Ritz-Carlton San Juan Hotel & Casino

Ideally located on eight acres of prime beachfront property in Isla Verde, the Ritz-Carlton San Juan is convenient to both the city's business district and historic Old San Juan. The hotel offers guests a quietly luxurious retreat with its spa, featuring massages, body wraps and scrubs, facials, manicures, pedicures and a beauty salon. Close by, guests enjoy privileges at six championship courses, reef areas for diving and snorkeling, fishing clubs, horse racing, water-skiing, sailing and horseback riding.

Now open 24 hours, the vibrant Casino is the first within The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. and has reinvented the Casino experience for the luxury traveler. Casino guests will enjoy traditional games, such as Blackjack, Roulette, Caribbean Stud, "Let it Ride," Baccarat and Craps, as well as over 300 slot machines. The lounge, with live music nightly, and wall-to-wall TV are just a few of the unique entertainment options that complement The Casino at The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan's festive atmosphere.

The resort's spa is a 12,000-square-foot haven of luxury, complete with 11 treatment rooms, provides the latest in skin therapies, touch therapies, soak therapies and salon services.

For a fee, the resort offers a Ritz Kids program designed to make your child's vacation as memorable as yours. This supervised program is available to our guests ages 5 to 12, and offers a wide variety of activities. Our caring counselors are certified in infant, child and adult CPR, basic first aid and water safety to ensure fun and safety of all. The program offers creative and educational entertainment, arts and crafts, beach games and nature tours.

The Ritz Kids activities include:

-Arts and Crafts
-Painting
-Coloring
-Bowling
-Tennis
-Movies
-Sand Castle Sculpting
-Board Games
-"Spanish Just for Me"

Dining:

The Vineyard- Considered one of the best restaurants in San Juan, The Vineyard offers a menu of California cuisine inspired by the Mediterranean. The wine list has won Wine Spectator awards since 1998. The refined atmosphere features dark woods, red-and-gold upholstered chairs, and subtle lighting. An open kitchen allows chefs to show their stuff. The menu ranges from fresh foie gras and salmon caviar to Caribbean lobster and smoked lamb chops. Dinner only; reservations and business attire recommended. Closed for renovation until December 2004.
The Caribbean Grill- Caribbean specialties are served at this elegantly casual restaurant with all-day dining both indoors or alfresco, overlooking the pool and gardens.
The Ocean Bar & Grill- Sited between the freeform pool and the beach, this outdoor restaurant offers dining at tables and a bar under a gazebo as well as pool- and beachside. Waiters take orders for sandwiches, entrŠes, and frothy cocktails from guests in chaise lounges when they raise their lounger flags. Lunch and dinner daily.
The Sushi Bar- Executives for Toyota are often seen at the resort's intimate sushi restaurant, which serves a variety of maki sushi rolls, salads and soups, and combination meals. Dinner only.
The Bar- Open only at night, this clubby cigar lounge has a long marble bar flanked by thick columns, a pool table, and leaded-glass doors, all wrapped in a rich interior of woods and leather. The Bar offers 30 brands of cigars and a walk-in humidor. A light tapas menu is offered.
The Lobby Lounge- Hosting a Continental breakfast by day and live music by night, the lobby lounge has potted plants and two-story windows facing the courtyard. Seating is at marble-topped tables with wrought-iron legs and rattan chairs. Guests can order from a coffee bar in the mornings and enjoy afternoon tea later in the day.
The Casino Lounge- Facing a huge video screen (consisting of many standard-sized TV monitors), this lounge inside the casino offers drinks, food, and live entertainment (salsa and merengue) on weekend nights.

Renovated in 2004, this hotel features 416 guestrooms in one H-shaped building. All guestrooms were have Spanish-themed decor, dark-wood furniture, Frette Italian bed linens, and Italian marble bathrooms. Twice-daily maid service.


Rates include hotel tax of 10%.

Resort Fee includes:

-Unlimited use of the tennis courts and fitness center
-Local phone calls to numbers within the San Juan metropolitan area
-Toll-free call access
-High-speed Internet access in all guestrooms
-Wireless Internet access in public areas, poolside, and the beach
-Use of the beach chairs, towels, and umbrellas
-Use of select non-motorized water sports equipment (weather permitting; based on availability)
-Guided kayak tours
-Hobie Cat getaway sailboat ride with captain
-Selection of daily fitness classes, including a morning aqua rejuvenation class
-Snorkeling classes

Check in: 3 p.m.
Check out: 12 Noon