Hotel El Convento
Old San Juan
A Carmelite convent from 1646, converted, across the plaza from the cathedral. Courtyard, small pool on the roof, and the best address inside the walls.
SJU · Caribbean
Nonstop into San Juan, PR
53 U.S. airports fly here without a layover, grouped by how long you'd be in the air.
San Juan is the rare Caribbean destination that is also a real city, and the rarer one that asks Americans for no passport and no currency exchange. Old San Juan is five hundred years old, walled, and small enough to cross on foot in twenty minutes.
The forts are what people remember. El Morro stands on a headland with six levels of gun emplacements and a lawn full of kite flyers, and the National Park Service runs it exactly as it would any mainland park.
Outside the old city, Condado and Ocean Park are the beach neighborhoods and Santurce is where people eat and drink. Hurricane season runs June to November, which is also when the island is greenest and cheapest.
53 of 53 nonstop routes
Leave after work
Under 2 hours15 citysCharlotte Amalie, VI
STT · Cyril E. King Airport
27m
Many flights a day
Cape Air, JetBlue
Gustavia, BL
SBH · St. Jean Airport
52m
Many flights a day
Tradewind Aviation
SeasonalNonstops out of SBH →Beef Island, VG
EIS · Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
38m
About 6 flights a day
Cape Air, Tradewind Aviation
Christiansted, VI
STX · Henry E. Rohlsen Airport
34m
About 5 flights a day
Cape Air, JetBlue, LIMA NY Corp
Punta Cana, DO
PUJ · Punta Cana International Airport
31m
About 4 flights a day
Santo Domingo, DO
SDQ · Las Américas International Airport
41m
About 3 flights a day
JetBlue, Frontier
Spanish Town, VG
VIJ · Virgin Gorda Airport
27m
About one a day
Cape Air, Tradewind Aviation
Santiago, DO
STI · Cibao International Airport
50m
About one a day
JetBlue, Frontier
The Valley, AI
AXA · Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport
50m
5 flights a week
Tradewind Aviation
SeasonalNonstops out of AXA →Marigot, DM
DOM · Douglas-Charles Airport
1h 3m
4 flights a week
Contour
Sint Maarten, SX
SXM · Princess Juliana International Airport
43m
3 flights a week
Contour, Frontier, Silver Airways, JetBlue
Puerto Plata, DO
POP · Gregorio Luperon International Airport
49m
A couple of flights a week
Frontier
SeasonalNonstops out of POP →Maiquetía, VE
CCS · Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport
1h 16m
A couple of flights a week
Eastern Airlines, Omni Air International
Osbourn, AG
ANU · V. C. Bird International Airport
55m
A couple of flights a week
Frontier, Tradewind Aviation
SeasonalNonstops out of ANU →Charlestown, KN
NEV · Vance W. Amory International Airport
1h 6m
A couple of flights a week
Cape Air, Tradewind Aviation
SeasonalNonstops out of NEV →
Easy weekend
2 to 3 hours8 citysOrlando, FL
MCO · Orlando International Airport
2h 25m
Many flights a day
JetBlue, Southwest, Frontier, Spirit
Miami, FL
MIA · Miami International Airport
2h 7m
Many flights a day
American, Frontier, Spirit
Fort Lauderdale, FL
FLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport
2h 8m
Many flights a day
JetBlue, Spirit, Southwest, Frontier
Tampa, FL
TPA · Tampa International Airport
2h 32m
About 4 flights a day
JetBlue, Southwest, Frontier, Spirit
Medellín, CO
MDE · Jose Maria Córdova International Airport
2h 18m
About one a day
JetBlue
Jacksonville, FL
JAX · Jacksonville International Airport
2h 37m
5 flights a week
Frontier, JetBlue
Norfolk, VA
ORF · Norfolk International Airport
2h 59m
3 flights a week
JetBlue
SeasonalNonstops out of ORF →Cancún, MX
CUN · Cancún International Airport
2h 55m
A couple of flights a week
JetBlue, Eastern Air Express
SeasonalNonstops out of CUN →
Long weekend
3 to 5 hours29 citysNew York, NY
JFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport
3h 21m
Many flights a day
JetBlue, Delta, Frontier
Atlanta, GA
ATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
3h 7m
About 6 flights a day
Delta, Frontier, Spirit
Newark, NJ
EWR · Newark Liberty International Airport
3h 24m
About 6 flights a day
United, JetBlue, Frontier, Spirit
Boston, MA
BOS · Boston Logan International Airport
3h 34m
About 5 flights a day
JetBlue, Delta, Spirit
Philadelphia, PA
PHL · Philadelphia International Airport
3h 24m
About 5 flights a day
Frontier, American, Spirit, JetBlue
Chicago, IL
ORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport
4h 8m
About 4 flights a day
United, American, Spirit
Baltimore, MD
BWI · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
3h 34m
About 3 flights a day
Southwest, Spirit, Frontier
Charlotte, NC
CLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport
3h 6m
About 3 flights a day
American, Frontier
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
DFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
4h 10m
About 3 flights a day
American, Spirit, Frontier
Houston, TX
IAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport
3h 56m
About 3 flights a day
United, Spirit
Hartford, CT
BDL · Bradley International Airport
3h 29m
About 3 flights a day
JetBlue, Frontier
Dulles, VA
IAD · Washington Dulles International Airport
3h 23m
About one a day
United, Frontier
Raleigh/Durham, NC
RDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport
3h 1m
About one a day
JetBlue, Frontier, Delta
Detroit, MI
DTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
3h 57m
About one a day
Delta, Spirit
Washington, DC
DCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
3h 20m
About one a day
JetBlue
White Plains, NY
HPN · Westchester County Airport
3h 30m
About one a day
JetBlue
Providence/Warwick, RI
PVD · Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport
3h 27m
6 flights a week
JetBlue
Minneapolis, MN
MSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field
4h 39m
5 flights a week
Delta, Sun Country
Cleveland, OH
CLE · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
3h 53m
4 flights a week
Frontier
SeasonalNonstops out of CLE →New Haven, CT
HVN · Tweed New Haven Airport
3h 50m
3 flights a week
Buffalo, NY
BUF · Buffalo Niagara International Airport
3h 47m
3 flights a week
JetBlue
SeasonalNonstops out of BUF →Wilmington, DE
ILG · Wilmington Airport
3h 53m
3 flights a week
Lakeland, FL
LAL · Lakeland Linder International Airport
3h 1m
3 flights a week
Richmond, VA
RIC · Richmond International Airport
3h 9m
2 flights a week
JetBlue
SeasonalNonstops out of RIC →Houston, TX
HOU · William P. Hobby Airport
3h 58m
2 flights a week
Southwest
San Antonio, TX
SAT · San Antonio International Airport
4h 14m
2 flights a week
Spirit
SeasonalNonstops out of SAT →Concord, NC
USA · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport
3h 46m
A couple of flights a week
Avelo
SeasonalNonstops out of USA →Chicago, IL
MDW · Chicago Midway International Airport
4h 13m
A couple of flights a week
Southwest
Nashville, TN
BNA · Nashville International Airport
3h 32m
A couple of flights a week
Worth the extra days
5 hours and up1 cityDenver, CO
DEN · Denver International Airport
5h 10m
6 flights a week
United
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Nonstop route data from the U.S. Department of Transportation (BTS T-100), covering 2025-06..2026-05, last updated 2026-09-02. Domestic routes only. Airlines change schedules, so an advisor confirms before you book.
In San Juan
Where to stay
Condado Vanderbilt
Condado
Opened in 1919 and restored to a slightly overwhelming degree. Beachfront and formal, for anyone who finds the old city too far from the sand.
La Concha
Condado
A 1958 landmark with a shell-shaped restaurant sitting in the lobby. Livelier and less serious than its neighbor.
What to do
El Morro and San Cristóbal
Two enormous Spanish forts run by the National Park Service, one ticket for both. Go late in the day, when the light comes in off the water and the lawn fills with kites.
El Yunque National Forest
The only tropical rainforest in the U.S. forest system, an hour east. Waterfalls and heavy green. Timed reservations are required for the main road, so this is not a spontaneous afternoon.
La Placita de Santurce
A produce market by day that turns into the best night out on the island from Thursday onward. It spills into the streets. No cover, no plan required.
Piñones
Wooden kiosks along the beach road east of the airport, selling alcapurrias and bacalaítos over charcoal. Fifteen minutes from Condado and a different world.
Where to eat
La Factoría
A cocktail bar on Calle San Sebastián with no sign and a chain of back rooms, and a stack of Best Bar in the Caribbean awards. Start the evening here.
Mofongo, anywhere
Green plantain mashed with garlic and crackling, usually filled with shrimp or stewed meat. The dish the island is built on.
Lechón at Guavate
An hour south into the mountains, on a road lined with open pits of whole roast pork. Sunday is the event. This is the meal people fly back for.
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