The Pool at Delano South Beach Hotel

"Just remember to pack something skimpy but fabulous for the scene at the infinity-edge pool"

"Brush by celebrities and expatriates as you make your way to the vast oceanfront gardens and enormous pool outside, where the rich and famous lounge in white cabanas"

"The ur-hip clientele can also lounge on double daybeds on the beach or in poolside cabanas equipped with flat-screen TVs"

"At the photogenic wading pool, with priceless views, you may be sitting next to a Hollywood producer, starlet, music mogul, or royalty"

"The 238 elegant lofts, one-bedroom suites and pool bungalows are all furnished and decorated in virginal white"

"Trendy beyond measure, the pool has tables with candles; the grounds are adorned with a giant chess set"

"The dean of SoBe boutique hoteldom is still very much holding its own 2 decades after Ian Schrager and Philippe Starck remade Robert Swartburg’s 1947 classic, launching an international trend of white-on-white decor, tall billowy curtains, poolside beds, and hipper/than-thou vibe (in fact, it jacked up rates quite a bit in 2014)"

"The Delano's backyard and pool area are an extension of the lobby's “living room,” and that's why a table and two chairs sit in a shallow section of the pool, and why the hotel's veranda features the kind of comfortable furniture usually found inside a building, rather than outside it"

"Only the pool staff was snobby, since our alabaster white NYC bagel-rounded bodies were of no interest to them"

"The pool area resembles the courtyard of a Disney princess’s palace and includes a giant chess set"