Stay in a luxury hotel in San Juan with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and enjoy colonial architecture, boutique shopping and Caribbean fusion cuisine.
Luxury things to do in San Juan
Ponce de León’s 16th-century Casa Blanca mansion in cobbled Old San Juan bursts with colonial furnishings and exquisite Taino Indian artefacts. The unhurried life unfurls in the Plaza de Armas while you sip a frothy cortadito steamed-milk coffee. Let your luxury hotel deliver VIP tickets to an operatic feast in the Ferré Performing Arts Center. Unwind with Sanjuaneros to salsa and techno beats in a sultry Condado district lounge until the sun comes up.
Luxury shopping in San Juan
Coach handbags and Harry Winston bracelets beckon in Old San Juan luxury boutiques, along with locally crafted coral, jade, and silver necklaces. Stroll Calle del Cristo for finely woven Panama hats and Calle San Francisco for suave embroidered guayabera shirts. Fortaleza Street’s gilded wooden santos religious figures were hand carved in the colonial era. On your private tours of the Museum of Art of Puerto Rica and the contemporary MAC museum, discover the radiant urban portraits of Rafael Tufiño. Browse the former warehouse art galleries in the Art Deco Santurce district and collect the island’s hottest new artists.
Gourmet San Juan
Snack on crispy bacalaíto salt cod fritters on a private luxury hotel beach in Condado, followed by a dinner of honey-roasted Muscovy duck. In Old San Juan’s SoFo restaurant row, chefs compose Caribbean cocina criolla dishes like flaky red snapper fillet with mango sauce. Close the night with the favourite local dessert of creamy coconut flan in a breezy Plaza Colón cafe.
Book your luxury San Juan holiday with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and float in the rooftop plunge pool of your historic luxury hotel with a minty mojito in hand