El Morro de Puerto Rico
El Morro de Puerto Rico is one of the places most visited by tourist that go to Puerto Rico every year. First because El Morro is in old San Juan which is the area where most of the tourists stay or at least is really close to the most visited Puerto Rico Hotels. El Morro is also known as Castillo de San Felipe del Morro. The constructions started in the year 1540. In1983 El Morro was declared World Heritage and today is part of the National History of Puerto Rico. Over the years they been some changes made to El Morro but it seems that not matter what changes they made on the past now days they are trying to have El Morro as close as they can to the architecture that El Morro has before any changes were made.
Why El Morro? This is a good question and I’m going to try to explain it as best as I can. First El Morro have a lot of Puerto Rico History since that’s the place that protected Puerto Rico for many attacks years and years ago. It took a lot of years to make El Morro the way it is but they got it to the way they wanted. First it is in an area that is beautiful because you can see a lot from Puerto Rico and second it is relaxing to go since El Morro is in the Old San Juan you will be able to see more historic places on your way.
My suggestion is that the day you pick to go to El Morro in Puerto Rico you should try to get up early and try to catch all the videos and all the information that they offer there. It’s good to know more about all the attacks that were made to Puerto Rico and everything that they had to go through in the past. I always say that this is a place that you must go no matter what when you go to Puerto Rico since everywhere you go boricuas and people that been in Puerto Rico will ask you did you went to El Morro de Puerto Rico? I hope this information helps you on adding this place to your list on your next visit to Puerto Rico. The tickets to go in normally are around $2.00 to $5.00 for Adults and Minors. Have in mind that this could change at any time. That’s not including Parking or anything inside El Morro.
Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Old San Juan Preview
To experience an insight of the greatest Fort in the Carribean "Fort San Felipe del Morro " take a look at this. Also the Old San Juan has a very good beach "Balneario" called Balneario el Escambrón . Another must see in Old San Juan is Fort San Cristobal.
Hope you like Old San Juan.
El Morro, officially known
El Morro, officially known as Fuerte San Felipe del Morro, sits atop a high promontory overlooking the entrance to San Juan Bay. It is the result of the efforts of many different Spanish engineers over a period of more than 200 years and is one of the largest forts built by the Spaniards in the Caribbean.
Although the foundations were laid in 1539, the six-level fort was not considered completed until 1787. During World War II, the U.S. government added an annex of its own design on top of the fort.
This massive structure suffered countless attacks from the likes of Sir Francis Drake in 1595 and the Dutch fleet in 1625. In 1898 American ships fired on it during the Spanish-American War, destroying its lighthouse, which was later restored.
Visit hidden passages, aim your camera on the cannons that still guard the harbor, and gaze over the 60-foot tall walls at the ocean. Stroll on the lawns where soldiers once marched and watch the children flying their kites in the afternoon sea breezes.
The fort can be explored everyday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from June to November and 9:00 am to 6:00 pm December to May either on your own or on one of the ranger programs that take you through the fortification and out onto the picturesque garitas, or lookout towers. El Morro is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Historic Site in the U. S. National Park Service. Fort San Felipe del Morro is part of San Juan National Historic Site, a unit of the US National Park Service and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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