its tranquil beaches to metropolitan San Juan's lively waterfront strip, this guide to Puerto Rico points the way to the island's best treasures: flavorful fusions of ethnic cuisines, nightclubs featuring salsa dancing and Cuban jazz, park reserves teeming with wildlife, and colorful souvenirs from unique plazas and shops.
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By Nate Cavalieri
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Welcome to Puerto Rico: endless sand, swashbuckling history lessons and wildly diverse tropical terrain. The sun-washed backyard of the United States is a place locals fittingly call the Island of Enchantment. Nate Cavalieri, Lonely Planet Writer
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2 expert authors
84 days (and nights) of research
110 stunning beaches explored
53 legendary surf breaks
Inspirational photos
Clear, easy-to-use maps
Pull-out city map
Puerto Rico Outdoors feature
Comprehensive planning tools
Easy-to-read layout
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By Zain Deane
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Released: 2011-11-07
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The definitive guide, now fully updated, to the three most popular destinations in Puerto Rico. No matter your budget, tastes, or passions, Puerto Rico has something to please your senses and wish you could come back for more. Author Zain Deane takes you on a tour of San Juan and its main islands and shows you how to uncover its best-kept secrets and treasures—from breathtaking beaches and rain forest hikes to extraordinary shopping and dining spots on narrow colonial streets. Puerto Rico has something to please all your senses, regardless of your budget, tastes, or passions.
Distinctive for their accuracy, simplicity, and conversational tone, the diverse travel guides in our Explorer's Great Destinations series meet the conflicting demands of the modern traveler. They're packed full of up-to-date information to help plan the perfect getaway. And they're compact and light enough to come along for the ride. A tool you'll turn to before, during, and after your trip, these guides include chapters on lodging, dining, transportation, history, shopping, recreation, and more; a section packed with practical information, such as lists of banks, hospitals, post offices, laundromats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information; maps of regions and locales, and more. 100 full-color photographs and maps throughout |
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By Ryan Ver Berkmoes
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With amazing culture, beaches, activities and weather not to mention the rum the Caribbean is a joyous riot of islands offering the ultimate escape. Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Lonely Planet Writer
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Inside This Book
65 islands covered
13 expert authors
500 days (and nights) of research
874 gorgeous beaches
Inspirational photos
Clear, easy-to-use maps
Cruising feature
In-depth background
Comprehensive planning tools
Easy-to-read layout
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By David Thompson
Released: 2011-12-18
Kindle Edition (87 pages)
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Kindle version of our 90 page illustrated travel guide will help you to plan an exciting trip to San Juan in Puerto Rico.
It’s the ideal location for a cultural or warm beach vacation holiday - we take you to Old San Juan, home to historic attractions, galleries and museums, El Condado, the upscale city beach neighborhood with its active nightlife and Isla Verde with its relaxing beaches and parks.
Finding Internet access when out and about can be problematic so carry your mobile guidebook in the palm of your hand. We include a fully linked Table of Contents and internally between sections to access context-specific information quickly and easily when offline. Many web links are included as well for additional information.
Updated December 2011.
Works on Kindle and on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows PC, Mac, Windows Phone, etc. using the free Kindle Reader software.
Contents:
Welcome To San Juan
Districts
— Old San Juan
— Puerta de Tierra
— El Condado
— Isla Verde
Background
Transportation
Language
Sightseeing
Activities
Museums
Shopping
Restaurants
Drinking
Accommodation
Safety & Security
Local Day Trips
Introduction To Puerto Rico
— Transportation Options
— Distinctive Activities
— Language Guide
— Shopping Guide
— Local Cuisine & Dining Guide
— Drinking
— Accommodation
— Studying in Puerto Rico
— Employment
— Safety & Security
— Health
— Cultural Issues
— Internet & Phone Use
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By Esmeralda Santiago
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An epic novel of love, discovery, and adventure by the author of the best-selling memoir When I Was Puerto Rican.
As a young girl growing up in Spain, Ana Larragoity Cubillas is powerfully drawn to Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de León. And in handsome twin brothers Ramón and Inocente—both in love with Ana—she finds a way to get there. She marries Ramón, and in 1844, just eighteen, she travels across the ocean to a remote sugar plantation the brothers have inherited on the island.
Ana faces unrelenting heat, disease and isolation, and the dangers of the untamed countryside even as she relishes the challenge of running Hacienda los Gemelos. But when the Civil War breaks out in the United States, Ana finds her livelihood, and perhaps even her life, threatened by the very people on whose backs her wealth has been built: the hacienda’s slaves, whose richly drawn stories unfold alongside her own. And when at last Ana falls for a man who may be her destiny—a once-forbidden love—she will sacrifice nearly everything to keep hold of the land that has become her true home.
This is a sensual, riveting tale, set in a place where human passions and cruelties collide: thrilling history that has never before been brought so vividly and unforgettably to life. |
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By John Marino
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Frommer's Portable Puerto Rico, 5th Edition, is a concise, pocket-sized guide that takes you straight to the island's very best restaurants, accommodations, and attractions. We'll direct you to the best beaches, from Luquillo Beach--a white sand crescent edged by a vast coconut grove--to Boqueron Beach, which attracts devoted fishermen, sailors, scuba divers, and windsurfers. Explore the stunning El Yunque rain forest and the caves of the Rio Camuy Cave Park. Searching for some authentic Puerto Rican food? Stop by Ajili Mojili for some stuffed green plantains and arroz con pollo (stewed chicken with saffron rice). We reveal the best places for snorkeling, scuba-diving, golf, sailing, deep-sea fishing--and a host of other activities. |
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By Suzanne Van Atten
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Travel journalist Suzanne Van Atten covers the best of Puerto Rico—from the spectacular beaches and classic golf courses to its rich Spanish culture. Van Atten includes fun and creative travel ideas for a variety of travelers, including Thrillseekers Tour, Romantic Getaway, and Family Fun. With expert advice on exploring the El Yunque rainforest and the underground caves at Cavernas del Rio Camuy, Moon Puerto Rico gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience. |
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By Oswald Rivera
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Puerto Rican cuisine, with its strong Spanish and African influences, holds a unique position in the world of Caribbean cooking. The food is spicy, hearty, healthy, sensuous, and adventurous. The 240-plus recipes included here range from traditional island dishes and drinks to the latest Nuyorican creations. Fully illustrated, this edition features a new preface by the author. |
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