Sailing from San Juan: Virgin Voyages' Southern Caribbean Homeport Guide
For the deeper, sunnier Caribbean, Virgin Voyages sails round-trip from San Juan, Puerto Rico aboard Valiant Lady. Starting this far south is a real advantage: you're already in the islands, so you spend more time in port and less time crossing open water to reach them.
San Juan cruise piers — the essentials
• Address: Pier 4, Paseo de la Princesa / Old San Juan, PR 00901 (Virgin also uses the Pan Am East terminal)
• Location: right on the edge of Old San Juan — walkable to the historic district
• Arrival: come at the Terminal Arrival Time in your app; the exact pier is confirmed a couple of days before
Getting there
Luis Muñoz Marín International (SJU) is only about 20 minutes from the Old San Juan piers by taxi or rideshare. Many Sailors stay a night or two in Old San Juan and simply walk over on sailing day. As a US territory, Puerto Rico needs no passport for US citizens flying in — though a passport is still the easiest ID for the islands you'll visit.
Where Valiant Lady sails
San Juan is the base for Southern Caribbean voyages of roughly 7 to 11 nights, calling at islands like Tortola, St. Maarten (Philipsburg), Barbados (Bridgetown), St. Lucia (Castries), Antigua (St. John's), Martinique (Fort-de-France), St. Kitts (Basseterre), Aruba (Oranjestad) and Curaçao (Willemstad), with some routes also touching Virgin's own Beach Club at Bimini. Exact ports vary by date.
Make a trip of it
Old San Juan is a joy to arrive early for — the blue cobblestones, El Morro and San Cristóbal forts, and some of the best food in the Caribbean. A day or two here makes the trip.
Sailing the Southern Caribbean from San Juan? We'll arrange your Old San Juan stay and the short transfer to the pier. Ask The Cruise Boys®.