Royal Isabela Is Only Puerto Rico Property Among TripAdvisor's "Top Small Hotels" In Caribbean By Brian Weis

Royal Isabela Is Only Puerto Rico Property Among TripAdvisor's "Top Small Hotels" In Caribbean

By Brian Weis

The travelers have spoken, and they've said wonderful things about Royal Isabela, the world-class golf and private membership club perched on the breathtaking coastline of northwest Puerto Rico.

For the third consecutive year, Royal Isabela was named among the "Top 25 Small Hotels in the Caribbean" by TripAdvisor. Significantly, it was the only Puerto Rico property recognized in that category for 2016.

The honor is part of TripAdvisor's 14th annual Travelers' Choice awards for hotels, with winners determined based on the reviews and opinions of millions of TripAdvisor travelers around the globe. The world's most outstanding properties were identified in several categories, including luxury.

Twenty artistically designed one-bedroom casitas, each with expansive indoor and outdoor space, as well as private plunge pools, ocean views, fresh sea air, and easy access to the resort's many amenities, are the hallmark of Royal Isabela's offerings. Headlining those amenities is Golf Links at Royal Isabela, a magnificent beauty that sprawls across acres of native grasses, natural sand dunes, and craggy cliffs that soar 200 feet above the Caribbean Sea and catch refreshing ocean breezes. The course was designed by the owners of the resort, brothers Charles and Stanley Pasarell, in association with the late David W. Pfaff.

In service, Royal Isabela caters to discerning individuals in search of quiet, exclusivity, outstanding dining, golf and other sporting options, and the ultimate in relaxation in one of the most beautiful corners of the island-and the world.

For more information, contact Royal Isabela at 787-609-5888 or toll free 855-609-5888. Or visit the web site at www.royalisabela.com.

Revised: 02/10/2019 - Article Viewed 16,124 Times - View Course Profile

About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.