The Cloister at Sea Island
<p>A lavish seaside retreat designed in Spanish Mediterranean-style by Florida's Addison Mizner, the Cloister is the Miss Congeniality of resorts.</p> <p><strong>IT'S ALL IN THE NUMBERS</strong> Two pools, three 18-hole golf courses, five restaurants, 18 tennis courts, and 279 rooms (though 69 in the main building are currently being renovated).</p> <p><strong>MOMMY OR MUMMY </strong>Kids happily occupied? Repair to the resort's Sea Island Spa to be slathered in oil and warm mud—the "Georgia mud pie wrap."</p> <p><strong>IT'S AN ACQUIRED TASTE</strong> Sample boiled peanuts at the weekly plantation supper, served on an island in the marsh. Also on the menu: boiled shrimp, corn on the cob, fried chicken, and Gullah music.</p> <p><strong>ANOTHER WAY TO BAKE</strong> Kids who have logged enough beach time can join Cookie Cutters, a baking workshop. Tasting encouraged.</p> <p><strong>TEEN SPIRIT </strong>There are junior golf and tennis clinics, chip-and-putt and shuffleboard tournaments, beauty makeovers, and power shopping trips to St. Simons Island.</p> <p><strong>IF THEY WANTED YOU TO WATCH, WOULDN'T THEY DO IT IN DAYLIGHT? </strong>In May and August, a guide escorts guests down the beach in the moonlight to glimpse 300-pound loggerhead turtles laying their eggs. </p>
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From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2007
Old-world details are the emphasis: gadgets are hidden inside armoires, stationery is personalized, and butlers are on duty around the clock. The new 65,000-square-foot spa includes a state-of-the art-gym, yoga classes, and a meditation garden....MORE>>
Last updated January 2008
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