La Casita

Looking like a yellow gatehouse, La Casita greets visitors near the cruise ship docks in 'lower' Old San Juan, in the outskirts of the walled city that rises on the hill to the north. The Department of Agriculture & Commerce built this miniature neoclassical structure with its red-tiled roof in 1937 to serve the needs of the burgeoning port. Today, La Casita is the information center for the PRTC.

Stop here for maps, and to check out the weekend craft market. Also look for the food vendors selling icy piraguas (delicious snow cones) or taste the local coffee at the old-fashioned hexagonal stand.