A refreshing new alternative to large chain resorts, San Juan's Water Club is the only beach front boutique hotel in the Caribbean's liveliest city. http://www.caribbeanmag.com/search/hotels/Puerto_Rico/thewaterclubhotel/hotel/1289/28/ en-us Copyright 1998 e-TravelMedia.com/CaribbeanMag.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:28:14 EST It is San Juan Puerto Rico's only luxury boutique hotel on the beach, five minutes from the airport in posh Isla Verde, 15 minutes from Old San Juan. A one-of-a-kind luxury environment provides memorable surprises for even the most sophisticated travelers. The Water Club is ideally located on the beach in posh Isla Verde, and just five minutes from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, 15 minutes from the cruise docks, business district and famous Old San Juan. Convenient to the best restaurants, shopping and night life and most importantly on the best beach (still bordered with palms and no crowds) in San Juan and ideal for pleasure or business (or both). Puerto Rico offers the best air service of any resort location in the world. All 84-rooms have ocean views, beds and work tables facing endless water and sky. Theatrical lighting brings the outdoors indoors; elevators have waterfalls (behind glass); corridor sounds are gentle surf. A superb staff is friendly. The sensuous main bar, named Liquid, is San Juan's trend-setter hangout and a mecca for celebrities. The open-air rooftop lounge, named Wet, offers dazzling views of ocean and city. Restaurant Tangerine has been repeatedly named among the world's best. The Water Club is designated one of the world's top 10 luxury boutiques. But its rates are surprisingly modest. AMENITIES: Surprises - All rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of the tropical Atlantic and San Juan's finest beach. - Beds, king-size or doubles, and work tables are uniquely positioned to face open ocean and sky. - Suites include a large telescope for star-gazing. - Elevator cabs have walls that are waterfalls (behind glass)—a first in hotels. - “Desires” notepads and pens are wall-mounted in guest rooms, to write requests for more towels or other amenities or services. - Favorite pets enjoy the comforts of the "pet-friendly policy". - In guest room corridors, enjoy the sound of gently rolling surf. Walk on neatly piled pebble paths. - Jelly beans (deposit five cents) are available from old-fashioned jelly bean dispensers conveniently on each floor. Comforts - Down comforters and pillows. (Non-allergenic pillows available.) - All guest rooms have an iron and ironing board. - A cordless phone and two two-line telephones in each room. - High-speed internet access in most guest and conference rooms. - Custom-designed entertainment center: TV with full cable access -- VH1, MTV, CNN, ESPN; compact disc player; and AM-FM radio. - In-room safe and mini-bar. - Fitness Center, Rooftop sundeck, and pool (like bathing in the sky). - Valet parking. Car rentals available from hotel. - Complimentary WIFI Access. - Bilingual staff (English and Spanish): friendly people who deliver superb personal service to their guests. ACTIVITIES: DINING/RESTARUANTS: Day and night, the rooftop exotic bar and lounge aptly named "Wet", with the best sushi bar on the island, also offers a panorama of San Juan's most dazzling views- the curved beaches of the coastline, the vast expanse of the Atlantic and the buildings of the capital city. "Liquid" is the Water Club's main bar and sizable lounge. Instantly discovered by the trend setters, "Liquid" is the fashionable "in" spot in a city famed for vibrant lifestyle and nightlife. There is a late night DJ to keep things going. "Liquid" serves breakfast mornings to 11am. It re-opens at 5pm, and while the bars in Puerto Rico generally close at 4am, nightlife at "Liquid" doesn't end until the last customer departs. A dinner restaurant named "Tangerine" serves Pacific Rim cuisine overlooking the Atlantic and is the creation of award winning chef Peter Schintler. "Tangerine" recently made the Conde Nast Traveler "Hot Tables" list of 75 of the most intriguing new restaurants in the world. Room service at the Water Club is available 18 hours a day. There are two meeting rooms, both with ocean and beach views that can host up to 50. "Wet" is highly popular for private parties and receptions for up to 200. Type: Resort Beach Location: Beach Front (Directly on Beach/Water Front) http://www.caribbeanmag.com/search/hotels/Puerto_Rico/thewaterclubhotel/hotel/1289/28/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:28:14 EST