A visit to an historic place

My friends and I have had our eye on this amazing hotel all week. We said that before we left Puerto Rico we would stop in the bar at The Vanderbilt Hotel and have drinks so we could check the place out.
This place was beyond elegant. It was like stepping back in time. From the wonderful architecture to the beautiful way it was decorated it was just wonderful. We had our drinks in the lounge and tried not to have our mouths hanging open as we sat there looking around.

In 1919, Frederick William Vanderbilt, scion of one of the wealthiest families in America and arguably one of the most influential men in the country, acquired oceanfront land in the exclusive Condado District of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He selected Warren and Whitmore - one of the foremost architectural firms of the time, boasting the designs of New York’s Biltmoreand Ambassador Hotels and Grand Central Station to its name - to design the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, an exclusive tropical retreat in the heart of the Caribbean.

The early Spanish Revival style architecture was suggested by Frederick William Vanderbilt himself. Taking great advantage of the property’s breathtaking setting overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the designers created an imposing structure with white walls, red tiles, French windows, lofty ceilings and other design details typical of the style at the time. Inside, the original sweeping staircases and graceful archways remain in tact to this very day.

We ended up having dinner in their restaurant as nobody wanted to leave.