The Breakers Resort & Hotel
Right in the heart of West Palm Beach is the Breakers Resort & Hotel, a luxury hotel that faces the ocean. As of November 2009, the Breakers Resort & Hotel was offering rooms as inexpensive as $225 a night. Guests of the hotel are treated to more than just a place to rest their head after a busy day. Whenever you stay at the Breakers Resort & Hotel, you receive unlimited greens fees for the on-site golf facilities, unlimited tennis, unlimited exercise classes, and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet. Children 12 and under eat free, and there is also free valet parking.
While staying at the Breakers Resort & Hotel, make sure you spend some time at the West Palm Municipal Golf Course, which is less than 2 miles southwest of the luxury hotel. The par-72, 18-hole "West Palm Beach" course at the West Palm Beach Golf Course facility stretches 6,800 yards and features a course rating of 71.0 and slope rating of 121. Designed by Dick Wilson and Mark McCumber, ASGCA, the West Palm Beach Golf Course opened in 1947. JCD Sports Group manages this facility, with Rick Durham as the golf professional.
The Breakers Resort & Hotel
1 South County Road
Palm Beach, Florida 33480-4024
(561) 655-6611
shopthebreakers.com
Hotel Biba
Just a mile south of the Breakers Resort & Hotel, but still facing the beautiful Atlantic Ocean, is Hotel Biba, another luxury resort spa and hotel. Nothing is too good for the guests of Hotel Biba, as each bed comes with Anichini 300-count sheets and European-style duvets imported from Italy. Each room comes standard with a flat-screen television and complimentary Internet, plus the bathrooms are stocked with Aveda bath products, and the furniture is all hand-crafted from mahogany wood.
Hotel Biba
320 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33405
(561) 832-0094
hotelbiba.com
Seaspray Inn
In the north of West Palm Beach is the Seaspray Inn, a small luxury hotel that offers guests accommodations such as in-room kitchens, an outdoor pool facility, and a private balcony overlooking the expansive Atlantic Ocean in most units. You'll also be glad to know that the Seaspray Inn won the "White Glove" award from the Small Lodging Association for its superiority in cleanliness.
Three miles west of the Seaspray Inn is the Emerald Dunes Golf Club, a facility that boasts a par-72, 18-hole "Emerald Dunes" course that goes for more than 7,000 yards. The course rating is 74.3, and it has a slope rating of 138 on Bermuda grass. Designed by Thomas Fazio, ASGCA, the Emerald Dunes Golf Course opened in 1990. Zak Haas manages the course as the general manager.
Seaspray Inn
123 South Ocean Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33404-5736
(561) 844-0233
About The Author
Ryan Day is a writer who hails from northeast Florida. He graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine and has worked as a freelance writer for five years now and has been published in The St. Augustine Record and The Florida Times-Union. Ryan spends his free time traveling, volunteering with a local college ministry and playing kickball.
