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Hotel El Convento

4.5 star property

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Front of property
Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Deluxe Double Room, 2 Double Beds
Daily cooked-to-order breakfast for a fee
Reception

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Breakfast available
  • Gym

Explore the area

Map
100 Cristo St, San Juan, 00901
  • Port of San Juan
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Castillo San Felipe del Morro
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Pan American Pier
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • San Juan (SJU-Luis Munoz Marin Intl.)
    ‪15 min drive‬

Room options

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Garden Terrace

Garden Terrace

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Junior Single Room

Junior Single Room

  • 54 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds

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Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Double Room, 2 Double Beds

Deluxe Double Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Room

Room

  • 33 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Double Room

Double Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Bay view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Superior Room

Superior Room

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

San Juan

With a stay at Hotel El Convento in San Juan (Old San Juan), you'll be steps from Catedral Basilica Menor de San Juan Bautista and 3 minutes by foot from San Juan Gate. .This luxury hotel is 0.5 mi (0.7 km) from Castillo de San Cristobal and 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Port of San Juan.

What's nearby

  • San Juan Gate - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Port of San Juan - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Castillo San Felipe del Morro - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Puerto Rico Convention Center - 6 min drive - 5.2 km
  • Pan American Pier - 7 min drive - 5.4 km

Getting around

  • Sacred Heart Station - 10 min drive
  • Luis Munoz Marin Intl. Airport (SJU) - 16 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪El Batey - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Pira-Rum - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪El Patio de Sam - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪El Champi - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Bar Catedral Rooftop - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Hotel El Convento

Luxury hotel with a fitness center and a 24-hour front desk
Hotel El Convento offers 58 accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include desks. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include bathrobes, slippers, designer toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. 32-inch LCD televisions come with premium cable channels and pay movies. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and ceiling fans. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily. Amenities available on request include in-room massages.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and complimentary bicycles.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 58 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a hair salon.
Enjoy a meal at Patio del Nispero, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include express check-out, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Patio del Nispero - Onsite restaurant.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Awards and affiliations

The property is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: USD 15 to 25 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Patio del Nispero

Things to do

  • Free bicycle rentals
  • Gym
  • Library
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • In-room babysitting
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Spa

  • In-room massages

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV with premium cable channels
  • Pay films

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 2:00 AM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 35.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately USD 15 to 25 per person
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 35.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Hotel El Convento Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 638 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 201 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 81 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 53 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 30 out of 1003 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

joedh o

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
El Convento is my Favorite Hotel in old san juan
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Phil

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel in a great location in viejo San juan
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good

Good overall, but could not control air conditioning system from turning off in the middle of the night several times and turning on abruptly. Resting was a challenge for this reason. I love the location, food and service. Only thing I would change is being able to control my own air in the room and parking situation, if you are lucky you get parking in front but if it’s full the hotel offers no parking.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Laurie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was beautiful but overbooked. I paid over $700 a night for 2 beds and ended up with one bed and a rollaway. I received a $100 hotel restaurant credit to compensate. The location is good but I was disappointed with the room.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Michael

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was great.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Maria, McLean

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room a bit small for price point. Also a little rough around the edges. It’s an old historic building so needs some attention. Pool was not really a pool.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mehrnaz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful historic building in the prime location. The rooms can use an upgrade but all and all it was a great stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Taylor L

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a beautiful place to stay for a few nights in Old San Juan. There seem to be many events at the property but we did not hear a thing in our room at night. The pool is nice and the wine/cheese hour is lovely. They did not clean our room everyday and that was disappointing, but we had a wonderful stay overall and would go back!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Melba

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place, clean and very polite personnel. No parking at site.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carmen Rosa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a very convenient hotel. Many options for restaurants, bars, shopping andarea good for exercising. I will definitely stay again. Thanks so much for everything
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kurt, Canton

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
just a great place right in old town
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Argenis

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Love it!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Russell

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed staying in an historic hotel. Also, we enjoyed the wine and cheese gathering each evening at 5:00.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Meghan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Highly recommend if staying in Old San Juan.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Melissa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Donn

Great spot
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marlene, Carolina

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Raiza

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing historical location. The service of the room staff and the person helping with our laugage was amazing. The pool area was clean and peaceful. The terrace place offered an excellent midday break. I would probably eat outside the hotel because the restaurant service was a bit slow for my taste, but all in all it was an excellent stay and i would definitely come back again.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Trish

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hubby thought it was “fine”. ~Run!

The hotel is in a very popular historic area with lots of restaurants and shops. Very cool from that perspective. It’s exactly what we wanted. The building is hundreds of years old and in a way, it was interesting. However, they seemed to have made very few improvements. We checked in and got the keys, which were actual keys on a key chain. I was kind of excited thinking it was sort of cool and hip, but it was the first sign of how the rest of the stay would be. The interior was very dark and dated- heavy dark wood with lots of scratches and gashes in the walks and woodwork. Absolutely everything is original, which some people probably like, but I found it to be creepy. It felt like a junky old, worn out building that smelled old and dirty. As I laid in bed and looked around, the old phrase “bed chamber” came to mind and it made me laugh. I feel like the owners are hiding behind its authenticity s an excuse to not update it. Couple other things to note, there is no parking, not even on the street and no valet. You have to park in the public parking garage a half mile away and drag your luggage uphill and over cobblestones. What sums up the entire stay and really says it all is that the shampoo and soap containers in the shower were completely empty. Plenty of conditioner though. When we were dropping off the keys at checkout, I mentioned that they need to fill the shampoo containers and the response was “you didn’t mention that last night”. Huh?
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary, Washington

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful facility, really friendly and helpful staff, great location for exploring Old San Juan.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place to stay and would highly recommend to anyone looking in old San Juan. Will definitely be here again staying.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025