best souvenirs, what to buy

We will be taking the carnival southern Caribbean cruise in late November and I wanted to know what's the best/unique souvenir to get at this port?

My late DH collected frogs in all sorts of materials from all our travels. He always found a new one each time we visited San Juan. The coqui (frogs) of Puerto Rico are a common souvenir design.

Several years ago I found a colorful "antique" map of the Caribbean. It was about $5. I framed it in a cheap frame from WalMart or some place like that & it actually looks cute & real enough on the wall of the den.

ron del barrito rum.

it is amazing, and you can not get it stateside.

The butterfly people store had some lovely pictures - we enjoyed looking around - Jan

There are nicer jewelery stores on Fortaleza street, there are a pair of Barquet ones across the street from each other. Both have versions of silver frogs (coqui) that are in bracelets or earrings. Those are a lovely souvenir.

A spectacular Panama hat, hand blocked, you choose the finishing ribbon or band, from Ole' hat shop, also on Fortaleza street. Not cheap, but will last a lifetime.

Lace shop- also on Fortaleza, and there is a Puerto Rican Arts and Crafts store, also Fortaleza. Beautiful stuff.

You can also find junky ticky-tacky stores around, with cheapy things.

And yes- that butterfly store does have nice stuff.

If you are there around December or January- 3 kings/Tres Reyes items will be everywhere. These are fantastic Christmas decorations to add to your collection.