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By Bori Local Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is ฿2,641 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • This is the only art-focused walking tour in Old San Juan led by a certified art history specialist. No other tour combines expert art commentary a chocolate tasting, museum visits, Old San Juan's secret history and local treats into one experience. Experience is for a small VIP group.

    Start at Chocobar Cortés with a complimentary hot chocolate and quesito breakfast while learning 5,300 years of cacao history. Learn the life of the Cortés family and explore their unique art collection. Walk through 500 year old cobblestone streets exploring both classical & contemporary art.

    Visit museums featuring colonial religious art & works by leading contemporary Puerto Rican artists. Discover political street art that tell stories of resistance & cultural pride. Uncover the untold stories of indigenous Taino from their art.

    Have a FREE piragua. This is not a surface-level sightseeing walk. This is Old San Juan seen through art, guided by art specialist leading tours in the historic district.

Activity location

  • Chocobar Cortés
    • 210 Calle de San Francisco
    • 00901, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Chocobar Cortés
    • 210 Calle de San Francisco
    • 00901, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Old San Juan Chocolate Art and Architecture Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Starting time: 9:00
Price details
฿2,640.50 x 1 Adult฿2,640.50
Total
Price is ฿2,640.50
Until Fri, 23 Oct
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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    FREE quesito (puertorican sweet cheese breakfast)
  • Inclusions
    FREE piragua (cold snow) from all natural juice
  • Inclusions
    FREE puertorican sweets
  • Inclusions
    FREE hot chocolate
  • Exclusions
    Other food and drinks
  • Exclusions
    Tips

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Specialised infant seats are available
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Chocobar Cortés

  • 15m
Welcome with hot chocolate, a quesito, learn cacao history and Cortés family legacy.

Fundacion Casa Cortes

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Discover Caribbean contemporary art, paintings, and sculptures across two gallery floors.

Plaza de la Barandilla

  • 5m
Learn the history of Puerto Rico from the 1500s. Admire colonial architecture & the caribbean colours of the buildings.

Parroquia San Francisco de Asis

  • 5m
Learn about the history and architecture of San Francisco church. View Puerto Rico's tallest altar mural and historic Cristo del Buen Viaje inside of the church.

Calle de la Tanca

  • 5m
Experience the beauty of Old San Juan's iconic blue cobblestones.

Calle Norzagaray

  • 10m
Explore powerful political street art from Rafique and other muralist.

Museo de San Juan

  • 25m
  • Admission ticket included
Experience traditional mountain music exhibition and works by master painters like Francisco Oller, José Campeche and Luis Paret y Alcázar . Learn about women artist that no one knows that change the art industry in Puerto Rico.

Calle Norzagaray

  • 10m
Taste the natural colours of Puerto Rico thought a free piragua (snow cone). These are free and choose from around 7 natural juice flavours.

Totem Structure

  • 10m
Learn about indigenous Taíno art and Puerto Rican cultural identity symbolism. Uncover the true storey of the totem monument by Jaime Suárez.

Iglesia de San Jose

  • 15m
Discover Renaissance and Gothic architecture with stunning sacred art and frescoes from one of the oldest churches of the Americas. Appreciate the oldest art in Puerto Rico from the 1600s and uncover the mysteries of the recently found mermaids on one of the frescoes.

Hotel El Convento

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
Discover the history of the convent and the nuns. Explore artwork by renowned Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell.

Plaza de la Catedral

  • 5m
Close the tour with museum sculptures and reflections on Puerto Rican culture. Learn about the San Juan Bautista Catedral.

Location

Activity location

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    Chocobar Cortés
    • 210 Calle de San Francisco
    • 00901, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Chocobar Cortés
    • 210 Calle de San Francisco
    • 00901, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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