Ritz-Carlton Opens Americas’ First Reserve Property in Puerto Rico

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is debuting the first Ritz-Carlton Reserve property in the Americas with the opening of Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico. Situated on 1,400 acres of the former Laurance Rockefeller estate, the long-awaited second Reserve, part of a collection of bespoke properties, is designed to usher in a new level of luxury travel experiences for guests in the Western Hemisphere.

Created as an open-air enclave infused with references to the surrounding natural landscape and diverse culture, Dorado Beach features 100 guestrooms and 14 one-bedroom suites that sit directly on the beach. Accommodations include floor-to-ceiling sliding doors, outdoor shower gardens, indoor showers with deep soaking tubs, individual infinity-edge pools, rooftop pools and cabanas.

Originally built in the 1920s for the plantation land’s first owner, Clara Livingston, Su serves as a four-bedroom VIP villa overlooking the ocean. Paired with towering palm trees, expansive gardens, a private infinity edge pool and a cigar veranda, the hacienda has been fully restored and modernized following a multimillion-dollar restoration that preserves its heritage and beauty.

Tucked away amid lush flora is Spa Botanico, a five-acre botanical sanctuary offering a holistic yet modern approach to beauty and wellness incorporating Manos Santos practices, ancient local healers often referred to as Holy Hands.

Spa Botanico blends a natural environment inspired by ancient Puerto Rican healing traditions, modern therapies and local botanicals to indulge the body, mind and spirit. Treatment facilities, warm and cool pools, waterfall showers, glass-walled treatment pavilions and open-air Treehouse platforms create a relaxing state of wellbeing among nature.

Guests are invited to revel in a magical social event at the iconic Surf Room, a newly designed reconstruction from the original Rockefeller era. Beautifully appointed floor-to-ceiling glass windows enhance sweeping views of the Caribbean Sea which open out to an outside terrace set directly upon sand, creating an enchanting background perfect for any special occasion.

Source: Travel Pulse http://www.travelpulse.com/ritzcarlton-opens-americas-first-reserve-property-in-puerto-rico.html