Ponce is served by Mercedita (IATA: PSE) airport, which is 10 km away.
Best things to see in it
1. La Guancha Recreational and Cultural Complex
The La Guancha Recreational and Cultural Complex is a sector located in barrio Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico with family recreational and cultural facilities that opened on June 23, 1998. A highlight of the complex is La Guancha Boardwalk. It was developed during the administration of Mayor Rafael Cordero Santiago.
2. La Guancha Recreational and Cultural Complex
The La Guancha Recreational and Cultural Complex is a sector located in barrio Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico with family recreational and cultural facilities that opened on June 23, 1998. A highlight of the complex is La Guancha Boardwalk. It was developed during the administration of Mayor Rafael Cordero Santiago.
3. Cruceta El Vigía
Cruceta El Vigia (El Vigia Cross) is a 100-foot-tall cross located atop Vigia Hill in Ponce, Puerto Rico, directly in front of the Serralles Castle museum. It houses a tourist center at its base, a 10 story vertical tower, and a horizontal sky bridge that has panoramic views of the city of Ponce and the Caribbean sea. Visitors can reach the skybridge via glass elevators or a stair case. Made of reinforced concrete, the cross has withstood various natural disasters, including 3 major hurricanes.
4. Old Ponce Casino
The Old Ponce Casino (Spanish: Antiguo Casino de Ponce) is a historic structure, built in 1922 and located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Originally built as a social club for Ponce's elite, it is currently used as the premier reception center of The Noble City of Puerto Rico. The building, designed by Agustin Camilo Gonzalez in the Second Empire and Neo-Rococo styles, has a French facade and tones. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1987. It is located at the corn…
5. Parque de Bombas
Parque de Bombas (Spanish for Park of Pumps) is a historic firehouse building in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is one of Puerto Rico's most notable buildings, with some considering it " by far the most easily recognized landmark in the Island" It is located at the Plaza Las Delicias town square, directly behind the Ponce Cathedral. The building housed the city's main fire station for many years, and it is now a museum. Its name comes from the mobile hand-pumped fire fighting units the building once hou…
6. Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center
The Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center (Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes) in Barrio Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico, is one of the most important archeological discoveries made in the Antilles. The discovery provides an insight as to how the indigenous tribes of the Igneri and Tainos lived and played during and before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the New World. Tibes is the oldest Antillean Indian ceremonial and sporting complex yet uncovered in Puerto Rico. Within its boundaries is also…
7. Teatro La Perla
The Teatro La Perla (English: The Pearl Theater) is a historic theater in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Inaugurated in 1864, it is the second oldest theater of its kind in Puerto Rico, but " the largest and most historic in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. " The theater was named La Perla in honor of the Virgin of Montserrat (Spanish: La Virgen de Montserrat), known as " The Pearl of the Mediterranean. " It is located in barrio Tercero.
8. Paseo Tablado La Guancha
The La Guancha Boardwalk (Español: Paseo Tablado La Guancha) is a boardwalk in the La Guancha sector of the La Playa barrio in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, facing the Caribbean Sea and built under the administration of Rafael Cordero Santiago, Mayor of Ponce from 1989 to 2004, at a cost of 2. 6 million dollars. It was inaugurated on June 23, 1998.
If you have already seen Ponce, there are still plenty of things to do on the outskirts of the city. Are you fancy to travel around a bit? Here is our list:
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