El San Juan Hotel

Duration: 1 week in mid-February Top 3 keywords describing this trip: History, Beach, Relaxation San Juan Marriott Resort (booked through Cheap Caribbean) It was nice for what you'd expect from this hotel chain...clean simple room decor, but honestly ...

... home stood in line. Once outside, I grabbed a taxi for the quick 15-minute trip to my hotel (fare = $21), the Embassy Suites San Juan Hotel & Casino by SJU airport. I checked into the hotel, but as I had anticipated, they didn't have a room ready for ...

... San Cristobal we made our way down into town for lunch.  We happened upon a cute restaurant called Toro Salao (Tetuan 367, San Juan, Puerto Rico) which had outdoor seating & shade!  This was my favorite meal of the trip!  I devoured ...

We reached San Juan in the night and took a cab to the Sheraton which was our place of stay in the island. Sheraton is not far from the Luis Munoz Airport and it took us 20-25 minutes to get there. The weather was awesome, temperature was around 24degrees ...

... go into the bus terminal to catch the bus.  So we follow them and find the bus to get on.  Check in to the San Juan Park Hotel.  Nice clean room.  Then go out to dinner at the Sizzler.  We catch the bus back into Old San Juan ...

Next stop on our journey was a small hotel called El Jardin, just outside san juan del sur. The hotel is on top of a very steep hill about three kilometers down a dirt track, the sort of road that makes an offroad driving experience exciting when you wear ...

... of Puerto Rico itself. Remnants of old cannons and a couple of working ones are preserved well. It has splendid views of both Old San Juan and particularly of the bay. We loved the sunset from there, it was amazing. Content with how we spent the day, we ...

... to the hotel, I stopped at Walgreen’s and got a Butterfinger and called that lunch. After Tiffany arrived at the hotel, we went to Old San Juan by bus.  It was standing room only.  I stood and held on for dear life.  The driver asked ...

... the beach during the morning (the north end of Condado beach has several palm trees that provide shade), and evening strolls in Old San Juan followed by dinner and drinks. Old San Juan is the prettiest "downtown" that we've seen in the whole Caribbean, ...

... but we had a great time anyway. Then there was the day we went just off shore to go fishing on a "sunset cruise" with a company called San Juan Sports. It is totally worth the $15 dollars if you make it down there. We caught tons of fish, mostly tuna, met ...

... out.  Just down the beach from El Morro, this fort is equally as impressive,  and the two together made attacks on San Juan a dificult task.  Well it is off to the airport for our long flight home.  Puerto Rico is an intresting ...

... , but if we stayed in the shade or were in some of the rooms, it wasn't too bad. Up top, you have a great panoramic view of San Juan (and it used to be the tallest point in the city). We stopped at the gift shop and bought a book about the two forts (EL ...

We ate breakfast at the top floor of the hotel. Rode the free trolley in Old San Juan section.Sight seeing trolleys are free in the old town. Visited El Morro,a colonial fort and a Unesco site..It has  6 levels and contain a ...

... us about $15. Much more affordable than what we found in Costa Rica. We headed back to the bus terminal and got on a bus bound for San Juan Del Sur. Just as we arrived here it started to pour. It was a super warm rain but we still took shelter under an ...

... had only one bus-boy, so virtually no tables were clean. Hostess refused to clear anything saying, it was "Services job." But flight to San Juan was also on time. Felt like a very long flight. Kyla and I had bulkhead seats, so I least I didn't have to ...

... for Nicaraguans on their seaside vacations. This has resulted in a relatively large amount of development and investment pouring in to San Juan. Although, I think we were were fortunate enough to catch it early on in itīs development life cycle as it ...

... prescription nausia medicine, and I feel a lot better now. So everything is OK! =) But on a much better note... We arrived at San Juan del Sur at about noon today, and it feels compltely different. It is the touristy area of Nicaragua - and we actually ...

Walk by the seashore of Condado beach. There are lots of construction for bldgs and condominiums. Took a taxi to old town,San Juan. Took a ferry to go the Bacardi Distillery (rum). Tasted a free Mojito from Bacardi Company. Joined a free tour of the ...

Arrived in San Juan,Puerto Rico.Disembark from the ship. Took a taxi to the Canario by the Sea Hotel. It is by the beach in the Condado area. Took our lunch at Via Appia,an Italian restaurant. Took the public bus to the old town. Visited Casa Blanca ...