San Juan Walking Tour: Majestic Architecture & History

Embark on a walking tour of San Juan, filled with majestic architecture, breathtaking views, and embattled history. Discover the largest Spanish-built fortification in the Americas and immerse yourself in the stories of pirate battles, greed, and power.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • La Corazon Steps - Welcome to San Juan! Are you ready to explore this historic capital? Let’s get started! Our tour begins at the colorful La Corazon Steps. You can’t miss it – the steps have a beating red heart painted on them while the nearby tourist info center is an eye-catching pastel pink.
    NOTE: This 1.8-mile-long tour covers the essentials…
What's Included
  • Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
  • Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
  • Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
  • Offline maps: no signal, no problem! Works perfectly without cellular or wifi.
  • Comprehensive…
What's Not Included
  • Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
Additional Information

Embark on a walking tour of San Juan, full of majestic architecture, breathtaking views, and embattled history. Behold the largest Spanish-built fortification in the Americas. Hear stories of pirate battles, greed, and power featuring figures like Sir Francis Drake. Stroll down ancient city streets rich with culture and history, then walk along this…

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After booking the tour, search your email for the phrase "Set up your self-guided tour now." Follow these instructions NOW to finish setting up the tour while you have Wi-Fi/data. Do NOT wait until you are onsite.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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101yaronm
Aug 20, 2024
Now I now Puerto Rico's hidden history - It was great. However my phone battery died about 10 minutes after reaching the second castle/ fortress, so I'm not sure if I finished it or not and I did take a ton of pictures. I suggest that you not only start with your phone at 100% but bring your charger and a battery bank. Beyond that it was a great experience. I highly recommend it with no regrets (yes there will be LOTS OF STEEP HILLS TO CLIMB).
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G9077zxjh
Jul 8, 2024
Great experience - This guide was great and a lot better than paying a ton of money for a physical tour guide. My daughter and I walked the trail and stopped at several sites.
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Peggycx8394yw
Jun 17, 2024
A good time was had by all… - Great food in luquillo… Took the ferry to vieques. Blue horizon hotel amazing El yunque beautiful. Old San Juan fascinating Lovely beaches isla verde
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Mildred_s
May 13, 2024
Worth the price - Personally think this is a great way to get to know old San Juan. Super easy to follow, nice walk around the neighborhood, covers the bases and gives you a brief overview of what you’re looking at. Worth the price. Download beforehand and you’ll have no issues with connecting.
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Aaron_c
Apr 14, 2024
Amazing self-paced walking tour - The audio tour was amazing and the fact that it was set to gps was awesome. We could stop and talk or look longer and not be held to some arbitrary timeline from a tour group. We were in our own, free to speed up and slow down, or skip as we liked was great. The voiceover was very good and packed with so much information. We loved it. And the price was less than 1/4 of the traditional tours. Just be sure to pre-download everything in case you have service issues.
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Melissa_w
Apr 11, 2024
Fantastic self-guided tpur - I really enjoyed this self-guided tour. The app worked well, it was an informative and I loved being able to go at my own pace, take detours, break for lunch, etc. I highly recommend this tour!
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Sarah_r
Mar 25, 2024
Want to go at your own Pace? Try this. - I like that the app starts up immediately and stays on while you're on course. We didn't have any issues with the app either.
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Elizabethkx6758mu
Mar 14, 2024
Great information and guide that was flexible for our plans. Some minor glitches, but we would use this format again. - We were concerned that we wouldn't have the time or energy for a guided walking tour, so we were happy to find this one. It worked perfectly for our schedule--we ended up doing the tour on three separate days. It was a little glitchy for some of us--if I took a picture in between stops, often the app would stop showing the map or return to the beginning of the tour, so I would have to close the app and open it again. Also, it didn't remember what steps we had completed. Not a deal breaker, but a bit annoying. The tour gave us just the right amount of information and helped put everything we saw in context. We would definitely use it again, though it would be nice for the glitches to be fixed.
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Stanley_p
Aug 6, 2024
Was ok but don't go off the tour path, troubles arise - The tour program was to be gps activated. This is untrue, and the tour often would not start complete after starts after a break. Maybe if continue without side tracking off the given tour path while eating or shopping. May be good.
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Danielle
Jul 18, 2024
San Juan was beautiful, I just wish I was able to use the self guided tour with the voice guiding us. - I was not able to find the starting point of the self guided. The coordinate points/address of the starting point led me somewhere random. It was 30 minutes away from the Old San Juan which is where I wanted to be. I had to find Old San Juan on my own and just do my own tour.
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From $17
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).