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Restaurant at the Water & Beach Club
Boutique Hotels
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Numero Uno
12 suites have flat-panel
TVs, free WiFi. The
hotel's restaurant serves
gourmet fare and has
an extensive wine list.
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Map V6 • Recinto
Sur 329, Old San Juan
• 787 724 7722 • www.
cervantespr.com • $$$$$
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Hotel Horned
furnishings. There is a
swimming pool, plus free
use of kayaks. d
Map Q3
• Fulladoza Bay, Culebra
• 787 742 3169 • www.
clubseabourne.com • $$$$
Guesthouse
This renovated 1940s
home has rooms with
cable TV, high-speed
Internet, and cream
and taupe decor. Some
rooms have ocean views.
Cocktails are served
here, and the gourmet
restaurant is renowned. d
Map T1 • Calle Santa Ana 1,
San Juan • 787 726 5010 •
www.numero1guesthouse.
com • $$$
@
The Water &
*
Bahía Salinas
Beach Resort
& Spa
The sunlight-filled rooms
with bay views here are
done up with elegant
antique reproductions
and contemporary
furniture. There is a
gourmet restaurant as
well as a full-service spa.
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Map B5 • Carretera 301
Km 11, Cabo Rojo • 787
254 1213 • http://www.
bahiasalinas.com • $$$$
Dorset Primavera
Named for a breed of
English sheep, this
aristocratic hacienda-
style hotel, which has its
own beach, has suites
decorated with plantation
style antiques. The
gourmet restaurant
draws diners from as
far as San Juan - a
dress code applies in
the evening
(see p48)
.
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Map A3 • Carretera 429
Km 3, Rincón • 787 823
4030 • www.horneddorset.
com • $$$$$
Beach Club
A trendy hotel with a chic
minimalist theme, where
blue neon is ubiquitous
and a waterfall against a
gunmetal wall adds to
the aqueous theme. Two
gourmet restaurants and
a hip bar draw urban
sophisticates at night.
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Map U2 • Calle Tartak 2,
Isla Verde • 787 265 6699
• www.waterbeachclub
hotel.com • $$$$
£
El Prado Inn
(
Hix Island House
The loft apartments
in this zen-inspired hotel
have bare concrete
floors, hip furnishings,
luxurious fabrics, and
large windows that offer
great views. There are
private outdoor showers
too. d
Map P5 • Carretera
995 Km 1.5, El Pilón,
Vieques • 787 741 2302
• www.hixislandhouse.com
• $$$$$
)
Inn on the
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Hacienda
Tamarindo
The owner, an interior
designer, shows her skills
in the 17 individually
styled suites at this lovely
hilltop hotel, which has
a tamarind tree in the
atrium lobby. There is a
tropical theme through-
out.
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Map P5 • Carretera
996 Km 4.5, Vieques • 787
741 0420 • www.hacienda
tamarindo.com • $$$$
&
Club Seabourne
The Andalusian-
Moorish decor at this
restored 1930s mansion
extends to the garden
patio, which has a plunge
pool. Rooms have cool
colonial-style tiles and
Mediterranean furnish-
ings.
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Map S1 • Calle
Luchetti 1350, San Juan
• 787 391 1976 • www.
elpradoinn.net • $$$
$
Chateau
Blue Horizon
The villas of this intimate
hillside hotel exude
romance and intentionally
lack phones. The premises
boast tennis courts,
bicycles, and a renowned
gourmet restaurant. d
Map P5 • Carretera 996 Km
4.2, Esperanza, Vieques •
787 741 3318 • www.innon
thebluehorizon.com • $$$$
This reclusive hillside
property is surrounded by
lush lawns dotted with
fruit trees. Its rooms,
cottages, and large villas
sport colonial-style
Cervantes
A 16th-century facade
hides this hotel's suave
contemporary decor. All
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