Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort

Inland property with British colonial-style interiors, on 2 Greg Norman-designed courses. More informal and sporty than the oceanfront Ritz.

Score 83.06
Stats 295 rooms; 2 restaurants; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge Superlative golf, plus access to the beach at its sister property, the Ritz-Carlton, 3 miles away.
Rooms to Book Corner Deluxes, for views of the greens.
Don't Miss A drink in the Bella Vista Lounge, overlooking the 18th hole.
Cost Doubles from $529.
Contact 2600 Tiburón Drive
800/241-3333 or 239/593-2000

www.ritzcarlton.com

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“The old Ritz is definitely the alpha dog. It has the spa and the beach—but this Ritz has Tiburón, an esteemed golf course designed by Greg Norman. In a novel arrangement, when you register in one hotel, you're registered in the other, and everybody shuttles between the two. You can eat pasta to classical guitar at Lemonia, the lovely Tuscan restaurant here, then have a nightcap and a fox-trot at the Ritz Club at the old hotel. You can swim...” MORE»

—Stephen Drucker
“Lush Life” in Travel + Leisure, Jun 2003