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Paseo de La Princesa – Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
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“One of the Most Scenic Walkways in the World”
Paseo de La Princesa, the most beloved promenade in Puerto Rico, dates back to 1853. This beautifully restored walk is a favorite place for locals day and night and welcomes millions of visitors from all over the world. Your walk along Paseo de La Princesa can end at the San Juan Gate, or can start there… either direction will be one of your memorable sightseeing experiences in Old San Juan. Come with us for a photo walking tour, so you can plan the best experience. Paseo de La Princesa is part of the San Juan National Historic Site.
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Paseo La Princesa offers sweeping romantic vistas of the San Juan Bay, elegant gardens, the historic city walls, a playground for the little ones, food, culture, history, works of art along the way, and the beautiful Raices Fountain.
At the end of the promenade, you’ll enter through the San Juan Gate, and into one of the most beautiful streets of Old San Juan.
By sunset, Paseo de La Princesa takes on another vibe…
… more relaxed … one of the most romantic places to take a walk with your loved one.
On your way to Paseo de La Princesa, start off with a refreshing piragua, a traditional treat made with shaved ice and delicious syrups available in tropical flavors, you’ll see vendors near La Casita near the Old San Juan Piers or at the promenade. Want something refreshing and different? Be sure to stop for a cup of Mavi, a drink made with the shavings of the treetrunk of the Mavi tree, it is fermented and Puerto Ricans consider it the island’s favorite natural beer substitute.
If you’re ready for a meal, stop by Princesa Gastrobar, one of the most popular dining locations in Old San Juan, complete with a special Rums of Puerto Rico bar.
The restaurant serves authentic 1800’s century Puerto Rican Gastronomy. If you’re dining on a weekend, around the holidays, or during busy cruise weeks, be sure to make a reservation.
During weekends and busy cruise weeks, you can enjoy live music, there are food vendors selling traditional fritters and treats, and if you love handmade crafts, you’ll find some of the best local art vendors at Paseo de La Princesa.
During the Christmas holidays, this place is colorful with lights, joy, singing, and music, attracting families from all over the island. Artisans work all year to give locals great gifts for families and decorate their homes, the most sought-after items are wooden pieces such as the beloved Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings) and handmade toys. It is a wonderfully festive place from mid-November all the way to the second week of January.
Paseo de la Princesa is a great place to rub shoulders with friendly locals and feel the warmth of our culture.
If you hear live music, particularly the rhythms of Salsa, you’re likely to see part of the walkway turn into a dance floor, if you don’t know how to dance, don’t be shy and ask a local to teach you, Puerto Ricans are so friendly, they love showing off their dance skills and spreading joy to our visitors. Whether you know how to dance or not, you’re in Puerto Rico… let yourself go and dance.
Following is a video where many of our beloved Puerto Rican salsa singers collaborated on a song after Hurricane Maria, mostly filmed at Paseo de La Princesa.
As your walk the palm-lined promenade, you’ll pass La Princesa, a historic landmark that once served as a prison.
Today, La Princesa is the Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s headquarters. In addition, La Princesa also houses a Puerto Rico art exhibit worth visiting.
As you walk you’ll be pulled forward by the sound and beauty of Fuente Raices (fountain).
Raices translate to roots, and the fountain represents just that – the roots of Puerto Rican culture which is made up of Tainos (natives), Spaniards, and Africans.
Continue to enjoy sweeping views of San Juan Bay,
… dotted with a few colorful fishermen’s boats along the shore…
… and friendly pelicans that love to jump in the water to play.
Look up and you’ll see part of La Fortaleza, the Governor’s Mansion.
The city walls can be best appreciated from Paseo de La Princesa
We know you’re anxious to go through the red gate and begin exploring Old San Juan… we encourage you to take a few minutes to slow down, sit down on a bench, hold hands with your loved one, and simply take in the scenery.
When you get back home, we are sure, you’ll be talking about these special moments… it is our hope you make these special memories during your visit to our beloved city.
Paseo de la Princesa leads to and ends at La Puerta de San Juan (San Juan Gate), the historic door where Spaniards entered the city after a long sail to the island.
The promenade is a wonderful place to watch the sun as it sets behind Isla de Cabras across San Juan Bay.
At night the walls are lit in warm golden tones creating a romantic ambiance.
If you have a few days in Old San Juan, you may want to walk Paseo de La Princesa twice, during the day and right before sunset before heading into the city to enjoy a good dinner. Paseo de La Princesa is beautiful under the sun, the glow of the sunset, and the glow of the lanterns under a dark sky.
Enjoy your walk at Paseo de la Princesa!
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Castillo de Cinderella o Cenicienta-Es la imagen que todos tienen cuando se imaginan este parque, pero en realidad no es una atracción.
Puedes atravesar el castillo para ir de un lado a otro del parque y verás murales en mosaicos de cristal hechos a mano ¡una belleza! También está la Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, para transformar los niños en princesas y piratas y el restaurante Cinderella’s Royal Table (por reservación).
Dumbo, the Flying Elephant-No hay uno, sino dos de esta atracción clásica para los más pequeños.
Space Mountain-Esta es la montaña rusa más intensa que tiene este parque. Estrenada en 1975, sigue siendo una de las mejores, ¡y es bajo techo!
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad-Otra montaña rusa familiar, donde tu carrito atraviesa por unas minas de oro, entre subidas y bajadas.
The Haunted Mansion-Esta casa embrujada donde los fantasmas quieren subirte a tu carrito, en realidad no es tan siniestra como para asustar a muchos, pero lo realmente valioso es ver los detalles y la tecnología utilizada para ella.
Tom Sawyer Island-Para conocer parte de la historia de las novelas de Mark Twain, te montarás en un barco de paleta que te llevará a esa isla.
The Hall of Presidents-Conoce cómo se veían los presidentes de Estados Unidos desde sus inicios hasta la actualidad, con estas figuras que parecen reales.
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train-Es una montaña rusa familiar que te lleva a través de la historia de Blanca Nieves y los Siete Enanitos. La fila es interactiva y muy linda
Walt Disney World Railroad-Este paseo pasivo en el tren, que puedes tomar desde que entras al parque, te llevará directo hasta el Nuevo Fantasyland, al otro extremo. También puedes tomarlo por segmentos.
Pirates of the Caribbean-Otra atracción muy popular, bajo techo, que recrea algunas de las escenas de las películas, donde vas en un bote y tienes un encuentro con el Capitán Jack Sparrow.
Splash Mountain-Saldrás empapado luego de recorrer una caverna en un pequeño botecito. Prepárate, este descenderá por 52 pies por un camino de agua.
Under the Sea-Journey to the Little Mermaid-Un viaje musical que te llevará a las profundidades del mar (sin mojarte) para contar la historia de Ariel, La Sirenita y sus amigos.
Peter Pan Flights-Un vuelo sobre la Tierra del Nunca Jamás de la historia, te llevará a un encuentro con Peter Pan y el Capitán Garfio.
Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin-Divertida hasta para hacer competencia con tu compañero de “nave espacial”. Darás vuelta y sumarás puntos mientras apuntas y disparas con luces de láser.
It’s Small World-Lo más tierno que encontrarás en el parque son estos botecitos con muñecos representando muchos de los países del mundo, que al final te dirán adiós en sus idiomas.
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Pirates of the Gulf
Part one. JOHN MORGAN
I. IRON HAND
In the middle of the seventeenth century, on the vast rich island of Hispaniola, the village of San Juan de Goave flourished; It was famous not only for the picturesque nature, but also for its inhabitants. This truly bewitching village was buried in the greenery of gardens, and around were dense forests and rich meadows, on which a myriad of wild bulls grazed.
Local residents, hunters and flayers, traded leather and lard. Who was not there: blacks and whites, mulattos and mestizos, Spaniards and French, British and Indians.
But they all led the same way of life, they all treated each other like the sons of one people, they all worked hard to get hold of a handful or two of hard cash, and the money they earned was spent in a drunken stupor at the gambling table or in the company of merry maidens, in which were not lacking.
These colonists lived an amazing life: they worked hard and indulged in sophisticated vices, were distinguished by impeccable honesty in business and extreme depravity of morals, were brotherly kind to the disadvantaged and insatiably greedy in the game.
Both in virtues and in vices they knew no limits. Virtues and vices crowded in one breast. So in fairy tales about the Golden Age, sheep and wolves sleep under the canopy of one tree, a hawk and a dove rest on the same branch, a tiger and a roe deer drink from the same source. All this seems like a mystery in the civilized nineteenth century, when a peaceful city dweller is unlikely to sleep peacefully under the same roof as a gendarme.
Once in a rural tavern, over the entrance to which there was a bull painted with soot and the inscription “At the black bull”, three people gathered at a simple unpainted table. Before them stood a jug of aguardiente and three glasses, and they were talking casually, leaning their elbows on the table, without taking off their hats, and smoking large, roughly carved wooden pipes.
All three had thick, long hair and a beard. They all looked peers, only two of them, fair-haired and blue-eyed, looked like Englishmen, and the third, swarthy, with black eyes, black-haired and black-bearded, was obviously a southerner.
They were dressed alike, but it would be difficult to describe their clothes: tight leather trousers, leather boots that were tight around the calves, and a long leather jacket. The hat is also made of leather, and on the belt is something like a harness with a wide long knife hanging from it.
Such was the strange outfit of our heroes, who lazily exchanged words, drowning in thick clouds of tobacco smoke.
“The Iron Hand is right,” said one of the Englishmen. “The melancholy here is mortal, but with earnings there is not much.
“Not a lot,” another Englishman confirmed. “Especially when you have to deal with those damned gachupins, as he calls them, who come here to trade from Aso itself.
“I’m just dying of boredom here,” said the one who was called the Iron Hand, exhaling a puff of smoke, and it seems that he is ready to yearn for his homeland.
— Is your homeland more beautiful than this region?
“Sure, Richard,” Iron Hand replied with a sigh. Mexico is the best place on earth.
— Why did you leave her? another Englishman asked.
– Ah, long story.
– Poverty drove?
— I was as rich as a prince there.
The English looked at each other doubtfully.
— Then because of love?
– I’ll tell you some other time. But so far, I’m sick of everything here.
– Oh! And you say that, a man who deserves the love of the Touchy Princess?
Stop talking about this girl.
There are enough other women in San Juan.
– But not so beautiful.
— And not so attractive. A good hundred hunters are dying of envy, watching you walk with her along the road to Palmas Hermanas. This grove is a real paradise, you must be having a good time there.
– At least not in the way you think. I love Julia like a sister, and that’s enough.
“No, no, let’s finish it, Antonio,” Richard protested seriously. “Are you really having nothing with this girl?”
“No,” replied the Iron Hand. “Her father, a Frenchman, was, as you know, a friend of mine. When he died of the plague, I became Julia and her mother’s protector and patron, that’s all. Why are you asking about this?
“I’m asking,” Richard replied indifferently, “because if you love her, it wouldn’t hurt to warn you that a rival has entered your waters.
— Who dared that?! exclaimed Antonio, his eyes flashing and flushing with anger.
– Yeah, that means there is something between you.
In the end, it’s my business, but we’re friends, and I’m warning you. It’s drifting for now, but it’s well rigged and will sink you in the first storm.
— But who is he?
– Be alert and trust that I don’t blunder either. You can count on my friendship…
The young people shook hands warmly. Antonio’s face darkened noticeably, but the Englishman’s bright eyes still reflected the serene calmness of his soul.
The third hunter continued to smoke as if nothing had happened, as if he had not heard anything.
“I see you are worried,” Richard said after a long silence. “Let’s go for a walk, maybe some business will turn up before evening.” If not, I think it’s best to take advantage of the full moon and go to our favorite mountains by nightfall. It will be easier for you there.
“You’re right,” said the Iron Hand, “let’s get out of here, this air makes me sad.” Shaking his black head as if to drive away an obsessive thought, he stood up and the three of them left the tavern.
The streets of the village were full of people. On this day, merchants from the city of Aso came to, as usual, to buy or exchange skins for fabric and petty goods from the hunters and flayers of San Juan.
The evening was clear and warm, a light breeze was blowing, women hurried to the square to see what curiosities were put up for sale by visiting merchants.
Three hunters mingled with the crowd and went to a shop in which a lot of bovine skins were laid out for show. The Englishmen entered the shop and began to talk with the owner, while the Iron Hand remained outside.
At this time, two women appeared not far away. The eldest, about forty, walked in front, and behind her followed a girl of about sixteen, thin, graceful and slender, with blond hair and green eyes so dark that they seemed black.
Both women wore almost identical blue dresses, white aprons and white hats. At first glance, one could tell that they were not wealthy and that they apparently belonged to the French colony of San Juan.
Noticing the hunter, the girl flushed all over and, taking advantage of the fact that her mother did not see her, stopped next to the young man.
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Her Majesty’s Pirate – The World of Knowledge
History
In the 16th century in England, the most prominent pirates became national heroes. On merit, so to speak. Sir Francis Drake, one of the greatest pirates in world history, became such a “specific” hero of Britain …
The most demanded profession in England
him a knighthood. And in 1540, when a boy named Francis was born into the family of Devonshire farmer Edmund Drake, no one could have imagined that he would become sir, vice admiral and thunderstorm of the Spanish crown.
When Francis was 12 years old, his father apprenticed him to a merchant boat skipper. So Drake becomes a ship’s cabin boy. The ship is a trading ship, therefore it floats only in coastal waters.
This is not even a “school”, but a “kindergarten” for every English sailor.
But you have to go through it to get a promotion. And the school for Francis was the service of John Hawkins, another famous sailor of the Elizabethan era. Hawkins was 8 years older than Drake. And most importantly – Hawkins was a nobleman “with connections.” Therefore, in their tandem, he quickly became the “boss” or “grandfather”, and the son of the “commoners” Drake at first only worked for him.
What did Francis do with Hawkins? Oh, then it was the most promising business – the slave trade!
“School” of a young sailor
Smart, with a well-suspended tongue (he had a hereditary gift of persuasion), sailor Drake quickly attracted the attention of the owner. A promising young man receives under his command the barque “Yudif”. Very quickly, Drake becomes the “right hand” of John Hawkins.
However, in 1568 the growing tandem business suffered an unexpected fiasco. During his next visit to the New World with a batch of slaves, near the Mexican fortress of San Juan de Ulua, Hawkins’ squadron was attacked by the Spaniards, who had long been suspicious of the visits of English ships to their colonies (Madrid believed that trade with the Spanish colonies – including slaves – should be led by Spanish merchants, and not at all by foreigners).
Hawkins managed – leaving the flagship with all the valuables – to escape from the Spaniards on the light ship Mignon.
Drake escaped from the ring of Spanish ships on his “Judith”. The rest of the English ships sank or were captured by the Spaniards.
Outraged slave traders Drake and Hawkins arrived in England, where through official channels they demanded compensation from the Spanish king for the losses incurred as a result of such a blatant “violation of international law.”
The fact that, before its defeat, Hawkins’ squadron – in addition to the slave trade – still managed to plunder some coastal Mexican settlements, the plaintiffs modestly passed over in silence.
King Philip II of Spain, of course, ignored this complaint. Then Drake decided that “we should not expect favors from Spain, it is our task to take them from her.” Thus, not a slave trader, but a pirate Drake was born…
“Silver Fleet” under attack
Drake’s first pirate raid in 1572 glorified his name throughout England.
Equipping partly on his own, partly on public funds, several ships, he went to the Caribbean Sea. There, after a series of mediocre successes, Francis was waiting for a big success – the “Silver Fleet” of the Spanish crown …
Every spring, a flotilla of dozens of ships sailed from the coast of America to Spain. She was carrying mountains of silver from the famous Bolivian silver mines at Pogasi. Therefore, this flotilla was nicknamed the “Silver Fleet”.
Of course, for Drake and his small squadron there could be no question of capturing the entire “Silver Fleet”, which consisted of several dozen cargo and military (security) ships with a large and well-trained crew. But the fact is that the “Silver Fleet” was formed in Cuban Havana (the starting point of the trip to Spain). Spanish ships were sent there from all over the Caribbean Sea, carrying silver and other valuables mined or looted in subject territories. From these mini-squadrons, the mighty “Silver Fleet” was then formed, and there was nothing to think about attacking which in full force.
But Drake was just lucky to intercept such a Spanish mini-squadron carrying a cargo of silver to Havana. The extraction of the British was colossal – 30 tons of precious metal (one can imagine what volumes of silver were carried by the entire fleet of Spain, if only a particle of it brought such wealth to the robbers!). Drake returned to England a rich man and a famous pirate throughout the country.
The Pirate and the Queen: A Secret Agreement
Drake’s second outing was even more successful than the first. In November 1577, the pirate was sent on an expedition to the Pacific coast of America. Sent already officially – by Queen Elizabeth, who was convinced of the pirate talents of the ambitious captain. However, formally the purpose of the trip was the discovery of new lands.
But everyone understood that Drake was going on a campaign not at all with research, but with completely different goals. A secret “additional agreement” was attached to the official instructions, according to which the queen, at her own expense, equips a squadron of 6 ships for Drake.
In return, he undertakes to hand over 50% of the values \u200b\u200bcaptured during the “scientific journey” to the royal treasury.
The results of the campaign exceeded all wildest expectations. Drake marched along the Pacific coast with fire and sword, attacking Spanish cities and towns. But these were all trifles, compared with the main prize – the “Manila galleon” … Every year, on the other side of the planet, a galleon came out from Manila (in the Spanish Philippines), which carried to the metropolis everything stolen on these Asian islands for a whole year.
But the Spaniards were afraid to sail west across the Indian Ocean, rounding the Cape of Good Hope. They feared (and quite rightly) Arabic, English, French – whatever! – pirates who scurried around in coastal African waters.
Therefore, the Spaniards chose a different path. To the east – in a straight line across the Pacific Ocean to the port of Acapulco in Spanish Mexico. From there, the values of the Manila galleon were already unloaded, transported by land to the opposite (Atlantic) coast, there they were again loaded onto ships and sent to Spain proper.
This path was quite laborious, but shorter and – most importantly – safer …
Defeat the Manila Monster
In the spring of 1579, approaching the harbor of the Mexican port of Acapulco (on the Pacific coast of Mexico), Drake saw a giant silhouette on the roadstead. It was a Manila galleon. It could not be confused with any other. The fact is that the Spanish industrialists, frightened by competition from cheap products (primarily textiles) from the Asian colonies, forced the king to issue a decree. Under this decree, only one cargo ship per year could be sent from the Philippines to Spain. So the Castilian weavers wanted to limit the influx of cheap Philippine textiles. But the Spanish manufacturers in the Philippines and the Spanish merchants involved in the resale of Philippine products found a way out. They began to build this one and only legal ship so that it became simply gigantic – to accommodate all the necessary goods at once!
The sailing fleet had never seen such a hulk before.
Some of the Manila monsters had a displacement of 2000 tons (for comparison, the largest ship in Drake’s pirate squadron did not exceed 150 tons). And Drake saw such a leviathan in the harbor of Acapulco, where the galleon, apparently, had just arrived with a cargo of Philippine valuables.
Drake did not hesitate, he had the surprise factor and a desperate team of thugs on his side. The Spaniards were taken by surprise, most of the team was on the shore. Spanish resistance was quickly broken. The innumerable treasures of the Philippines (and from there they exported not only textiles, but also gold and precious stones) fell into the hands of pirates.
The Golden Hind brings in two government budgets
When, in September 1580, after a three-year absence, Drake’s only surviving ship, his famous flagship the Golden Hind, entered Plymouth harbor, treasures worth 600,000 then pounds were buried in the holds of the ship sterling. This was twice the annual budget of the entire English kingdom!
Drake was hailed as a national hero.
The queen was delighted. In one fell swoop, Sir Francis (he became “sir” because he was knighted immediately upon his return) brought her an amount equal to the annual budget of the kingdom! Recall that, under a secret additional agreement, the queen had the right to half of all production – that is, in this case, to 300,000 pounds sterling (and that is how much taxes were collected on the territory of the English kingdom for the whole year!).
The next, third raid by Drake on the Spanish colonies was also effective. In 1586, a pirate managed to receive from Cartagena, one of the largest cities in Spanish America, an unheard-of ransom of 107,000 gold pesos at that time. True, in order to achieve this impressive result, Drake had to burn down about a quarter of the city at first – for warning.
Then there was a daring raid already on the Spanish coast itself (on Cadiz, in 1587), in order – as the pirate captain himself jokingly put it – “to set fire to the beard of the king of Spain.