Videos tagged with "old san juan"
Plaza Colón in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico [01:23]
A busy morning in Old San Juan. Lots of traffic trying to enter the city at the plaza. This is an ideal spot to start a walking tour of the city.
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Discover Old San Juan By Plate - Puerto Rico Food & Restaurants - On Voyage.tv [03:45]
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico is not only rich in history but also in cuisine. Boasting food from all over the world in its many gourmet restaurants, get a taste for this eclectic blend of international fare and meet chefs from the areas best fine-dining venues. Hector Crespo, chef at Aquaviva Restaurant, shares his passion for the only seafood spot in all of Old San Juan, where unique dishes of raw and fresh seafood are the specialty. Chef at the Dragon Fly Restaurant, Anna Maria Antoinette, brings Latin/ Asian fusion to Puerto Rico, while Pedro L. Parilla, sous chef at Toro Salao, imparts the tastes of Spain into Caribbean plates. Server Carmen Delem talks about Parrot Club Restaurants blending of Puerto Rican fare with Cuban, Dominican, Peruvian, South American and Spanish cuisines. Delem whips up the restaurants famous mojito, a blend of mint leaves, sugar, rum, fresh-squeezed lime juice and a splash of club soda. At Restaurant 311, executive chef Christophe Gordain incorporates local ingredients like tropical fruits and root vegetables into his native French cuisine. Using French techniques, he's created lighter fare reminiscent of that served in the south of France.
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San Cristobol Old San Juan, Puerto Rico [00:27]
A scenic view from the lower park from San Cristobol in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. 500 years ago constructions was started on the two major forts that fortify the old city. Here is what it looks like today.
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Puerto Rico Annual Carnival! San Sebastian Street in Old San Juan, PR [00:20]
every January after three kings day holidays, is ther annual carnival celebrated in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Tags: PR, old san juan, san juan, fiestas san sebastian, 2010, puerto rico, gabriel emanuelli, giancarlo emanuelli
The San Juan Gate in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico [00:55]
If you were a dignitary arriving from Spain in the 1500s through the 1800s, you would enter the city through this gate, called the San Juan Gate. Access to and from the city was tightly controlled through five gates. As the formal entrance, San Juan Gate meant protection and relief for weary travelers. Through its doors passed the documents, money, and people to carry out the Crown's will in this colony. The San Juan Gate is named after Saint John the Baptist. The Latin inscription above the gate reads :Benedictus qui venit in nomini Domini," meaning "Blessed are they who come in the name of the Lord." Each of the city's gates had similar inscriptions. An entrance to the city probably existed here in some form as early as the 1540s. The San Juan Gate as you see it today was built in 1635. It has been repaired and restored over the years and it is the last remaining of San Juan's principal gates.
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