The Best Hotels in Puerto Rico

The open-air arrival pavilion rises over a moat of water lilies with the Atlantic framed behind it, which tells you exactly what kind of resort this is. Fifty beachfront acres, butler service as standard, a spa spread across five acres with treehouse treatment rooms, and every suite facing the ocean with an outdoor shower. José Andrés has a restaurant here. Forbes Five Star. The coqui frogs perform for free.

No two rooms at this boutique bed-and-breakfast in Ocean Park are decorated alike, and none of them err toward restraint. It sits inside a gated community a short walk from the beach, with surf shops and cafés filling the neighborhood around it. The on-site breakfast spot is vegetarian and sources from local producers, which sounds like a constraint until the food arrives. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.