Condado Plaza Hotel Puerto Rico

... of home if you looked hard enough, I didn't expect them to dominate the landscape as they did.  We checked into the Condado Plaza Hotel and were pleased to find out we were upgraded to an ocean-front room.  This hotel was a fine luxurious change ...

... driver so some of you may have the preconceived notion that I have a tendency to road rage.  Yes, especially here in Puerto Rico.  These people can't fucking drive to save their lives.  I thought places like New Jersey, Florida and ...

... park. We also got together with one of Al's high school and scouting friends, Father Vincent Pasquelleto who has been a Catholic priest in Puerto Rico for over thirty years. We made a visit to Sam's Club and the Plaza les Americas, the largest mall in the ...

... some of our money back and then meet a really cool guy that saw us at the Lost Café where he works. He has only been in Puerto Rico for a couple months and really enjoys it so far. The jury is still out. It was quite an eventful night. Day 4 – ...

... the Condado neighborhood. My hotel room was quite small, especially for $100 (PR is expensive for accomodation). If you didn't know, Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean a bit east of the Dominican Republic. It was settled by the Spanish in the 16th ...

... a week prior and reported great weather and fantastic snorkeling. But we arrived in the aftermath of Hurricane Tomas, which didn't hit Puerto Rico, but which was hanging around offshore for most of the week bringing rain and high seas to the island. We ...

... ; and ate dinner at Ambassador Grill..My dish is Ropa Vieja,a Cuban dish. Watch the locals dance the Salsa. Heard the sound of coqui ( Puerto Rico's  small mascot frog)  from some greeneries in the sidewalk on the way back to the ...

... breeze walking along the open space in front of El Morro, where I turned around and walked back to the hotel. I have been on this stroll, from the Condado area to old-town San Juan  several times.  Last December I saw at least 6 different ...

... but the very small elevators were not fully functional and far from adequate for the large number of people who were staying in this hotel.  It is close to the beach however and offers private access through the on premesis casino. I could see myself ...

In August I was staying at the Conrad Condado Plaza (Hilton Property) for the 3rd or 4th time. I have always had a few issues but after growing up in Puerto Rico I was familiar with the issues of quality customer service. This time was a real disaster, on ...

... cruise.  http://www.hiltoncaribbean.com/index.php  We thoroughly enjoyed this property.  It's located on a peninsula between Condado and Old San Juan.  This made both areas easily accessible via taxi.  There is a Starbucks in the ...

... Munoz Marin International Airport elated, albeit a bit tired. We immediately felt the humidity. We took a taxi to our hotel, The Caribe Hilton, in the Condado section of San Juan. We arrived at about 11 am, which was too early to check in, and that ...

... no problem, go ahead and park for the beach. It was about 2 bucks for a few hours.   Personally, the Isla Verde/Condado area doesn't interest me at all. It reminded me of a smaller, cleaner, quieter Cancun. Lots of nightclubs and cheesy looking ...

... (keep ocean on the right)  -You'll drive by a lagoon which is between the highway and the ocean. (this is the Condado/hotels region) -Go over the bridge and stay right on Ave. Munoz Rivera (basically just drive straight but stay closer to the ocean) ...