The Spa at The Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral Gables

"Backdrops include the huge, statue-lined pool and atmospheric period lobby with columns, bird cages, and ceilings part coffered, part star-spangled (you might well stumble across a boldface name, or at least a semi-celeb; on my last visit it was a pair of cable news talking heads, lunching poolside)"

"The rooms, furnished in peach and cream tones, are reminiscent of a Spanish villa, but it’s the massive chevron-shaped pool that proves the main draw"

"To top it off, there's a world-class golf course, a spa, a wine club and sumptuous Sunday brunches"

"This massive National Historic Landmark in Coral Gables looks like a misplaced Spanish palace"

"The check-in champagne offered by "courteous yet unobtrusive" staffers in the "Gatsby-esque lobby" sets a tone of "timeless glamour" at this "magical" historic hotel renowned for its "nostalgic", pseudo-Mediterranean architecture; the rooms are "a little small" but "excellently appointed" with feather beds, Frette robes and bedside slippers, and the "top-notch" spa pampers guests between rounds of golf on the "excellent" courses or laps in the "extraordinary" swimming pool"

"Fully updated, the Biltmore has on-site golf and tennis, a spa and fitness center, and the celebrated Palme d'Or restaurant"

"Guests here are kept busy by the on-site tennis program, the top-notch spa and the culinary academy — and the lobby bar, which serves the best English afternoon tea in town"

"(once home to aquacades, alligator wrestling, and Johnny Weissmuller), a first-rate spa, and an 18-hole championship golf course"

"Situated on an 18-hole golf course, the property boasts a famous 600,000-gallon swimming pool with Renaissance-style sculptures, and luxurious spa"

"Guests here are kept busy by the on-site tennis program, the top-notch spa and the culinary academy — and the lobby bar, which serves the best English afternoon tea in town"