Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
Laurance Rockefeller's 1950s Dorado estate west of San Juan, reborn as a Ritz-Carlton Reserve with beachfront rooms, a treehouse spa, the Su Casa hacienda and championship golf.
Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
Frederick Vanderbilt's 1919 grande dame on Ashford Avenue, designed by Grand Central architects Warren & Wetmore and restored with oceanfront suites and eight restaurants and bars.
Hotel El Convento
A restored seventeenth-century Carmelite convent on Calle del Cristo in Old San Juan, facing the cathedral, with a leafy courtyard restaurant and a rooftop plunge pool.
Fairmont El San Juan Hotel
A 1950s landmark on Isla Verde beach, famed for its mahogany-panelled lobby and grand chandelier, reborn under Fairmont with palm-shaded pools, a spa and a casino.
La Concha Resort, Autograph Collection
A 1958 icon of tropical modernism on Condado Beach, named after its seashell-shaped concrete pavilion, with an ocean tower, a suite tower, several pools and lively restaurants.
Royal Isabela
Clifftop casitas with secluded terraces and private plunge pools beside a championship golf course on the wild Atlantic coast of Isabela, in north-western Puerto Rico.
O:live Boutique Hotel
A Mediterranean-inspired boutique hotel and Small Luxury Hotels of the World member overlooking the Condado Lagoon, with individually styled rooms and a rooftop terrace for sunset drinks.
Palacio Provincial San Juan, Curio Collection by Hilton
An adults-only Curio Collection hotel in a restored historic building in Old San Juan, with wood-beamed rooms, a library and a rooftop infinity pool and bar facing the cathedral.
Caribe Hilton
The first Hilton outside the continental United States, opened in 1949 on San Juan's Puerta de Tierra and credited as the birthplace of the piña colada, with a private beach.
Condado Ocean Club
An adults-only boutique hotel of 96 rooms between the Atlantic and the Condado Lagoon in San Juan, with an infinity-edge pool deck, a beach bar and a lively weekend scene.
El Blok
A sculptural adults-only hotel of 30 rooms on the Malecón of Esperanza, Vieques, across from the beach and close to Sun Bay and the glowing waters of Mosquito Bay.
Decanter Hotel
A 19-room boutique hotel in a restored four-storey building from around 1880 on Calle San José, Old San Juan, with cocktail bars, a wine focus and a terrace.
