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The Best Cigar Lounge in San Juan

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - May 10, 2016

Dark lighting. High-backed leather chairs. A top-shelf spirits selection. A breadth of cigars.

There’s even a library.

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These are the ingredients to a great cigar lounge, and the Avo Lounge at San Juan’s Condado Vanderbilt hotel.

This is the classic cigar lounge, a place that makes you feel like you’re a member of a private club (and there are, naturally, private cigar lockers).

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What really puts this lounge over the top is the spirits list, which comes from the hotel’s lobby bar and happens to include a wonderful selection of rums from Puerto Rico to Martinique.

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This is a must-visit place in San Juan.

— CJ

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