Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa - A Wyndham Grand Resort
Information & Amenities
Hotel Information: Encompassing numerous nature preserves within its rolling grounds, the resort is a destination for active families, golfers, tennis players, and celebrating couples, with activities centered at the two pools and in the casino and tranquility available on the beach in daytime and during beachfront strolls after dark.
Amenity highlights: A "quiet" pool is paired with an eight-person spa tub. A activities pool with water slide is paired with a 20-person spa tub. Poolside rental cabanas are furnished with thickly cushioned wood lounge chairs. Hammocks and wood-shingle shades lie along the beach. Rental water-sport gear and kite surfing, banana-boating, parasailing, scuba/snorkeling excursions, and eco-kayaking tours are available. Mandara Spa includes a complimentary fitness center.
Property Amenities
Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa is 5 km (3 mi) from El Yunque National Forest and within 8 km (5 mi)of Río Grande. Open from late morning to early morning, the casino offers slot machines, Caribbean stud poker, blackjack, bingo, roulette, and Texas hold'em tournaments.
Offering treatments such as Frangipani Body Wrap, the Mandara Spa includes a complimentary fitness center, a complimentary unisex ocean-view relaxation lounge, women's and men's steam rooms (surcharges without treatment), and a beauty salon.
A business center includes computers with high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Complimentary wireless access is available in the lobby/convention area.
Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Arcade/game room
- Number of rooms: 600
- Number of floors: 7
- ATM/banking
- Audio-visual equipment
- Ballroom(s)
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Beauty services
- Business center
- Business services
- Casino
- Cell phone/mobile rental
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge desk
- Conference room(s)
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning service
- Elevator/lift
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Express check- in
- Express check-out
- Fitness equipment
- Full-service health spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access - wireless
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Medical assistance available
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Multilingual staff
- Parking (surcharge)
- Parking (valet)
- Pool table on site
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (24 hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Secretarial services
- Security guard
- Self parking
- Shopping on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Supervised child care/activities
- Swimming pool - children's
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Technology helpdesk
- Tour assistance
- Wedding services
Room Descriptions
Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa offers 600 guestrooms in a seven-story Spanish-style building. Beds consist of pillowtop mattresses, hypo-allergenic comforters with polished polyester covers, light blankets, and five pillows of varying firmness and stuffing. Bathrooms consist of shower/tub combinations with curved curtain rods for extra elbow room and massage showerheads, oversize bath sheets, and bathrobes. Bathrooms also include pedestal sinks and Molton Brown English toiletries.
Work desks have high-speed Internet connections (surcharges). Two dual-line phones include one cordless and one with speaker. Flat-screen televisions offer pay movies, video games, and CD jukeboxes, (surcharges for all). Contemporary decor includes tile floors with area rugs, dark-wood furniture, and gold drapes with pink-and-white sheer curtains. Smoking is permitted only on balconies.
Room Features
- Internet access - high speed
- Cable/satellite TV
- Pay movies
- Video-game console
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Balcony
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Internet access - surcharge
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Makeup mirror
- Bathroom telephone
- Shower/tub combination
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
- Window opens
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Television
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Area Attractions
El Yunque (Caribbean National Forest) - 5 km (3 mi)
Río Grande - 8 km (5 mi)
José Hernández Poster Museum - 8 km (5 mi)
Fajardo Bioluminescent Bay - 30 km (18.75 mi)
Piñones forest (bicycling, hiking, surfing) - 38 km (23.75 mi)
Old San Juan - 46 km (28.75 mi)
Cruise-ship piers - 46 km (28.75 mi)
Arecibo Observatory - 125 km (78 mi)
Rio Camuy Cave Park & Mine - 135 km (84.5 mi)
Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU): Approximate driving time to Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa is 60 minutes and distance is 38 km (23.75 mi).
Driving directions from car-rental agencies near Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport:
- Take Hwy 26 Este (east).
- Merge onto Hwy 3 Este (east) toward Río Grande.
- Approximately 7 km (4.5 mi) east of Río Grande, turn left at Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa sign and follow signs to resort.
Getting there: - A taxi from the airport costs $36–$75 for three passengers.
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.
Getting around: Complimentary shuttles transport guests to tennis, golf, and restaurants from early morning to late night. This Puerto Rico resort rents out bicycles. Taxis are stationed at the resort.
Activities
Two oceanfront pools provide freshwater swimming Flanked by thickly cushioned wood lounge chairs, a 32-m (105-ft) freeform "quiet" pool with rock waterfall is paired with an eight-person spa tub. Flanked by padded lounge chairs, a 61-m (200-ft) freeform activities pool with an 18.25-m (60-ft) water slide and a volleyball net is paired with a 20-person spa tub. Adjacent to the activities pool is a 6.75-m (22-ft) toddlers' pool paired with fountains spurting up from a play area.
Rental cabanas on pools' sundecks are furnished with thickly cushioned wood lounge chairs and come with snacks, beverages, and pool-concierge services.
A 1.5-km (1-mi) beach with hammocks and wood-shingle shades extends past the resort. A water-sports center rents personal watercraft, small sailboats, kayaks, and boogie boards and, for surcharges, offers kite surfing, banana-boating, and parasailing. A dive shop offers scuba instruction/certification and diving and snorkeling excursions. Eco-kayaking tours are also available for surcharges.
This Puerto Rico resort includes two championship golf courses, the Ocean Course designed by George and Tom Fazio and the River Course designed by Greg Norman, which features play alongside the Mameyes River and views of the El Yunque rainforest. A clubhouse includes a restaurant, golf shop, and locker rooms with saunas, steam baths, spa tubs, and massage rooms (surcharge for massage). Resident pros conduct clinics and provide individual instruction.
A Peter Burwash International tennis center includes 13 courts (surcharge for play under lights), ball machines (surcharges), a pro shop, and instruction (surcharge).
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Golfing on site
- Golf - driving range on site
- Sailing on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Personal watercraft on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
- Swimming on site
- Tennis on site
- Basketball on site
- Volleyball on site
- Aerobics on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Parasailing on site
- Fishing nearby
- Playground on site
Restaurants & Bars
Palio - Two-level, air-conditioned dining room and terrace tables. Fine dining. Northern Italian specialties. Accordionists. Dinner only, reservation required. Dress code: long pants and collared shirts for men.
Shimas Asian Bistro and Sushi Bar - Fanciful, colorful Asian decor. Air conditioned. Stir-fry dishes, noodles, soups, seafood, sushi. Dinner only.
Marbella - Two-story dining room with windows facing lily pond, lawn, and ocean. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Breakfast buffet and à la carte menu. Lunch, dinner buffets and à la carte service in high-occupancy periods. International fare.
Boleros Lounge - Air-conditioned bar/lounge with two-story windows, cognacs, cigars, appetizers from early evening to late night. Live piano music.
Cobitos Pavilion - Bistro-style lunch menu in open-air setting near beach. Open in winter only.
Tiki Bar - Casual beach bar serving lunch menu of grilled fast foods. Live music in afternoons.
Lobby Bar - Air-conditioned bar/lounge with live music nightly for dancing.
The Grille Room - Air-conditioned steakhouse in golf clubhouse. Open for dinner Tuesday–Saturday. Dress code: long pants and collared shirts for men.
Iguana Pub - Casual spot in golf clubhouse serving lunch and dinner Sundays and Mondays.
Aqua Luna Restaurant at the Ocean Villas - Casual, air-conditioned seafood restaurant open for dinner.
Players Bar - Open on weekends adjacent to casino.
Location
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Rio Grande, 00745-6100
Puerto Rico
Nearest major airport:
San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU-Luis Munoz Marin)
Area:
Puerto Rico Island, Puerto Rico
Important Information
Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- Pet deposit required
- Pets accepted
- Check-in time is 4 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
