Atlantic Beach Hotel
PRICE:
Frommer's Recommended
ADDRESS: Calle Vendig 1
CITY: San Juan
COUNTRY: Puerto Rico
POSTCODE: 00907
PHONE 1: 787/721-6900
FAX: 787/721-6917
WEBSITE: www.atlanticbeachhotel.net
This is the most famous gay hotel in Puerto Rico. Housed in a five-story building with vaguely Art Deco styling, the hotel is best known for its ground-floor indoor/outdoor bar -- the most visibly gay bar in Puerto Rico. It extends from the hotel lobby onto a wooden deck about 15 feet (4.6m) above the sands of Condado Beach. The units are simple cubicles, all nonsmoking, with stripped-down but serviceable and clean decor. Some of the rooms are smaller than others, but few of the short-term guests seem to mind -- maybe because the place can have the spirit of a house party. Each unit has a small, shower-only bathroom with plumbing that might not always be in prime condition. Management insists it does not have a restrictive policy of not allowing a guest to take a visitor back to the room. But the front desk acknowledges that "hustlers" are not allowed on the property or in the guest rooms.
Copyright: Excerpted from
Frommer's Puerto Rico, 9th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

San Juan
, Puerto Rico