Wyndham Garden at Palmas del Mar

Set against a golden-sand beach on Puerto Rico's east coast, Wyndham Palmas pairs a working marina with two championship golf courses. The property holds 107 rooms and suites, several with balconies or a separate living room, arranged across the Playa, Costa and Lagos collections. Three pools serve different moods: an infinity pool with a swim-up bar, a zero-entry pool for families, and quieter garden-view stretches near the rooms. It is a compact resort with big amenities. Golf comes courtesy of two courses designed by Rees Jones and Gary Player, while the racquet centre runs to 25 tennis and pickleball courts across hard and clay surfaces, lit for night play. A yacht club and marina let guests arrive by boat or charter one for fishing or exploring the coast nearby. Dining centres on Trova Coastal Kitchen, where chefs Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth, working with chef Julio Cartagena, rework Puerto Rican dishes with local ingredients; a cigar lounge, a poolside bar and a coffee house serving Alto Grande beans round out the food and drink. Riders can take Paso Fino horses along the shoreline, and hawksbill, leatherback and green turtles nest on the beach in season. San Juan's airport is roughly an hour away by road.