City overview
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and U.S. territory, with San Juan as its capital and the arrival point for almost every visitor. The draw is the combination: 500-year-old Spanish fortifications and colourful colonial streets in Old San Juan, a rainforest and bioluminescent bays within an hour’s drive, and beach-resort strips in Isla Verde and Condado right beside the airport. Orthodox Jewish life on the island runs through Chabad of Puerto Rico in Isla Verde, minutes from the airport, which provides the daily minyan, the community eruv, kosher takeout, a kosher store and communal Shabbos meals. The island’s only certified kosher restaurant is in Miramar, San Juan.
Castillo San Cristóbal
Puerto Rico · $10 per person; shared ticket with El Morro
The larger of the two forts, a maze of tunnels, ramparts and lookout points guarding the landward approach to the old city.
Time needed
1 hour
Hours
Open daily 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Tips
Find the spiral staircase to the upper level — it is the best view over Old San Juan. Free entry with an America the Beautiful national parks pass.
Phone
787-449-4049Website
nps.gov/sajuNeighborhood
Old San Juan
Activity providers
Kosher map of Puerto Rico
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.