Where to stay in Puerto Rico

Hotels

San Juan has modern Americanised hotels and there is similar lodging in Ponce and Mayagüez. Many resorts are on the island's southeastern coast, including Gran Melia, El Conquistador, and Bahia Beach. Vieques has also attracted major international hotel development in recent years, most recently with a W Hotel. Most of the major American chains have properties on the island, among them Intercontinental, Ritz, St Regis, Marriott, and Hilton.

San Juan is also home to a number of boutique and speciality hotels representing a range of price points. Da'House and Casa Blanca, both in Old San Juan, are affordable and charming, while El Convento and The Cervantes in Old San Juan represent the higher, more luxurious end of the speciality hotel scale. La Concha, while not a boutique hotel, is an icon in Puerto Rico and is located in the capital. Renovated after decades of non-use, La Concha, so named because of a design flourish shaped like a seashell, is deemed one of the best examples of tropical modernism architecture. Its lobby and patio are also one of the hottest nightlife see-and-be-seen spots in San Juan.