Things to Do After Debarkation but Before Airport

[bup1224]

Originally Posted by CaribbeanBound

There's lots of good options. I agree on the forts.

 

 

Here's a great excursion if you are flying out of San Juan and have some time to kill before your flight. When exiting the terminal building for transportation you will see two orange booths. The one on the left is for "Taxis". The one on the right is for "Sightseeing Tours". For $25 per person, we gave our bags to the sightseeing tour guide. He loaded the bags into the back of his air conditioned van, and we jumped in, took a seat and waited for the large van to fill. Once full (about 16 or 18 passengers), our driver Hector left the port and headed for Old San Juan.

 

Does anyone know if the "sightseeing tours" would drop you at your hotel as opposed to the airport - we are flying out the day after our cruise.

[CaribbeanBound]

Since they drive all over, it wouldn't surprise me if they did drop you at your hotel instead of airport upon request. But I don't know one way or another.

Our driver seemed very flexible.

 

More Secrets of the Caribbean: http://www.lavasurfer.com/info/caribbean-secrets.html

(Great information on excursions we've done in most major ports)

[newyorker88]

There's lots of good options. I agree on the forts.

 

 

Here's a great excursion if you are flying out of San Juan and have some time to kill before your flight. When exiting the terminal building for transportation you will see two orange booths. The one on the left is for "Taxis". The one on the right is for "Sightseeing Tours". For $25 per person, we gave our bags to the sightseeing tour guide. He loaded the bags into the back of his air conditioned van, and we jumped in, took a seat and waited for the large van to fill. Once full (about 16 or 18 passengers), our driver Hector left the port and headed for Old San Juan. He gave us information about the city, stopped for pictures, allowed us 15 minutes to tour the Capital, 40 minutes to explore Fort San Cristobal, a quick stop at Casa Don Q's (2 blocks from the OSJ docks and across the street from Tijuana's Bar and Grill) for a quick pitch on Don Q rum and free rum drinks. (My wife enjoyed a Pina Colada). Hector then dropped us off downtown to shop for 45 minutes. We grabbed a quick trinket and walked a block to the Parrot Club for lunch. Very interesting place. My wife just loves the decor. Our waiter was friendly, very courteous, and efficient. While not inexpensive, the food is outstanding and well worth the visit if you enjoy nice flavors. At 12:40pm we boarded the van and he dropped a few folks (who had evening flights) off at Lupis to enjoy lunch while the rest of us went to the airport. He then went back and picked up the Lupis group to continued their tour. Recommended! This was a great way to spend some free time in San Juan and get to the airport.

 

More Secrets of the Caribbean: www.lavasurfer.com/info/caribbean-secrets.html

Do you think this excursion is doable if my flight is 2:35pm?

[girlscruise2011]

I am looking for something do since my flight out of San Juan doesn't leave until 3:30pm. My problem is I am returning on January 19, 2014 and the San Sebatian Festival will be going on so from what I saw & read it will be crazy in San Juan that weekend. I'm not even sure I will be able to store my bags anywhere.

 

I was hoping to just head to the airport and find something to do near there to get away from the craziness and not be stuck in traffic all day.