Looking for a romantic getaway?
Four Florida luxury hotels were named the best romantic getaways in the country — and they’re all in South Florida.
Condé Nast Traveler rounded up the best spots around the United States to celebrate Valentine’s Day (or any time of year). Two hotels in Miami Beach, one in the Florida Keys and another in Fort Lauderdale made the list.
In Miami Beach, the oceanfront spots 1 Hotel South Beach and the W South Beach were singled out. Condé Nast Traveler calls 1 Hotel a “holistic retox-detox Miami fantasy — with a welcomed, ecoconscious slant,” praising its rooftop swimming pool (the largest in Miami Beach), its ocean-view balconies and its 100% carbon-neutrality. The hotel is also home to Tala Beach, the outdoor bar, restaurant and beach club open Thursday-Sunday.
As for the W South Beach, which underwent a $30 million facelift in 2020, Condé Nast hastens to explain it’s different from its W brand brethren, being “far more elevated than your standard W fare with features like a multimillion dollar art collection in the lobby and extensive programming including yoga sessions, high-interval training, cocktail-making classes.”
The list goes on to praise the W’s Away Spa and its tropical outdoor bar Irma’s, calling it the perfect place for sunset cocktails.
The only private island resort in the country, the adults-only Little Palm Island Resort & Spa on Little Torch Key in the Florida Keys also made the list, praised for “redefining the castaway fantasy right on American soil” with 30 bungalows across a fouracre property. The list applauded the variety of available activities, such as paddle boards, catamarans, boats and snorkeling.
Little Palm Island Resort & Spa was also named one of the best resorts in the country by Travel + Leisure in 2023 and one of the best resorts in the world by Condé Nast Traveler in 2021.
The only Broward hotel on the list was the Four Seasons Fort Lauderdale, which was singled out for its luxury ocean-liner feel and being a less frenetic and loud alternative to Miami Beach.
The oceanfront hotel is also close to three of Fort Lauderdale’s top upscale restaurants: MAASS from Washington D.C.; Evelyn’s, which serves Mediterranean fare; and the famous Vitolo Italian restaurant from New York, known for
28500 Overseas Hwy., Little Torch Key; www.littlepalmisland.com; 305-684-8341
525 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale; www. fourseasons.com/fort lauderdale; 754-336-3100
being one of Taylor Swift’s favorite spots in the Big Apple.