Condado Vanderbilt Hotel

As you pull up to the early Spanish Revival facade of the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in San Juan, the valets open the grand doors into the foyer and it becomes apparent you have come to the right place for luxury and relaxation. After all, the first thing you see as your eyes adjust to the indoor light is the sparkling ocean roaring beyond the glass wall of the spacious and comfortable lounge, the Vanderbilt Court. To the left is the concierge, staffed by competent men and women who help ease you into the Caribbean lifestyle with a glass of cold bubbles as you wait adjacent to a grand, winding staircase worthy of any Hollywood starlet’s heroic entrance. But who needs the glitter of the silver screen when you have the shimmering sea seemingly peeking out of every window, door and passageway? Such is the charm of this hotel, where most rooms overlook water of some sort, be that the nearby lagoon or the ocean itself.