Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club
In the quiet residential enclave of Surfside, ensconced between the skin-revealing glitter of Miami Beach correct and the buttoned-up flash of Bal Harbour, the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club is a timeless and all-welcoming, new-fashioned tackle old-school glamor. Opened in 2017, the resort builds upon the illustrious circa 1931 seashore membership that hosted America’s most distinguished all through the mid twentieth century, together with Gary Cooper, Winston Churchill, Frank Sinatra, and Elizabeth Taylor, for fashion-forward events, seashore soirees, and alcohol-fueled overnights—epic sufficient to enshrine The Surf Club into Florida cultural historical past (and benefit a standalone Assouline coffee-table guide). Today, the beachfront legend continues with the resurrection of The Surf Club to its full Mediterranean Revival architectural glory, now enveloped by a sequence of three, 12-story modernist glass-framed towers. In 72 of the 77 visitor rooms and suites in the brand new towers, glass balconies give technique to soothing interiors by famed Paris-based creator Joseph Dirand, delivering design research in midcentury fashionable up to date for the current day, underscored by juxtapositions of travertine–completed areas, clean-lined-yet-curvaceous hybrid furnishings, and tastefully gilded accents. (The same fashion prevails in the 5 lower-level Ocean Bungalows, which occupy architect Russell T. Pancoast’s seashore cabanas of yore.) The restored historic constructing oozes classic glam from all corners, all the way down to the black marble check-in desk (the place a totally stocked complimentary Champagne cart awaits upon arrival) and Lido Restaurant and Champagne Bar, the Club’s former ballroom thoughtfully remodeled right into a drop-dead beautiful, local-frequented Italian hotspot. From $1,500. —Paul Rubio