Luxury Beach Resorts

Shutters on the Beach
One Pico Boulevard Santa Monica, California, US

From $475 per night

Los Angeles luxury ocean front hotel, Shutters on the Beach offers the ultimate California experience. The Hotel evokes a sense of comfortable elegance that one would find in a grand, yet unpretentious, beach home, while affording panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and California coastline.

What's Great
Travel + Leisure says... "Nantucket-style shingled property, centrally located along Santa Monica Beach, that offers the perks of a luxury hotel along with a laid-back beach-house vibe. Rooms to Book: Ocean View rooms are worth the $105 upgrade for their idyllic views and proximity to the surf (you'll wake up to it every morning). The Presidential Suites have two balconies apiece—and with this location, they’re actually worth the hefty $3,500 price tag per night. Insider Tip: Order one of the organic tequilas, vodkas, or beers at Coast, the beachside cafe. This sprawling beach-house-style inn looks like it was airlifted from Nantucket and dropped on the Santa Monica shore. Inside, the common areas (like the fireside lounge with chairs and sofas upholstered in seashell colors) and the 198 rooms (all whitewashed wood and blue-and-white patterned upholstery, with wicker-furnished balconies) reinforce the laid-back, summer-house vibe. But there’s real luxury here too: The on-site ONE spa offers decadent massages, facials, and body scrubs using Ole Henriksen products, and at the nautically-themed One Pico restaurant, chef Michael Reardon serves elegant seafood dishes like Petrale sole grilled whole with salt and bay leaves." -From www.travelandleisure.com

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The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
One Miramontes Point Road Half Moon Bay, California, US

From $298 per night

The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay sparkles with excellence. This AAA Five-Diamond resort is set atop a bluff overlooking the northern California coastline and offers the finest personalized service in a most memorable setting. Guests enjoy luxurious accommodations, oceanfront dining, two championship golf courses and a world-class spa. Many guest rooms feature ocean views and most include a built-in window seat, fireplace or outdoor terrace with a fire pit. All rooms feature high speed Internet access. Parking is USD 45 overnight valet. The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay invites guests to relax in high style and capture the carefree spirit of the region. Downtown San Francisco and Silicon Valley are forty-five minutes away and San Francisco International Airport is thirty minutes.

What's Great
Travel + Leisure... "A golf-and-spa resort dramatically set on an oceanfront bluff less than 45 minutes from San Francisco, with two of the region's best golf coursesâ€”plus plenty to keep non-putters busy. Rooms to Book: The Coastal View rooms with personal wine cellars and views of the Pacific Ocean. Insider Tip: Sign up for wine education classes, taught by Santa Cruz Mountains wineries, on Saturday afternoons, in the ENO wine bar."

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Maroma Resort and Spa
Carret. Fed. 307 Solidaridad, Mexico

From $765 per night

A seven-year old gem nestled at the edge of the most spectacular beach of the Mexican Caribbean on the historical Yucatan peninsula. Maroma guests feel like visitors in a private home where they are treated like family and pampered with warm personal service. Our individually decorated rooms and suites glow with mahogany, bamboo-filtered light, white linen and the shine of candlelight as strains of lice piano music waft from the dining room. At Maroma we encourage mixing business with pleasure and adventure. Activity and adventure are as close as the beach right outside. Our mild ocean is ideal for swimming, kayaking and sailing. And the world's second largest barrier reef just offshore provides world-class snorkeling and diving with our own guides. Mayan sites abound in the Yucatan and we can send your group there with a gourmet picnic lunch and driver/tour guide. Or if total relaxation is in order, a variety of spa services are available including facials, massage, reiki, mud baths and our famous Temazcal, the Mayan-inspired steam bath that brings many of out guests back again and again.

What's Great
National Geographic Says...
"Maya craftsmanship (three generations of local stone masons helped build the place in 1995 and still do some work on the property) merges with unabashed Caribbean-front luxury. Come sunset, 1,000 candles light the way. Local fare includes Mexican wine. Biologist, dive master, naturalist Ramon Aguayo lures guests from beach chairs to nature paths as well as sea reefs. 65 rooms."

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The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun
Retorno Del Rey Number 36 Cancun, Mexico

From $459 per night

Surrounded by shimmering white sand and looking over the clear blue of the Caribbean Sea, the hotel rests on the tip of the exotic Yucatan Peninsula. Explore an underwater wonderland, marvel at the ancient treasures of the nearby Maya ruins or relax on 1,200 feet of beachfront. Acknowledged as the finest resort in Latin America and the first ever AAA 5 Diamond Property.

What's Great
Travel + Leisure says... "Recently renovated, hacienda-style resort in the hotel zone." -From www.travelandleisure.com

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Peter Island Resort
Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands

From $1125 per night

The largest private island in the BVI, Peter Island is surrounded by the sparkling waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Sir Francis Drake Channel. Just four miles south of Tortola, it occupies the fifth largest of 60 islands, quays, and exposed reefs that comprise the BVI. Accessible only by boat or helicopter, Peter Island's idyllic location makes it a perfect destination for guests seeking a serene and romantic hideaway. A member of Preferred Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Peter Island was highlighted in Condé Nast Traveler's January 2003 "Gold List" issue as one of the world's best places to stay. Peter Island has just 52 guestrooms and four villas, including two Villa Estates. The predominance of open, undeveloped land is unsurpassed, creating an atmosphere of natural beauty unique to Peter Island. The staff to guest ratio is 177 to 104 in the high season, ensuring a high level of service and individual attention. All water sports equipment and instruction are complimentary at Peter Island, as is use of the four tennis courts, fitness center, basketball and volleyball courts, and bicycles. The island features miles of hiking and biking trails on which to discover the remarkable variety of tropical flora and fauna indigenous to Peter Island.

What's Great
Travel + Leisure says...
"Peter Island The promise of isolation brings special expectations—all of which are met on this 1,800-acre getaway shared by no more than 104 guests. The staff greets visitors at the airport and escorts them aboard a yacht that takes them to the island; upon arriving, they are allowed to skip check-in and head straight for any of the five gleaming white beaches."

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