Torre de Observación El Vigía — Attraction in Ponce

Admission to this site is included in your admission to the Castillo Serralles which is handy, because I probably wouldn't recommend it otherwise. The "gift shop" at the bottom is a ringer and, when we were there, wasn't open, rather, it was there for show. Making our way up the tower (stairs or elevator), we found that it is simply a high spot but offers little in different views than what we had just seen from the porch of Castillo Serralles. I had hoped for signage to point out different points of interest that could be seen but there were none - just windows. If you're already in the area, have a ticket, and have some time to kill, it's worth a stop, otherwise I'd say you can...

The tower is a little old and could maybe stand to have someone with a power washer give it a once over, but the view from the top was beautiful. Getting a photo from through the windows up top is difficult as most of the windows are pretty dirty and on the small side. I don't think I would pay for this separately, but as part of the japonese gardens and the castle tour, I would definitely include...

Drove up the mountain and missed the entrance on the right before the road turns left to head down the mountain. Ended up parking by the side of the road let in on a side gate. It would have been great except you need to pay for a ticket to enter the cross and garden. $10-$15. It was too much trouble so we snap a few...