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SAN JUAN MARRIOTT RESORT & STELLARIS CASINO
A stay ate the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris
Casino is a terrific way around which to structure a
visit to Puerto Rico. The four-diamond luxury resort
is located along San Juan’s famed Condado Beach.
Dynamic, cozy and elegant, the resort permits
guests to rest under a beachfront palm tree or take
a pool complete with a waterslide and hot tub.Other amenities include a lively, non-stop casino and
lobby bar, wellness centre and a variety of dining
options. The resort’s location in the heart of the Condado neighbourhood is also walking distance from a
plethora of gourment and dining hotspots, nightlife
and entertainment, shops and boutiques.

At night, I experienced the resort’s lobby bar and
Red Coral Lounge offering an endless array of cocktails, dancing and live entertainment, and the 24
hour 12,700-square-foot Stellaris Casino with guests
playing poker, blackjack, roulette, craps, baccarat
and more than 400 slot machines. Given the resorts
location on Agenda Ashford, it was also very nice to
enjoy the Caribbean cosmopolitan flair of both the
resort and the neighbourhood. I took a walk on this
tree-lined avenue full of upscale fashion boutiques such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Furla - and
stores from many up-and-coming designers showcasing clothing and jewelry not found anywhere
else. Condado also proves some of the best gastroThe San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino nomic experiences San Juan has to offer, including
has 511 sophisticated guest rooms and 14 luxuri- celebrity chef driven restaurants, puerto Rican tapas
ous suites on 21 floors - all newly updated in 2013. and vegetarian dleights.
Upscale guest rooms and suites offer spacious balconies with breathtaking views and high-speed in- Ease of access to major attractions is another key
ternet access, and flat-panel HDTV’S are included appeal of the resort. The Bacardi Rum distillery,
in every room. I particularly enjoy sipping rum and Castillo San Felipe de Morro, Castillo San Cristòbal
cokes while relaxing on my balcony overlooking the and El Yunque Rain Forest are just minutes from
beautiful Atlantic