Evoking the era of the sugar barons of Puerto Rico, this beautiful Spanish Revival mansion was built in 1930 for the Serrallés family, owners of the Don Q rum distillery.

The hacienda on this 19th-century coffee plantation not only protected the coffee beans from rain, but established a farm to feed the black and Puerto Rican slaves who tended the plantation.

Well worth a visit, this history museum is housed in Casa Salazar, which is an exquisite blend of neoclassical and Moorish architecture.

Housed in a unique building comprised of hexagonal rooms, this art museum features major works by great European masters such as Van Dyck, Gainesborough and Rubens.

This loudly-colored building in black, red, green and yellow, was built for a volunteer fire-fighter's brigade.

Buy your santos, carnival masks and other island handcrafts at this Ponce gift shop.

Ponce’s main square has enough to keep you busy, from historical sites to boutiques.

At the top of El Vigia Hill, Ponce?s tallest geologic feature, you?ll still have to look up: to the 100-foot Cruz de Vigia.

Situated in a beautiful and architecturally significant building, this museum traces the city's history from pre-Columbian times to the present.

Ponce's boardwalk and beach area isn't so popular for swimming, but the people-watching and socializing are great.

This elegant 17th-century cathedral rises majestically in the midst of Ponce.

Extensively restored in the 1990s, this beautiful neoclassical-style theater hosts a wide variety of performances.

This historical site features a 1,500-year old Taino village, much of which remains intact, and skeletons dating back to A.D. 700.

See a variety of Spanish, African and Indian musical instruments on display, as well as exhibits on beloved Puerto Rican musicians.

This street is lined with about 60 red- and black-striped houses, the local fire-fighters' colors.

High atop a hill overlooking Ponce, this magnificent castle, with its indoor patio, fountains and formal gardens, is the former home of a powerful rum and sugar cane baron.

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This institution enrolls more than 7,000 students and has colleges of business, education, science and law.

Ponce's School of Fine Arts, housed in old Spanish army headquarters, may have something to do with the city's prodigious artistic output.