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By El Pirata – Interactive Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is P 2,327 per traveler* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travelers

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • This isn’t a traditional walking tour or a generic scavenger hunt. El Pirata transforms Old San Juan into the setting of a cinematic mystery your crew must investigate together.

    Using one smartphone, follow an original story through six real landmarks. Examine architectural details and features hidden in plain sight, solve location-based challenges, and unlock immersive character dossiers and witness testimony. Each discovery adds another piece to the case against Captain Tomás Vega—but your crew must decide which accounts to trust.

    The experience blends interactive storytelling, observation challenges, optional narration, and carefully distinguished historical context. Rather than simply hearing someone else recount the story, your crew gathers the evidence, debates what happened, and delivers the final verdict.

    Explore privately, at your own pace, without following a guide or joining a larger tour group.

Activity location

  • Calle del Santo Cristo
    • Calle del Santo Cristo
    • 00901, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Calle del Santo Cristo
    • Calle del Santo Cristo
    • 00901, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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El Pirata: The Governor's Lie - Old San Juan Mystery Hunt in English

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • Opening hours: Thu 8:00-17:00
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
P 2,326.75 x 1 TravelerP 2,326.75
Total
Price is P 2,326.75

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Interactive clues and challenges
  • Inclusions
    Digital access to El Pirata: The Governor’s Lie
  • Inclusions
    In-game narration and historical information
  • Inclusions
    Self-guided mystery experience
  • Exclusions
    Smartphone, headphones and mobile data or Wi-Fi
  • Exclusions
    Live tour guide or staffed meeting point
  • Exclusions
    Transportation to and from the starting location
  • Exclusions
    Food and drinks
  • Exclusions
    Admission to landmark interiors or other paid attractions; not required to complete the experience

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Begin outside the historic Capilla del Santo Cristo and open the El Pirata experience on your smartphone. After naming your crew, you’ll receive a fictional case involving Captain Tomás Vega and an accusation made by Governor Alonso Varela. Follow the experience through six real landmarks in Old San Juan. At each waypoint, examine details in your surroundings, complete an observation-based challenge, unlock fictional witness testimony, and explore optional historical information about the location. The route includes the Capilla del Santo Cristo, San Juan Cathedral, San Juan Gate, La Rogativa, Fuente Raíces and Paseo de la Princesa. After collecting the evidence, your crew will piece together the story and deliver its final verdict. This is a self-guided smartphone experience with no live guide or staffed meeting point. Participants travel together using one charged smartphone with an active internet connection. The route uses public streets and landmark exteriors, so guests should remain alert to traffic, uneven pavement, stairs, weather and changing local conditions.

Location

Activity location

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    Calle del Santo Cristo
    • Calle del Santo Cristo
    • 00901, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Calle del Santo Cristo
    • Calle del Santo Cristo
    • 00901, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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