Cruises from Galveston to San Juan

Make a stop in San Juan on your next cruise vacation from Galveston. Scuba diving, sport fishing, snorkeling, parasailing, and kayaking are all popular sports on the water. Find out about the best cruises from Galveston to San Juan and get ready to be blown away by the clear blue water.

Learn about the San Juan cruise ports

The “Port of San Juan” is the general name used to call various passenger and cargo facilities located in lands around the San Juan Bay (Bahía de San Juan). The port is composed of a total of sixteen piers, of which eight are used for passenger ships and eight for cargo ships. The port’s facilities, in addition to, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and the Cataño Ferry “Lancha de Cataño” services, are property of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority. Most Eastern and Southern Caribbean cruises include a stop in San Juan offering travelers an opportunity to experience a little bit of the magic of this extraordinary city. Cruise ship companies, such as Disney Cruise Line, Carnival Cruises and Royal Caribbean prefer this setting, and have made the San Juan one of their ports of call. 

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the capital and largest city in the northeast of the island of Puerto Rico and a popular port of call from cruises leaving Galveston, Texas. It has a land area of about 76 square miles, and the city’s population is approximately 395,000. As an unincorporated territory of the United States, Puerto Rico’s capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico (“Rich Port City”).

Today, San Juan, also known as La Ciudad Amurallada (the walled city), is Puerto Rico’s most important seaport and the island’s manufacturing, financial, cultural, and tourism center. San Juan features distinctly century-old architecture and several historical buildings, such as Spanish military forts built from the 1540s to the 1800s: Fort San Felipe del Morro, Fort San Cristobal, and La Fortaleza. It features magnificent beaches, hotels, plazas, historic sites, museums, and an active harbor—one of the best harbors in the Caribbean.

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