El Convento

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Every time I see Spanish Colonial Architecture I can't help but be immediately drawn to it. No need to mention that the next time I'm in Puerto Rico, <a href="http://www.elconvento.com/index.cfm" target="blank">El Convento</a> is the place I'll stay. No question about it. The building housing this effulgent Boutique Hotel was built in 1646, an order of King Phillip IV to serve as a Carmelite convent, hence its very eccentric name.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXENYznYh4pXlraHDeLXgddiXXl_ZHSpVfXMCxLTCyXMdjFqCq3a_2yiWr83Eve_rBEcyPB1HkKRzNu3Dz3o-kY_8K3pB5U0R_YZWSEJPhfpBIVQTGjehonRcQuJJRUiH2roeBcnTHQ8/s1600-h/hosl07_convento.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="boutique hotel" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313569032422296626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXENYznYh4pXlraHDeLXgddiXXl_ZHSpVfXMCxLTCyXMdjFqCq3a_2yiWr83Eve_rBEcyPB1HkKRzNu3Dz3o-kY_8K3pB5U0R_YZWSEJPhfpBIVQTGjehonRcQuJJRUiH2roeBcnTHQ8/s400/hosl07_convento.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 477px; width: 380px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I can't tell you enough how I would enjoy setting in this terrace while reading a book with the breeze caressing my hair. Oh I need some of that so much...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCX2CwxIhVib4kLbwjukXTC-K54R3bvIQOXjCITpVdwPbjSPYJxqT75ZUrUoU5ZJYttwTezcpnDfGo2RglRqkRwr1IJdwh1tVBNcLFj7MwItAsxvBaUCvabdM_M7Eh76ZU30Wr10EttU/s1600-h/hosl05_convento.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="el convento puerto rico" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313569402225500834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCX2CwxIhVib4kLbwjukXTC-K54R3bvIQOXjCITpVdwPbjSPYJxqT75ZUrUoU5ZJYttwTezcpnDfGo2RglRqkRwr1IJdwh1tVBNcLFj7MwItAsxvBaUCvabdM_M7Eh76ZU30Wr10EttU/s400/hosl05_convento.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 417px; width: 398px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This suite was named after Gloria Vanderbilt who was the first guest on the night of the inauguration. I would like to walk bare foot over those handcrafted tiles. I can even close my eyes and feel the freshness coming under my feet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Oh...to drink some mojitos and enjoy some tapas. Or maybe I would just stay still contemplating those always beautiful green and white awnings or those imposing wood beams.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSr60KrpBq54oo9tqEsoP1tNQRWLpvzBFHoRXs-CdEIf9Kw9PAcWdWdp6tJ67lTHnFufKQBXmg22_LgyvQ__GSiaWWmjb8Pj5cuyi7-EVvUZF-_DCzxcxYmUaH3FyCbPxgwADFEJZoD4/s1600-h/hosl06_convento.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="Caribbean boutique hotel" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313569032357059970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSr60KrpBq54oo9tqEsoP1tNQRWLpvzBFHoRXs-CdEIf9Kw9PAcWdWdp6tJ67lTHnFufKQBXmg22_LgyvQ__GSiaWWmjb8Pj5cuyi7-EVvUZF-_DCzxcxYmUaH3FyCbPxgwADFEJZoD4/s400/hosl06_convento.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 331px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Then I would jump into the pool and swim and swim those well consumed calories out.</div></div></div>

El Convento

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