Puerto Rico San Juan Condado Ocean Park Beach Guest house Mission History Address Contact Information E-mail Phone Fax Number for Questions.
| Andalucia Guest House | 2011 McLeary. Ocean Park. San Juan. PR 00911 |
| T.787.309.3373 | F.787.728.7838 |
| Operating since 2004 | Contact us via e-mail |
Since Puerto Rico's discovery, Spanish settlers predominantly from Andalucía (southern Spain), the native Taíno indians and African slaves had merged their cultures, arts, and even their languages to create a new and unique culture. This is how modern Puerto Rico came to be: rich and vibrant. And that's why we named our guest house Andalucía, the southern region of Spain that gave us so much of our traditions, as you may notice when you visit Old San Juan historic areas.
Besides history, we enjoy so much Andalusian art with its Mediterranean and Moorish roots that we decided to embellish our guest house with Andalusian decor to please and enrich your senses.
Esteban Haigler (Owner)
Esteban was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He also lived in Madrid, and Alicante in Spain. Eventually he pursued his career in New York. His last job was Director of Technical Services at Parade Publications. If you ever travel near the town of San German, southwestern part of Puerto Rico, you may want to stop by his family's museum or you could ask him about his family's history which dates back to colonial times.
Emeo Cheung (Owner)
Emeo is from Hong Kong and studied textile design at F.I.T. in New York. The experience from his last job at Marithé & François Girbaud as a graphics designer helped him putting the Andalucia Guest House project's concept together.
Javier Castañer (Front Desk on Saturdays)
Javier's family used to own coffee plantations at Yauco, central mountain part of Puerto Rico. He speaks spanish, english and fluents in french as well because he studied in Paris for 6 years.
Dear Visitors,
It seems like you picked the right place for a great vacation - the tropics. Well, we live here because of the warm weather, too. We don't want to waste you time, what I want to say is: Please bear with us.
We play a very important role in the ecology. We may get in your way only when it's time to feed, like bugs and mosquitos. Otherwise, we live a private life.
So do the ants. They only come when you have food or sweets unbagged or uncovered. Otherwise
they stay mostly out of your sight.
Please understand and enjoy your stay.
Lizardito
*From the management: We try our best to keep the rooms creatures-free. But for the public open
areas, it's to our conscience to be eco-friendly. However, if the little creatures do bother you,
please let us know. We are willing to act upon your level of comfort in order to make your stay more
enjoyable.
One example of our andalusian heritage is our spanish accent. It is more similar to the one spoken in Seville & Granada than the Castillian Spanish, which is spoken in northern and central parts of Spain.
We would like thank all the guests who have helped us spread the words since 2004. We wouldn't have made it this far without their help. Thank you!!! : ) Esteban & Emeo
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