Lila's Guidebook

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Lila's Guidebook

Restaurant

This restaurant is located in La Perla, safe and great food and music, Old San Juan.
16 locals recommend
La Garita Yaz
41 C. Lucila Silva
16 locals recommend
This restaurant is located in La Perla, safe and great food and music, Old San Juan.
Excellent local food. But their "specialty" is the toasted buttered mallorca, ask for it before you order anything else, but be careful, they are addictive!! Old San Juan.
50 locals recommend
Cafetería Mallorca
300 C. de San Francisco
50 locals recommend
Excellent local food. But their "specialty" is the toasted buttered mallorca, ask for it before you order anything else, but be careful, they are addictive!! Old San Juan.
Kids will love it!! breakfast is served on a live mini train that stops in front of you.
Carthage Express
201b C. de San Justo
Kids will love it!! breakfast is served on a live mini train that stops in front of you.
Excellent food; breakfast and lunch, their specialty is chocolate cultivated by them!!!
111 locals recommend
Chocobar Cortés
210 C. de San Francisco
111 locals recommend
Excellent food; breakfast and lunch, their specialty is chocolate cultivated by them!!!
Extraordinary italian restaurant, Old San Juan.
17 locals recommend
La Lanterna by Franco Seccarelli
202 C. del Cristo
17 locals recommend
Extraordinary italian restaurant, Old San Juan.
Excellent breakfast and lunch, Old San Juan.
67 locals recommend
Caficultura
67 locals recommend
Excellent breakfast and lunch, Old San Juan.
Sofia's Old San Juan
Extraordinary spanish food, Santurce.
Restaurante La Casona
609 C. San Jorge
Extraordinary spanish food, Santurce.
Extraordinary international food, Hato Rey.
La Cocina de María Franco
Extraordinary international food, Hato Rey.
Excellent seafood restaurant, Hato Rey.
El Rodaballo Seafood Restaurant
405 Av. José de Diego
Excellent seafood restaurant, Hato Rey.
One of my favorites, international food, Santurce.
6 locals recommend
Bodegas Compostela
106 Condado Ave
6 locals recommend
One of my favorites, international food, Santurce.
One of my favorites to have lunch, call for reservations, it is usually full, spanish meals.
Chotis en Ávila
One of my favorites to have lunch, call for reservations, it is usually full, spanish meals.
Fine restaurant, with excellent international food. Miramar, at the Marriot Courtyard Hotel.
Ariel
801 Avenida de la Constitución
Fine restaurant, with excellent international food. Miramar, at the Marriot Courtyard Hotel.
Fresh fish and located in Arecibo, beach front, great if you rent a car, about 1 hour from Old San Juan.
56 locals recommend
Salitre Meson Costero
Puerto Rico 681
56 locals recommend
Fresh fish and located in Arecibo, beach front, great if you rent a car, about 1 hour from Old San Juan.
El Corcho
Fresh caught fish, and fish market, right in the Central Park premises, about 10 minutes from OSJ. Very good fresh fish and seafood.
Qué PezCa’o Market
Fresh caught fish, and fish market, right in the Central Park premises, about 10 minutes from OSJ. Very good fresh fish and seafood.
For breakfast and brunch, Puerta de Tierra, Old San Juan.
Tostado*
For breakfast and brunch, Puerta de Tierra, Old San Juan.
Where locals go to have a drink and appetizers while overlooking to the same breathtaking view as in Casa Lila, just one block from the house.
80 locals recommend
La Verguenza Viejo San Juan
280 Bulevar del Valle
80 locals recommend
Where locals go to have a drink and appetizers while overlooking to the same breathtaking view as in Casa Lila, just one block from the house.
Best place for a brunch...
8 locals recommend
Café Sí o Sí
Avenida F.D. Roosevelt
8 locals recommend
Best place for a brunch...
Ideal for brunch, located on Luna Street, Old San Juan, almost always full.
15 locals recommend
Mercado La Carreta
279 C. de la Luna
15 locals recommend
Ideal for brunch, located on Luna Street, Old San Juan, almost always full.
My favorite in Old San Juan. Tiny place that must make reservations, menu changes all the time, my friend Gaby the chef is an artist for food...
67 locals recommend
Verde Mesa
Calle San José
67 locals recommend
My favorite in Old San Juan. Tiny place that must make reservations, menu changes all the time, my friend Gaby the chef is an artist for food...
Very nice food.
Restaurante Amor y Sal
Very nice food.
24/7 excellent local food, located in Miramar, about 5 minutes from OSJ in a car.
44 locals recommend
Los Pinos Cafe
659 C. Salva
44 locals recommend
24/7 excellent local food, located in Miramar, about 5 minutes from OSJ in a car.
The best place to blend with locals. Decorated with antique memorabilia and many curious objects. A place to eat, drink, and hang out, opens at 11 AM and is the place to dance salsa on Thursday night, salsa classes start at 7pm.
Downtown Cupey
The best place to blend with locals. Decorated with antique memorabilia and many curious objects. A place to eat, drink, and hang out, opens at 11 AM and is the place to dance salsa on Thursday night, salsa classes start at 7pm.
Excellent french food.
20 locals recommend
Bistro de Paris
310 Avenida José de Diego
20 locals recommend
Excellent french food.
Mediterranean cuisine.
El Cairo
352 C. Ensenada
Mediterranean cuisine.
It's a superb Chinese restaurant.
29 locals recommend
New Taste
1051 Ashford Ave
29 locals recommend
It's a superb Chinese restaurant.
Mediterranean cuisine, Old San Juan.
18 locals recommend
Istanbul Restaurant
325 C. del Recinto Sur
18 locals recommend
Mediterranean cuisine, Old San Juan.
Excellent french food restaurant.
Maison Chaymol
Excellent french food restaurant.
Located in LA PLACITA DE SANTURCE, excellent fine dining.
163 locals recommend
Santaella
219 C. Canals
163 locals recommend
Located in LA PLACITA DE SANTURCE, excellent fine dining.
Excellent local food, 5 minutes in car from OSJ, Miramar district.
103 locals recommend
Casita Miramar
605 Av. Miramar
103 locals recommend
Excellent local food, 5 minutes in car from OSJ, Miramar district.
International cuisine.
Luisa International Cuisine
International cuisine.

Historic

Guided tours. Ten minutes walk from the house.
492 locals recommend
El Morro
Calle Beneficencia
492 locals recommend
Guided tours. Ten minutes walk from the house.
Guided tours everyday.
85 locals recommend
La Fortaleza
63 C. de la Fortaleza
85 locals recommend
Guided tours everyday.

Historic

Guided tours.
Across the street from the house. Take the tour which includes both forts, San Cristobal and El Morro.
190 locals recommend
Castillo de San Cristobal
501 Bulevar del Valle
190 locals recommend
Across the street from the house. Take the tour which includes both forts, San Cristobal and El Morro.
Discover the best rum of Puerto Rico, a family recipe for decades... Located in a Historic Hacienda in Bayamón, my favorite rum!!
41 locals recommend
Ron del Barrilito - Hacienda Santa Ana
Puerto Rico 5
41 locals recommend
Discover the best rum of Puerto Rico, a family recipe for decades... Located in a Historic Hacienda in Bayamón, my favorite rum!!

Sightseeing

Historic leisure walk through time.
162 locals recommend
Paseo de la Princesa
54 C. de la Fortaleza
162 locals recommend
Historic leisure walk through time.

Kid’s adventure

Feed lots of pigeons and they will come all over you, great for pictures and fun.
51 locals recommend
Parque de las Palomas
Calle Tetuán
51 locals recommend
Feed lots of pigeons and they will come all over you, great for pictures and fun.
Buy colorful and different shape kites right there and fly them up to the sky!! Excellent every day, however, during weekends is more fun with dozens of families with children flying their kites. While in there, have a refreshing ice cone of different flavors.
492 locals recommend
El Morro
Calle Beneficencia
492 locals recommend
Buy colorful and different shape kites right there and fly them up to the sky!! Excellent every day, however, during weekends is more fun with dozens of families with children flying their kites. While in there, have a refreshing ice cone of different flavors.

Beach

Just a 10-minute's walk from the house, public but mainly used by the residents.
Playa del Capitolio
Avenida Luis Muñoz Rivera
Just a 10-minute's walk from the house, public but mainly used by the residents.
One of my preferred beaches. Either to sunbathe, windsurfing, kite surfing, and all other kinds of water adventures. Take an Uber, a taxi or your rental car to get there.
239 locals recommend
Isla Verde Beach
239 locals recommend
One of my preferred beaches. Either to sunbathe, windsurfing, kite surfing, and all other kinds of water adventures. Take an Uber, a taxi or your rental car to get there.
Beautiful beach with a parking lot, 30 min walk from the house.
Escambron Beach
Beautiful beach with a parking lot, 30 min walk from the house.

Lagoon

Do paddle boarding, kayaking, and snorkeling in this beautiful lagoon, everything you need there you could rent, get trained, and have fun!!
156 locals recommend
Laguna del Condado
156 locals recommend
Do paddle boarding, kayaking, and snorkeling in this beautiful lagoon, everything you need there you could rent, get trained, and have fun!!
You cannot leave the island without doing a kayak nightly tour in Fajardo!! One of the few bioluminescent lagoons in the whole world! Watch bioluminescent water as you splash it! Reservations needed ahead, they pick you up, no need of a rental car. Unique experience!!!!
384 locals recommend
Bahía Bioluminiscente
384 locals recommend
You cannot leave the island without doing a kayak nightly tour in Fajardo!! One of the few bioluminescent lagoons in the whole world! Watch bioluminescent water as you splash it! Reservations needed ahead, they pick you up, no need of a rental car. Unique experience!!!!