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“...opportunities for visitors with athletic tastes are
fewer than in most other West Indian islands. Lawn tennis is
E?PMnarrnaadh* «Ü* tw0cGolf courses, one in the grounds of
El Morro, and the other in Sabana Liana on the Carolina Road
about 30 minutes by motor-car from San Juan. Dancing is
popular Masquerade balls are held every year during the Car-
nival at the municipal theatres.
PnertoP^„Th^principal,clu5 SaD Juan is the Casino de
Puerto Rico. There are also the Spanish Club ; the Athenaeum
°r Ateneo de Puerto Rico in the Plaza Principal, and a Countr“
Club near the Park, and the Union Club pleasantly situated at
YMC-A- °CCUpieS a
SIGHTS. Porto Rico, the Borinquen of the Arawaks
was once known as San Juan Bautista, while its capital
was called Puerto Rico, the rich port. Then the names
were changed round the island becoming Puerto Rico
and town San Juan (pronounced San Hwan).
San Juan is situated towards the east end of the north
coast on a promontory, practically an island, connected
with...”
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“...city, which is clean and well cared for, has several
spacious plazas, in the principal of which are the muni-
cipal buildings. In the Plaza Colon there is a well-
executed statue of Columbus, who stands on a column
grasping the banner of Ferdinand and Isabella, as
he did on setting foot for the first time on the New
World. The old Intendencia is now used by the
Government departments.
On the main carretera, or street leading out of the
Plaza Colon, are the Porto Rico Casino, the Y.M.C.A.,
the Ateneo, the Carnegie Library, the Capitol, and the
School of Tropical Medicine, all of which can be visited.
A favourite whole-day excursion from San Juan is the
drive by motor-car to Coamo Springs, via Comerio and
Barranquitas, returning by the famous Military Road.
Luncheon, which should be ordered in advance through
the Condado-Vanderbilt Hotel, can be taken at the
Coamo Springs Hotel. A shorter expedition (four
hours there and back) is the drive to Comerio and Las
Cruces, returning by the Military...”
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