El San Juan Hotel And Casino

... 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 me since ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... But hey, it had free internet!  :) I had planned ahead of time my itinerary for day 2 being:  a visit to Old San Juan, the El Morro Fort and the cemetary.  Not being walking distance to those sites, we jumped into a taxi from the ...

... In fact, the Sheraton hotel Old San Juan is the mecca for cruise ship hubs.  Oh, and there is a casino there.  Anyway, I found the Guesthouse Old San Juan on the internet and in Lonely Planet (the bible of travel as far as I am concerned).  ...

For our annual girls getaway 2009 we booked a long weekend at the El San Juan in Puerto Rico...my friend had done the primary research and after I read some reviews on trip advisor regarding the resort I was a little concerned.  There were hundreds ...

... girls getaway, boy they were a fun rowdy bunch! For dinner we got ourselves all dressed up and made our way to Old San Juan where we enjoyed a delicious Puerto Rican dinner at Barrachina's.  Fun fact about Barrachina's - it is the birthplace of the ...

... 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 lizards, of several sizes, some quite near to the ...

... and it was time to rent a car and go to Luquillo Beach.  The only place to rent a car in Old San Juan is at the Sheraton Hotel and Casino.  No problem.  We head over there and, of course, they have no cars available.  Fine.  ...

... in the rotunda, both the house and the senate were in session and we visited both. The next stop on the tour was Cathedral of San Juan Bautista the Second oldest church built in PR, where the remains of Juan Ponce De Leon are entombed. We then went ...

... a complimentary rum tasting tour, which is free too. After the tour, I came back and took a trolley tour of old San Juan (free) before heading to Bioluminiscent bay with EcoTours & Adventures. I highly recommend them, they were really good, ...

Today Tressa and I used this day to relax and reflect on the week, We drove into Old San Juan to look for souvenirs for family and Friends after finding a more reasonable place to park (it is located by the El Morro) we walked the streets in and out of ...

... to have dinner.  Before dinner we decided to hit up the happy hour at KoCo, an upscale and way overpriced restaurant in our hotel.  The decor was fabulous, young, hip and trendy!  We enjoyed the buy one get one Coconut Mojitos and chatted ...

... up with an unforgettable outing - the catamaran snorkel cruise!  We booked our tour through a website given to us by our hotel, Viator.  What we didn't realize is that we weren't booking with a specific company - just the tour and then Viator ...

... the weather decided to not cooperate.  The weather was awful and it rained the entire day!  As we were stuck in the hotel we made use of the time by packing up, doing some last minute shopping in the galleria and grabbing lunch at Galleria Pizza ...