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Parque de Bombas-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.

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."

Within the City's Urban Area

Within the Ponce Historic Zone

Museums

Weichert-Villaronga
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
IMG 3576 - Dora Colon Clavell Urban Park in Barrio Primero in Ponce, PR
Parque Urbano Dora Colon Clavell located 2 blocks from Plaza Las Delicias

Monuments

Antigua Casa Sauri en Barrio Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Casa Saurí, today a protected section of a hotel, was built in 1882

Historic houses

Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña in Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, PR (IMG 2958)
Casa Serrallés, built in 1911, was the downtown residence of the Serrallés family as opposed to their 1935 hilltop castle-residence.

Churches

IMG 2980 - Holy Trinity Church in Barrio Cuarto in Ponce, PR
Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad, the first Protestant church in Latin America, built in 1873

Historic commercial institutions

20th and 21st century architecture

Pachin-audi
Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns, home venue for Leones de Ponce, sits 16,000 people
  • Coliseo Pachin Vicens (1972)
  • Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico (1948)
  • La Guancha (1990)
  • Concha Acústica de Ponce (1956) - one of the venues for Banda Municipal de Ponce
  • Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico (2012)

Theaters

See also: List of theaters in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Shopping

IMG 2684 - Plaza del Mercado Isabel II in Ponce, PR
Plaza de Mercado Isabel Segunda farmer's market was built in 1863

Cultural institutions

Banda Municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC05337)
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, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando hacia el noroeste (07213)
Ponce Servicios, brutalist building occupies an entire city block

Others

Outside the Ponce Historic Zone

Museums

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

Cemeteries

Historic homes

Mausoleo Bomberos de Ponce, Cementerio Civil, Barrio Portugués Urbano, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC05401)
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

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

Beaches

Mountains

Cerro Punta Puerto Rico
Cerro de Punta, Puerto Rico's tallest peak at 4,390 ft
See also: List of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico
  • Cerro Punta - It is Puerto Rico's tallest, and both northern and southern coasts of the island can be seen on clear days
  • Monte Jayuya - Puerto Rico second tallest peak
  • Cerro Maravilla - Known as El Cerro de los Mártires, it is the annual gathering point for independence activists

Parks, forests and recreational areas

Others

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