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Amelia Island Plantation

Amelia Island PlantationAlthough many visitors to Florida’s Amelia Island have heard of the island’s Ritz Carlton, the greater luxury is found further south on the lovely Amelia Island Plantation, a 1,300-acre resort community that every April plays host to the Bausch & Lomb Women’s Tennis Championships.

The Plantation once made up all 5,000 acres of thhis 14-mile long by 7-mile wide island that was purchased from a Union Carbide. Throughout its history, the Plantation has stuck to a theme of building in harmony with nature, which gives this resort its rustic feel while catering to every pleasure of each and every guest.

The Plantation features the Amelia Inn & Beach Club hotels, with 249, beach-front rooms, as well as a 418 villas ranging in style and layout from a standard hotel room to one, two or three bedroom villas suites. Many visitors like the resort so much, they purchase villas for year-round use, then allow the resort to rent them out to help defray the cost of ownership.

Amelia Island PlantationAlthough the property is spread-out, you can find your way around on foot, by bicycle, or using the resort’s shuttle system.

The resort boasts three, 18-hole championship golf courses, the most enjoyable of which is the famed Long Point course. This 6,775-yard, Par 72 course winds its way from grassy marshlands through a thick oak and pine forest before opening up on three breath-taking holes situated on dunes overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Amelia Island PlantationAfter an afternoon on the links, you can enjoy a couples massage at the Plantation’s full-service spa, which offers relaxing spa and ionotherapy treatments in a natural atmosphere. The building features floor-to-ceiling windows, but has special window shades that allow you to see out, but no one can see in.

There’s also a wonderful Watsu treatment pool, where a massage therapist will lead you through a relaxing water therapy session amid soft music and the glow of fragranced candles.

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Dining at the resort is an experience not to be missed. Outstanding sea food and excellent wines await you at the Verandah restaurant, a wonderfully-casual fine dining establishment on the property. For an outstanding burger, visit the aviation-themed Falcon’s Nest. Just off the property, visit the eclectic PLAE, which stands for People Laughing And Eating.

But of course, the best feature of the Plantation is its beach, where you can walk through the surft and collect sea shells, or catch the failing sun on a wind-swep balcony to the backdrop of pounding waves.

Rachael Carlomagno


RESORT SPOTLIGHTS

The Amelia Island Plantation
The Montage
Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa

The Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa

The Atlantic Fort Lauderdale
Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa
The Balboa Bay Club & Resort

The Mount Washington Resort

The Broadmoor
The Naples Grande Resort & Club
The Boca Grande Resort

The Resort At Glade Springs

The Carneros Inn
The Resort At Paws Up
The Château Élan
The Resort At Squaw Creek
The Cliff Lodge And Spa
Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel
The Crown Jewel Resort Ranch
The Rosario Resort
The Equinox Resort And Spa
The Sagamore
French Lick Resort-Casino & West Baden Springs Hotel
The Sanctuary
Gaylord Palms Resort
Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort
The Garland Resort
Sea Island Resorts
Grand Sierra Resort
The Skytop Lodge
The Greenbrier
Snake River Lodge And Spa
The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa
Snow King Resort
The Hermosa Inn
St. Regis Resort, Aspen
The Homestead
The Sun River Resort
The Inn At La Loma Plaza
The Sun Valley Resort
LaCosta Resort & Spa
Topnotch at Stowe Resort & Spa
The Lodges at Deer Valley
The Village of Kohler
Miramonte Resort & Spa
Whiteface Lodge Resort & Spa
Monmouth Plantation


 

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