Estacionamiento Doña Fela

During my vacation in Puerto Rico, I stayed in Old San Juan and this parking facility was about a 5 minute walk from where I was staying. The facility was clean and easy to get in and out. There were a few times we had to wait on a long line to pay your fee to exit because one of the machines was broken. However, I only experienced that one day. The prices were affordable compared to NYC parking garages. They had a special if you parked your car any time after 4PM and picked it up by 6AM it was $ 4. The most I paid for one day was about $ 10 because I had left the car overnight and didn’t pick it up until about 3PM the following day which still wasn’t a bad price.
There was another parking garage right next to this one and I went to that one first, but it was small and the cars were parked real close to each other. I am so happy I left that one and checked this one out. They have an attendant on site 24 hours. Be careful not to crumble up or damage your paid ticket because it could mess up the magnetic strip that is needed for you to exit with your car. They have several floors and the ground floor is pretty muched reserved spaces.
I would use this garage in a heartbeat if I return to this area.

Great price, great location, right smack in the middle of everything

$ 3.60 for the time 10:15a to 3:00p… attendance on hand… easy pymt machine… lots of spaces

Super cheap and convenient place to park in San Juan! Instead of wasting time driving the narrow streets looking for limited parking, just use this garage. I used it on two separate days and both times it was packed. However, I just went up to one of the top floors, where there were still ample spaces.
We parked from about 3 – 8 PM and it only cost around $ 4 (I forget the exact amount). The machines are also easy to use.

It’s very cheap, very convenient, and very busy (and therefore felt safe). It’s located right in the heart of Old San Juan. We parked from about 1 – 9:30 pm and paid $ 5. Whhhhhaaaat?! The price alone warrants 5*.
Don’t hesitate to park here. Lots of families of all ages, from babies to grandparents. Seemed to be mostly locals parking here-​a hidden gem for tourists!

Used this parking garage several times throughout our week in San Juan. Each visit had issues, but the ineptitude climaxed when their exit machines were failing. In the grand wisdom of the parking experts, when the main floor exit broke, they deferred all traffic to the bottom-​level gates. Would have been good if they knew those gates were definitively working… Me and my family made the trek two extra floors down and discovered that the bottom exits were also not working. Nothing like paying for parking and having to drive on EVERY single floor of the garage.
One of the parking attendants on the bottom floor, in his supreme supernova of customer service, refused to open the bottom gate and instead insisted that we drive back up two floors to the main exit and present our ticket for what hopefully be our freedom. Upon seriously considering running through their failed excuse for a parking exit gate, I envisioned a lengthy explanation to the island’s finest… and resolved to continuing the driving tour of the Estacionamiento Dona Fela Parking Garage.
We had a boat to catch in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, which made this particular experience excruciatingly painful. I now loathe this garage with every fiber of my being. Future trips to Old San Juan will feature multiple attempts to find alternate parking, I would suggest avoiding this time trap if you can…

Cheap and convenient parking in OSJ. Being from NY, hobos and the pervading stench of urine don’t phase me. I’ve parked my rental here many times and never had an issue.

I parked here for about 4 or so hours on a Saturday afternoon. It’s located on the southern part of old San Juan. It’s dirty, but what parking garage isn’t? It is efficient and has good space if you don’t have a massive vehicle (I have a rental economy car, so parking wasn’t too bad). You may have to go up a few flights but it’s conveniently parked and only cost $ 4.01 for those hours. Parking onstreet in OSJ seems hard enough that it’s worth paying them to avoid the hassle. And I HATE paying for parking. IT’s pretty challenging to find onstreet parking during tourist season, so why not outsource this sort of thing?
Good location, seems reasonably safe. Pretty full which helps make it seem safer since there’s lots of people coming and going.
I yelled at a lady who kind of stole a space I was waiting for, in English (I don’t speak spanish) but tossed in a «puta!» at the end. Other than that, pretty uneventful times at this garage.
UPDATE: After a little bit more experience in Old San Juan, I would generally recommend parking here for anything in OSJ — and riding the free trolley to get around if you wish. Street parking is very hard in OSJ — I suspect that locals working in the area come and park on the street very early at the beginning of the day, and then leave at the end of the day. So parking is very, very difficult. While this lot may not be optimally located for your needs (e.g. going to both castles) — the trolley is excellent for getting around — and it’s relatively cheap compared to most other options.

Jose really summed it up best but I want to leave a review so that when you’re desperately searching «parking» in «San Juan, PR» this little gem of a structure comes up first.
We left SF on a 6:45am flight and got to our rental car in San Juan at 12:30am so we wanted to just get checked into our hotel ASAP. This was a Saturday night and it was like a zombie apocalypse of 18 year olds roaming the streets and if they weren’t roaming they were trying to find parking. We drove around for 30 minutes with dead cell phones and were lucky enough to just happen upon this parking structure. We parked for a day and a half and paid a little over $ 20 which I consider pretty cheap. We left some stuff in the car (scuba stuff, surfboard, etc) and that was all there when we returned with no damage to the car.
Just remember that it’s CASH ONLY and you have 15 minutes to get out after you pay. This seems like a lot of time but when we arrived at night there was a huge and slow moving line to exit.

Who owns the advertising space on the outside of this parking deck?

This is where you’re parking tonight.
The Doña Fela parking structure in Old San Juan is dirt cheap at $ 1.25 for the 1^st hour and 50 cents every hour after that. Also, from 6:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. the parking is a flat fee of $ 3 so it’s perfect for parking if you’re planning on enjoying the nightlife. It’s doubtful you’ll ever find a cheaper parking structure, anywhere.
The reason for a 4-​star rating instead of 5 is that the facilities are old, dirty and, at times, smelly. Of course, you aren’t there to hang in the parking lot so it doesn’t take away much. The most important things are that it’s centric, safe and very cheap. That’s really all you need.
If you’re a tourist, this is safer than parking on some random street or the very dark and secluded Puntilla municipal parking lot, which is cheaper. If unattractive facilities are bothersome for you, the parking right before Doña Fela called Paseo Portuario is nicer, albeit more expensive.