Old San Juan is super scammy. Neat to walk around, but watch your stuff. Our waiter helped himself to a massive tip by changing the slip, my wife's card got skimmed at another store and rang up for a few grand, almost got pick pocketed a few times and parking "assistance" pretend they own the spots and try to charge you for parking everywhere. Hint, they don't own the spots, they just want your money. I've been to plenty of sketchy countries, San Juan always stands out as, well ,not unsafe, just super scammy.
We rented a car and spent a few days. Went up to the rain forest which was pretty nice for hiking. Never did the beaches there. We were in transit to the BVI's so it was roe of a stopover.
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