For convenience seekers, Isla Verde is as good as it gets – with long stretches of white sand beaches just a short drive from the airport. An oceanfront favorite for four decades, the newly renovated Máre St. Clair Hotel is proud to announce its Isla Verde beach is a 2016 USA TODAY “Best Urban Beach” winner. Take a stroll through the beautiful grounds with palm trees on the way to the outdoor pool. Go for a swim or lounge with a delicious beverage from the poolside bar while the little ones splash around in the children’s pool. Divide and conquer between the arcade-style game room, children’s playground, and card room (a guest favorite for generations). Golfers will want to line up an early tee time to be back in time for the beach.

Bright, airy studio condos sleep two to four guests, are air-conditioned and have kitchenettes with a full refrigerator, oven, and microwave, giving you the freedom to make and serve meals in your condo. Assemble your famous lasagna and let the kids assist. The on-site laundry facility will come in handy when it’s time to clean up. Condos have plenty of room to stash your glitzy “evening out” clothes as well as snorkel gear or the kids’ pool inflatables. Flat screen TVs with cable provide in-suite entertainment, or host an impromptu cocktail party on your private terrace with spectacular ocean or garden views, and save the Cielo Bar, with its stellar Puerto Rican rum collection, for a night when there’s live music on the schedule. Upgrade to a deluxe studio for a newly remodeled condo.

Stroll Old San Juan, or visit the modern Ponce Arte Museum or neoclassical Museum of Art Puerto Rico with its outdoor sculpture garden. If you’re feeling lucky, check out Casino del Mar. It’s located in the lobby of the La Concha Beach Resort and features twenty-four table games and more than four-hundred slot machines. Condado Beach is home to boutiques, restaurants, and La Ventana al Mar (Window to the Sea, an outdoor park that frequently features live music. Take a family field trip to El Morro Fort on San Juan Harbor. It’s a sixteenth-century World Heritage Site. The little ones will have so much fun that they won’t even realize that they’re learning. Up for a quick game of golf? The nine-hole Fort Buchanan Golf Course was built in 1949 and features professional golfer Jerry Hesby right on-site.