Hotel Recommendations San Juan

[Tidalmist]

Can anyone recommend a good hotel to stay in San Juan prior to our Viking Sea cruise next February?

[millybess]

2 hours ago, Tidalmist said:

Can anyone recommend a good hotel to stay in San Juan prior to our Viking Sea cruise next February?

 We recently stayed at El Colonial and we liked it, as long as you don't mind that there is no elevator.

[TayanaLorna]

There is a Sheraton across the street from the port.  It is convenient to the docks and walking in Old San Juan.  

[Azulann]

We stayed at El Convento near the catherdral and  a couple blocks up from the "Red Door"  in old town.  It regionally a convent and hd has a beautiful inner courtyard withe rstaruant. a roof top pool and they have wine happy hour for all guests !.

We took a taxi to the pier  with all our luggage. 

 

[Clay Clayton]

If you budget doesn’t allow for the recommendations of the previous posters, we have stayed at the Hyatt House and found it great for our one night only precruise stays. 

[geffric]

55 minutes ago, TayanaLorna said:

There is a Sheraton across the street from the port.  It is convenient to the docks and walking in Old San Juan.  

we've stayed at the Sheraton..clean and has elevators.  

some of the older hotels are beautiful and very nice to stay in but lugging suitcases up 4 flights of stairs is not wonderful..

[Ray4Fun]

IF Viking still docks in Old Town, The Sheraton is across the street. As in walk out the side door (Front door is on side st) and about 200' away is the ship. I think the ship is longer than the walk to.

 

Last time we were at the Sheraton was early 19 just before C.  It is also walking distance to Old Town. It is an uber convenient for location for sure. Note, then the hotel was a bit old. Clean for sure just older. Nothing to rave about.

 

However if you want to wake up and look out your window to see your cabin almost in front of you then the  Sheraton may be a great choice.

 

The Hyatt House is a really nice new hotel . We were there a couple of months back. The RCL ship was docked over there, away from Old Town. We wanted to be closer to ship than town. Make sense? 

[Vineyard View]

If you are staying longer than one night and want authentic, we recommend El Convento. We loved it. Easy cab/Uber ride with bags, and easy walking to everyplace. 
If convenience is the priority then Sheraton across the street from the terminal. 

[TayanaLorna]

If all you want is 1 night at a hotel before boarding just in case there are flight delays, try the airport hotel.  Friends stayed there because it was the only place they could find that was $200 or less ($199).  They arrived at 3:30 pm, checked into hotel, took Uber to have a great Puerto Rican meal at an uncrowded restaurant right on the water in Pinones, slept at hotel, had breakfast and took taxi to ship boarding right after 11 am.  Got there before the noontime Viking pre extension buses arrived and had the whole day on the ship or to explore OSJ.

[LindaS272]

We stayed at the Hotel 352 just up from the port in Old San Juan last year in late March before the TA to BCN and schlepped our bags down to the ship the next day.

[Jim Avery]

As has been stated the Sheraton Old San Juan is very convenient.  In December it was also very tired.  Long overdue for a refit.  And when Southwest left us and hundreds more stranded it immediately went to $600 a night.  Never let a crisis go to waste, right?  If you are looking for nicer for a couple of days and if the budget allows, the beach strip known as the Condado is a short cab ride from the docks and has beaches, pools, etc.🍹