Experts' Choice Award Casa Blanca Museum
6 expert reviews
“Explore the first military structure built on the island and one of the oldest monuments in San Juan.”
– Afar Magazine
Concierge "Now a museum, the Casa Blanca may be the city's best-preserved colonial-era dwelling."
Frommer's "The simple Spanish colonial structure is made beautiful by its furniture, paintings, and other works of art." Full review
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Its vast garden... is its finest feature.
Lonely Planet "Constructed in 1524 as a residence for Puerto Rico’s pioneering governor... the Casa Blanca is the oldest continuously occupied house in the Western Hemisphere." Full review
Fodor's "The original structure here was a wooden house built in 1521 as a home for Ponce de León; he died in Cuba without ever living here." Full review
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Don't miss the stairway descending from one of the bedrooms.
Frommer's "This rustic residence is in perhaps the Old City's choicest location, atop a verdant hilltop overlooking the Atlantic coastline at the entrance to San Juan Bay, housed the family of Puerto Rico's first governor, Juan Ponce de Leon, for 2" Full review
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