Hotel Casa Grande
Nestled beautifully in a stunning valley on a hundred and seven rich, tropical cuerdas, two hours from San Juan is the Hotel Casa Grande. It is truly an oasis of tranquility and peace of mind. Once a former coffee plantation, this property is now exquisitely landscaped, providing 20 carefully-appointed guest rooms (4 rooms in each of the 5 wooden structures) scattered around the mountainside. Each of the 20 rooms has its own private bath, balcony overlooking the lush greens, and a hammock. Beneath the green mountain vista is a fresh-water swimming pool that will provide you the refreshing feeling you need. There is a fully-equipped yoga center both for individual and group practice. The in-house restaurant, Jungle Jane’s serves sumptuous local and international cuisine. Casa Grande is most of all a virtual botanical garden that will please the nature lover in you for a relaxing, one-of-a-kind holiday getaway.
About Hotel Casa Grande
Hotel Casa Grande is a unique cozy hotel ideally set in a 107-acre ranch two hours away from San Juan in Puerto Rico. Also known as the Casa Grande Mountain Retreat, this property was once a coffee plantation. It has been exquisitely landscaped to become one of the ultimate vacation destinations in Puerto Rico today.
The hotel offers guests a choice of 20 guest rooms, set in five wooden structures (supported by cement columns) that sit on a platform overlooking varied and lush vegetation. Ten of the twenty rooms have queen sized beds, while the other ten are equipped with two full-sized beds. All the guest rooms have screened windows, a night table, dresser, clothes pole, reading light, shelf, private bathroom, private balcony with hammock, and a wall fan. There are no TVs, radios or telephones, so your stay at Casa Grande will truly be an opportunity to relax, unwind and forget about your daily troubles.
To fully promote relaxation at its best, the hotel provides yoga classes and retreats. A Kripalu certified yoga teacher conducts yoga classes twice a day (8am and 5pm) in the fully-equipped yoga center. There are also week-long retreated being held during weekends.
Casa Grande is mainly a virtual botanical property. All throughout the hotel, you can find landscaped as well as wild areas where exotic plants, tropical trees and fruit trees grow beautifully. There are over a hundred verities of plant life in the hotel premises, including ginger and heliconia.
For your dining needs, Jungle Jane’s restaurant offer sumptuous meals that can satisfy your palate. They also serve their locally-harvested fruits such as mango, lemon, orange, grapefruit, avocado, papaya, banana, peppers, herbs, spices, and so on.
For the more active guests, the hotel offers a hiking trail on the ground, right in between the river and the road. It is about a 20-minute walk which will make you feel like you are one with nature. Guests can also rent a kayak and ride on it while exploring the calm Dos Bocas Lake. Guests can also take an opportunity to visit the nearby must-see tourist sites. Located near the hotel is the Arecibo Observatory (which houses the largest radio telescope on Earth), the Rio Camuy Cave Park (houses the biggest underground river in the world), the Caguana Indian Ceremonial Park and the Toro Negro State Forest.
Hotel Casa Grande is a haven for tranquility and peace, and is an ideal vacation destination for those who would like to unwind and be one with nature, even just for a while.
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