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El Museo Castillo Serralles Frommer's Highly Recommended

Hours Tues-Sun 9:30am-5pm
Address
El Vigía 17
Transportation Free trolley leaving from Plaza Las Delicias de Ponce. Take Ruta Norte (northern route) 9am-9pm everyday
Phone 787/259-1774
Prices Admission $9 adults, $4.50 seniors, $4 children and students. (Admission includes all attractions on El Vigía Hill.)

Frommer's Review

Two miles (3.2km) north of the center of town is the largest and most imposing building in Ponce, constructed high on El Vigía Hill during the 1930s by the Serrallés family, owners of a local rum distillery. One of the architectural gems of Puerto Rico, it is the best evidence of the wealth produced by the turn-of-the-20th-century sugar boom. Guides will escort you through the Spanish Revival house with Moorish and Andalusian details. Highlights include panoramic courtyards, a baronial dining room, a small cafe and souvenir shop, and a series of photographs showing the tons of earth that were brought in for the construction of the terraced gardens, a beautiful place to sit outside the castle that overlooks the city.

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