Atlantic Beach Hotel

Frommer's Review

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 (4.5m) above the sands of Condado Beach. The units are simple cubicles 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. There's an on-again, off-again in-house restaurant and the above-mentioned bar. The space was originally conceived as a disco that thrived in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Several readers have written in to complain about the restrictive policy of not allowing a guest to take a visitor back to the bedrooms. One disgruntled patron wrote, "Lighten up, folks! We're big boys and can decide for ourselves who we want to bring up to our room." If you're going with a lover, fine. If you want to play with the locals, stay in another hotel.

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; laundry service; dry cleaning; all nonsmoking rooms; rooms for those w/limited mobility

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

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