Must-see attractions in Ponce

  • Museo de Arte de Ponce

    Ponce

    Brush Strokes in Flight, a bold primary-colored totem by American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, announces the smartly remodeled MAP, where an expertly…

  • Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes

    Ponce

    The ancient ceremonial center of Tibes is one of the Caribbean's most important archaeological sites, due largely to evidence found here of pre-Taíno…

  • Lion Fountain in Plaza Las Delicias, the main square in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

    Plaza Las Delicias

    Ponce

    Within this elegant square you’ll discover Ponce's heart as well as two of the city’s landmark buildings, Parque de Bombas and Catedral Nuestra Señora…

  • Firehouse museum at dusk Parque de Bombas, Plaza Las Delicias, Ponce, Puerto Rico

    Parque de Bombas

    Ponce

    Ponceños (people from Ponce) claim that the eye-popping Parque de Bombas is Puerto Rico’s most frequently photographed building, which is not too hard to…

  • Hacienda Buena Vista

    Ponce

    The overgrown coffee fields and quaint historical buildings of Hacienda Buena Vista make this one of Puerto Rico's best-preserved 19th-century coffee…

  • Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña

    Ponce

    This spacious pink villa designed by Juan Bertoli Calderoni, father of Puerto Rico’s neoclassical style, offers one of Ponce’s best museum experiences. A…

  • La Guancha Paseo Tablado

    Ponce

    Commonly known as ‘La Guancha,’ this rebuilt public boardwalk is around 3 miles south of the city center near the relatively lonely Ponce Hilton and the…

  • Museo de la Historia de Ponce

    Ponce

    Ponce's history museum is extensive for a city of fewer than 200,0000 people – evidence of the city’s reverence for the past. Located in the Casa Salazar …

  • Salto Collores Waterfall

    Ponce

    An easy day trip from either San Juan or Ponce, this is one of the most accessible waterfalls in Puerto Rico. It's located in the backyard of a…

  • Casa Wiechers-Villaronga

    Ponce

    Perhaps the most grand of Ponce’s historical homes, this mansion was designed by Paris-educated ponceño architect Alfredo Wiechers. The carefully…

  • Museo Castillo Serrallés

    Ponce

    On the same property as the mammoth El Vigía, Museo Castillo Serrallés was the home of Ponce’s rum dynasty, the Serrallés family. Guides lead bilingual…

  • Teatro La Perla

    Ponce

    The 1000-seat, grandly columned Teatro La Perla was designed by Juan Bertoli Calderoni, father of Puerto Rico’s neoclassical style, and completed in the…

  • Casa Alcaldía

    Ponce

    Facing the southern side of Plaza Las Delicias, Ponce’s city hall was built in the 1840s. The last public hanging on the island happened in its courtyard,…

  • El Vigía

    Ponce

    It doesn’t really compare with the hilltop cross in Rio de Janeiro, but the 100ft reinforced-concrete Cruceta del Vigía looking over Ponce is one of the…

  • Isla Caja de Muertos

    Ponce

    The name for this island off shore from Ponce translates as 'coffin island' – at one point it was supposedly thought that its silhouette resembled a…

  • Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

    Ponce

    The twin bell towers of this striking cathedral and local landmark cast an impression of noble piety over Ponce's Plaza Las Delicias. The cathedral…

  • Museo de la Masacre de Ponce

    Ponce

    This small museum commemorates the Ponce Massacre, the fated pro-independence demonstration of the 1930s during which almost 20 protestors (and two police…

  • Ponce Paradise

    Ponce

    A huge new tourism development is set to sprout up near Mercedita Airport and the Port of the Americas. The project, costing US$1 billion, will include a…

  • Fuente de los Leones

    Ponce

    A lovely fountain in the middle of the Plaza Las Delicias – a survivor from the 1939 World Fair.

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