Jardín Botánico del Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico — Attraction in San Juan

🇵🇷 This is a little known shady garden spot for calm and relaxation in the middle of busy Santurce at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) at no cost to enter. Please check on it’s opening hours. 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳

Once you enter this mid-sized garden area, you won’t believe your eyes! Everyone does their part to keep it clean and it’s extremely well maintained thanks to the museum. It’s such a lovely surprise and quite romantic too! It’s the museum’s bonus gift to the island. P.S. This is a perfect spot to “pop the question!”

It features tropical grasses and sculptural pieces AND the most beautiful Koi Pond. Children will be mesmerized by it. Seniors too! This garden is a great place for a quiet picnic brought from home (yes, it’s allowed) or get something to-go from the upscale “Bistro de Paris” or inexpensively yummy “El Mesón”, both are across the street. Bring a book if you’d like, and enjoy it. Please be mindful of where you can properly place any trash before you leave 💙 This place is truly a treasure...

Enter the garden by walking to the right of the main MAPR entrance - you'll see some employee parking there. Parking is available for the general public at MAPR’s underground parking lot for a fee.

🏆 Note:, If you go on a Thursday, when the garden is open from 11AM -8PM you can also enjoy free entry into the museum on Thursday’s between 2PM - 8PM for adults and children! 🤸🏽‍♂️ There are no museum tours given on Thursday’s but the Information Desk, which you’ll see upon entering the museum, will gladly help you! Thank you to all of contributors to the museum for making this free once a week opportunity...

Free botanical garden. A very sweet older gentleman greeted us when we walked in, asked if it was our first time and told us about the park. The area with bamboo and koi pond provides lots of shade on hot days. There are Many spots to rest and take pictures and even sit on great and read a book or have a picnic. No water fountains so bring your own...

It's free to go around the botanical garden on business hours. Everyone that was there was contemplating and enjoying the view, a great place to go think and walk about. There are sculptures all around the garden, but the koi pond is the main showstopper. They looked majestic, if you go you'll enjoy your visit. Bring an umbrella for either the sun...