Things To Do
Restaurants
Old San Juan: -Marmalade - Upscale tasting menu -La Lanterna - Upscale Italian -Pirilo - Technically a pizza place but has amazing Puerto Rican food -Bacaro - Italian with local Puerto Rican selections Other areas in San Juan / Condado -Luisa - Local cuisine -Bistro De Paris - French -Casita Blanca - Local food -El Viejo Almacen - Argentinian -Asere - Cuban -Casita Miramar - Local food -Santaella - Upscale local food
Bars
Old San Juan: -La Factoria - Where part of the Despasito music video was filmed. If you put this bar into your GPS, you will arrive to a long strip of fun bars and nightlife. Very safe area to walk around at night. -La Vergüenza - Fun bar for Puerto Rican food and local drinks that is over looking the ocean. Great afternoon spot. La Placita: -Area close to San Juan with several bars. On weekend nights (including Thursday), there will be people salsa dancing in the street here. This area is close to a few unsafe areas so do not walk here, take Uber.
Things to see around the island
-Tour of El Morro in Old San Juan -Shopping in Old San Juan -Playa Escambron in San Juan is a beach with barely any waves that locals go to -Playa Escambron for sunset -Walk from hotels to Old San Juan -Farmers market in Old San Juan (every Saturday AM) -Playa Piñones - Beach 20 min away from San Juan with hundreds of local food kiosks -Day trip to El Yunque National Rain Forest -1-2 night trip to Culebra which is an island off San Juan and a short 20 minute flight away (rent golf carts when you visit to explore the island) -1-2 night trip in Rincon (cool beach town on the West side of the island about 2 hours away from San Juan) -Find a tourist boat trip that offers a 1 day trip to Culebra with transportation to and from San Juan