List of tourist attractions in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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]

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

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 some 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

Museums
See also: List of museums in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña, built in Classical revival style by Alfredo B. Wiechers, opened in 1996

Parks
See also: List of parks in Ponce, Puerto Rico
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
See also: List of theaters in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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

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
See also: List of beaches in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Mountains
Cerro de Punta, in Ponce's Barrio Anon is Puerto Rico's tallest peak at 4,390 ft
See also: List of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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) 26 February 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). 11 April 2008.

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