Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login I’m a sucker for a 16th-century Spanish garrison town, and the old part of Puerto Rican capital San Juan does not disappoint. Established in 1521, it’s the oldest European-founded city in the Americas.
Guarding the north-eastern entrance to the country’s main port, old San Juan is a colonial gem, reminiscent of Cádiz in Spain and La Habana, Cuba, before communism and then the West’s opprobrium sent the latter into permanent decline. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.
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