Sideview of Plazuela Las Monjas.

Plazuela Las Monjas

San Juan


This pretty little park faces the Catedral de San Juan Bautista. Its ironwork benches and shade trees make it a good place for people watching, especially on weekends when wedding parties and quinceañeras gather on the cathedral steps.


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