🏝️ Caribbean

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Puerto Rico

Museums, festivals, local traditions · Official sites & practical info

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🏛️ Museums & History 2 venues
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Old San Juan: El Morro & San Cristóbal
San Juan

Spanish fortresses begun in 1539 and listed by UNESCO since 1983 together with La Fortaleza. Ramparts, sentry boxes and Atlantic views in the heart of Old San Juan.

HistoryUNESCOHeritage
🌐 Official sitenps.gov →
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Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR)
Santurce, San Juan

The island's main art museum, housed in a former early-20th-century hospital: Puerto Rican art from the 18th century to today, plus a sculpture garden.

ArtMuseumGarden
🌐 Official sitemapr.org →
🎉 Traditions & festivals 2 venues
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Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián (“SanSe”)
Old San Juan

Every third weekend of January, four days of celebrations close Puerto Rico's long holiday season: cabezudos parade, bomba, artisans and concerts on the cobblestones.

FestivalMusicCrafts
🌐 Official sitediscoverpuertorico.com →
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Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol
Loíza

In July, around the 25th, a week of processions in the cradle of Afro-Puerto Rican culture: vejigantes in coconut-shell masks, bomba music and dance.

TraditionAfro-CaribbeanFestival
🌐 Official sitediscoverpuertorico.com →