List of tourist attractions in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Parque de Bombas, built in 1882, is one of Puerto Rico's most photographed structures

Ponce, Puerto Rico's second most important city and its second largest city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, receives over 100,000 visitors annually.[1]

Ponce's sights include monuments and architecture, such as its Monumento a la Abolición de la Esclavitud and Residencia Armstrong-Poventud, and charming pink marble curbs and chamfered streets corners, as well as historic houses, castles and concert halls. There are also more modern attractions such as its seafront Tablado La Guancha as well as attractions that date back over 1500 years, like the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center. With its many charming attractions, the city has been called "the most Puerto Rican city in Puerto Rico."[2]

Within the City's Urban Area

Within the Ponce Historic Zone

Museums

Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña, built in Classical revival style by Alfredo B. Wiechers, opened in 1996

Parks

Parque Urbano Dora Colon Clavell located 2 blocks from Plaza Las Delicias

Monuments

Casa Saurí, today a protected section of a hotel, was built in 1882

Historic houses

Casa Serrallés, built in 1911, was the downtown residence of the Serrallés family as opposed to their 1935 hilltop castle-residence.

Churches

Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad, the first Protestant church in Latin America, built in 1873

Historic commercial institutions

20th and 21st century architecture

Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns, home venue for Leones de Ponce, sits 16,000 people

Theaters

Shopping

Plaza de Mercado Isabel Segunda farmer's market was built in 1863

Cultural institutions

The ultra-centenarian Banda Municipal de Ponce plays free "retreta" concerts every Sunday evening at public places in the city

Festivals and events

Ponce Servicios, brutalist building occupies an entire city block

Others

Outside the Ponce Historic Zone

Museums

Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro (1842), an inactive burial grounds, final resting place of many illustrious citizens

Cemeteries

Historic homes

Monument to the Heroes of El Polvorín Fire (1911), mausoleum and final resting place for Ponce's bravest

Others

Outside the City's Urban Area

Playa Pelícano Beach, a Blue Flag beach at Caja de Muertos, Nature Reserve

Beaches

Mountains

Cerro de Punta, Puerto Rico's tallest peak at 4,390 ft

Parks, forests and recreational areas

Others

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cumple dos décadas de historia y pasión. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 26 August 2009. Page 24.
  2. ↑ Aida Belen Rivera Ruiz, Certifying Official, and Juan Llanes Santos, Preparer, Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) February 26, 2008. In National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (Washington, D.C.) Page 13. Listing Reference Number 08000283 (McCabe Memorial Church). April 11, 2008.
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