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Las Casitas Village & Golden Door Spa Amenities
An offshoot of the renowned Golden Door in Escondito, California, the 26,000-square-foot three-floor Golden Door Spa located in Las Casitas Village includes men's and women's sections with saunas, steam rooms, and eight-person skylighted spas. A fitness center contains cardio and weight machines, free weights, and a workout studio equipped with spinners and offering yoga, Pilates, and yo-chi classes (surcharges). Personal training, fitness assessment, and body-composition analysis are also available. Spa guides lead power walks around the grounds and aerobics in the main pool. The spa includes a juice bar/café serving healthful spa cuisine. Treatments in 25 private rooms begin with a Japanese bath under a waterfall shower. Massage options include lava-stone, aromatherapy, deep-tissue, shiatsu, Thai, and couples. Body treatment choices include Ayurvedic, salt-glow, lemongrass-scrub, aloe-cooler, spirulina-mask, and mud-mask. Facials include ocean-mud, rainforest (blend of herbs, fruits, vegetables), and sunburn-recovery. Hydrotherapy massage and Caribbean-tub massage are also available. Located in The Grand Hotel, a Moorish-style, 9,500-square-foot casino offers Caribbean poker, blackjack, roulette, craps, and slot machines and includes Casablanca disco. Shops and boutiques are located in The Grand Hotel, in a cliffside promenade, and in the marina. A children's camp on Palomino Island offers half- and full-day supervised activity sessions for ages 4–12. Las Casitas Village provides guests a grocery delivery service (surcharge).
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Features
What to expect: Las Casitas Village is a condominium development within a larger resort, with all resort facilities available to Village guests. Condominium owners make units available for rent during their absences. The resort centers on The Grand Hotel, which is 100 yards from the Village on the same 300-foot cliff. A destination for family and romantic holidays, the resort features restaurants, pools, and panoramic views of the Atlantic and the Caribbean converging. Glass elevators extend from The Grand Hotel down to a shopping promenade, where guests use self-serve elevator-like funiculars to reach a marina and waterfront. There is no direct access to the beach; guests instead take a 12-minute shuttle-boat ride to a private island. Amenity highlights: A 12-minute shuttle-boat ride from the resort's marina, private Palomino Island includes beaches, water sports, horseback riding, snorkeling, hiking trails, a restaurant, a bar, a gift/beachwear shop, and a children's center. Las Casitas Village guests enjoy access to all pools at the resort in addition to their own 30-by-15-foot pool and adjacent six-person spa. The resort's main pool complex terraces down the hillside below The Grand Hotel, offering a large pool with toddlers' section and swim-up bar; a 10-person spa; an activity pool with 35-foot waterslide; a 25-meter lap pool; a toddler's pool; and private cabanas. Insider tip: Palomino Island includes secluded nude beaches accessible by hiking trails leading from the main beach over the island's hills.
Le Bistro - French/Caribbean cuisine such as Coq au Vin, Sea Bass in Caper Butter, Pork Chop with Guava-Leek Stuffing, Chicken Napoleon. Intimate dining in two little rooms, one with blue motif and tiny tables, second with high ceiling, pastel colors. Located in Las Casitas Village. Dinner only. Las Casitas Village Café - Overlooking Las Casitas Village pool. Open-air, ocean-view seating with teak umbrella tables. Á la carte breakfast menu. Lunch choices such as Churrasco steak, shrimp jambalaya, sandwiches, and salads. Golden Door Spa Café's spa-cuisine menu also available. Golden Door Spa Café - Spa cuisine with breakfast choices such as egg-white omelet and bagels and all-day choices include watermelon gazpacho, grilled Portobello mushrooms with couscous, whole-wheat pizza, grilled swordfish, lobster-shrimp salad. Located in Las Casitas Village. Blossoms - Pan-Asian cuisine including sushi bar, teppanyaki tables, Chinese specialties. Intimate room featuring elaborate red-roof decor, hanging lanterns. Located in The Grand Hotel. Dinner only.
Isabela's - Spanish-style dining room. High, wood-beam ceiling, wrought-iron chandeliers, leather chair. Two levels divided by arches. Steaks, chops, seafood, lobster bisque, Cajun crab cakes. Located in The Grand Hotel. Dinner only. Otello Ristorante Italiano - Northern Italian dishes, extensive wine list. Intimate, candlelit ambience with turquoise walls, white linens. Located in The Grand Hotel. Dinner only. Las Brisas Restaurant - Casual restaurant with panoramic ocean view adjacent to The Grand Hotel's main pool complex. Air-conditioned dining room, two-level outdoor terrace. Buffet and à la carte breakfast, lunch. Café Bella Vista - Casual open-air spot on The Grand Hotel's terrace overlooking main pool complex, ocean, Palomino Island. Pizza, sandwiches, salads. Lunch and dinner. Café Caribe - Casual coffee-shop dining around skylighted fountain. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Sandwiches, traditional American dishes, Caribbean specialties. Located in The Grand Hotel. Cantina de las Olas - Ocean-view café located halfway down the cliffside. Tex-Mex cuisine, tequila and margarita menus, mariachi music. Puerto Rican specials nightly. Dinner only. Stingray Café - Casual spot next to marina dock specializing in Caribbean dishes and seafood. Dinner only. Ballyhoo Bar & Grill - Shrimp, conch fritters, pizza, burgers. Ocean and Palomino Island views. Located in marina. Lunch and dinner. The Golf Grill - Golf-course clubhouse spot serving Continental breakfast, lunch, cocktails overlooking the 18th hole, with views of El Yunque rainforest. Iguana’s - Burgers, chicken, seafood, snacks, tropical drinks. Open-air seating. Located on Palomino Island. Lunch only. Sweet Corner Café - Coffee drinks, pastries, desserts, sandwiches. Open morning until night. Located in The Grand Hotel next to funicular station. Splash Bar and Pool Grill - Swim-bar in The Grand Hotel's main pool complex. Kabobs, sandwiches, burgers, salads, tropical drinks at lunch. Café Espress - Salads, sandwiches, coffee drinks. Located in The Grand Hotel. Drake's Library Bar - Spacious lounge with wood floor, Asian rug, overstuffed seating, pool table in The Grand Hotel. Dress code: long pants, collared shirts.
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