We made a quick trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico earlier this week, staying three nights at the San Juan Marriott Resort using Marriott Reward points. Here’s a quick photo tour of our oceanfront room.
Take a quick peek into Room 1810 of the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, located along Condado Beach. This room is considered a King, Oceanfront, with Balcony. There’s a floor plan of this type of room on the Marriott website.
The comfortable, king-sized bed fills up much of the room space.
There’s a desk, and credenza with a refrigerator holding the flat screen television. Note the sliding glass door next to the chair. It leads to the balcony.
Although it was dark when we arrived, the night-time view of the ocean from our balcony was spectacular.
We found the bathroom to be compact.
While you can’t see it in this photo, the shower/tub features a soothing rain-like shower-head.
The best feature of room 1810 is the daylight view of the ocean.
The view from the balcony, looking straight down on the well-groomed beachfront.
The balcony features two chairs, the perfect place to relax and enjoy the view.
The daylight view — looking to the right — from the balcony
An evening view of the pools at the San Juan Marriott Resort.
Our bottom line impressions of the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino:
- The property is well-maintained, despite being a bit dated like most hotels in this area of San Juan.
- We enjoyed breakfast in the top-floor executive lounge, which features a wrap-around outdoor deck for a great view of San Juan.
- The newly renovated lobby bar — the Red Coral Lounge — provides the perfect spot for cocktails, appetizers and people-watching. It has fantastic bartenders, and seems as popular with the locals as with the tourists.
- The attached Stellaris Casino is welcoming, and smoke-free, at least in the part we visited.
- The pools are well-maintained, with a water slide, swim-up bar and organized activities, although a little crowded for sun chaise space.
- The hotel is in a good location in the heart of Condado Beach. From a public bus stop near the front door, it is a $.75 cent bus ride to Old San Juan. Be sure you have quarters for the bus.
- The front desk and concierge deck are both busy, but staffed with helpful, efficient professionals. The hotel offers a helpful package of information on tours, sites, restaurants and getting around San Juan at check-in.
- The hotel’s oceanfront rooms like 1810 are compact but comfortable, with terrific views from the balcony.
- As a Category 6 hotel in the Marriott Rewards program, one night costs 30,000 points. We’d stay again.
What’s your favorite hotel in San Juan? Please share in comments below.
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