Videos tagged with "cityscape"
Travel San Juan, Puerto Rico: Shops on Calle Fortaleza [02:14]
I started the morning off early with a walk through the extensive grounds of the Embassy Suites / Golden Sands resort in Dorado, and around mid-day we made our way into the Puerto Rican capital -- San Juan. Old San Juan is a beautifully restored colonial city and was founded in 1521. We parked our vehicle close to the Puerto Rican Capitol and started walking west towards Old San Juan past Plaza Colon which features a statue of Christopher Columbus. After my initial explorations of the popular shopping street Calle Fortaleza I discovered the Governor's Mansion (la Fortaleza) where two local policemen enlightened me about the significance of this building. Then I came across the Parque de las Palomas where hundreds of pigeons swarm the tourists who feed them. Walking north I explored the Atlantic waterfront, the Old San Juan Cemetery and one of San Juan's most imposing fortifications: Fort San Felipe del Morro, begun in 1539, which today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I even hopped on the free open-air tourist trolley to get a more comprehensive view of Old San Juan and caught a nice sunset, looking south over the Bay of San Juan.
Tags: United, Stated, Puerto, Rico, San, Juan, Plaza, Colon, El, Morro, adventure, cityscape, destination, travel, log, landmark
Arecibo, Puerto Rico: Main square in the rain [01:15]
One of the things I love about travel is to discover local places that are not necessarily frequented by tourists. We started the day by driving west from Dorado into the coastal town of Arecibo which was settled in 1556. Caught in a downpour, we watched the goings-on on the main square ducked underneath a balcony. This town was definitely not a tourist town, and some of the rather run-down buildings away from the main square attested to that. When we were trying to find our way out of town ...
Tags: United, Stated, Puerto, Rico, San, Juan, Plaza, Colon, Arecibo, adventure, cityscape, destination, landmark, travel, log
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Glitz @ El Condado & Isla Verde [01:01]
Our last few hours in Puerto Rico had arrived. We left Dorado and took coastal Highway 165 again for a pleasant stress-free drive into San Juan. We had just about two hours before we had to return our vehicle at the airport and decided to visit another couple of areas in San Juan that we had not seen before. We drove through an area called "El Condado" which is a busy ocean-front community with many high-rise hotels, somewhat reminiscent of Fort Lauderdale or Miami Beach. We then drove ...
Tags: United, States, Puerto, Rico, San, Juan, El, condado, isla, verde, Adventure, Cityscape, Landmark, Travel, Log
Ponce, Puerto Rico: Pedestrian shopping street [03:13]
Just south of Arecibo we started to drive south on Highway 10 to cross the islands main mountain range, the "Cordillera Central", in order to reach the island's south coast. Although the island is only 35 miles (about 50 km) wide, it can take hours to cross the island, especially after the main highway ends. We had to get onto narrow local roads that snake around the mountains and took us past local towns such as Utuado and Adjuntas. We could barely go faster than 25, 30 km/h and it was ...
Tags: United, Stated, Puerto, Rico, San, Juan, Plaza, Colon, Ponce, adventure, cityscape, travel, log, destination, landmark
Arecibo, Puerto Rico: Helpful local leads us to highway [03:11]
One of the things I love about travel is to discover local places that are not necessarily frequented by tourists. We started the day by driving west from Dorado into the coastal town of Arecibo which was settled in 1556. Caught in a downpour, we watched the goings-on on the main square ducked underneath a balcony. This town was definitely not a tourist town, and some of the rather run-down buildings away from the main square attested to that. When we were trying to find our way out of town ...
Tags: United, Stated, Puerto, Rico, San, Juan, Plaza, Colon, Arecibo, adventure, cityscape, destination, culture, landmark, travel, log