Free day to check out Old San Juan

Today our focus was finding good coffee, then dialing in our rental bikes with the gear we brought, and finally exploring as much of Old San Juan as time allowed. In total we covered about 10 miles and rewarded ourselves with interesting sites, wonderful beverages, fun experiences and delicious foods.

Tim chatting up this statuesque woman. 

The colorful houses are all over Viejo San Juan. 

For me, the best part of visiting the San Juan National Historic Site- Castillo San Felipe del Morro was watching a group of students on a field trip roll down the hill in a race upon the teachers countdown. 

Feral cats have inhabited Old San Juan for centuries.  It is said that a mayor of San Juan in the mid 1500s brought them in to kill rats. “Save a Gato”  is now a nonprofit organization that has trapped, neuter and spayed cats of Old San Juan for near 20 years.

Cathedral Basílica Menor de San Juan Bautista

Our lunch was on this tiny  balcony overlooking a popular gathering spot for tourists/cruise ship groups. A great people watching location. 

There are plenty of chicken fending for themselves. 

We found the perfect place to give our feet a rest…. Cerveceria Callejon. This local brewery provided a flight of their 5 brews. 

Dinner included sangria, grouper ceviche and yuca mofongo stuffed with seafood. 

The perfect end to a full day was a scoop of gelato.  We knew it would be great based on the online popularity and the long line to place our order.