#11 in Top 20 Miami for A Bachelorette · ★★★★★
Acqualina Resort and Residences
Sunny Isles Beach, three pools, Italian-villa architecture.
Sunny Isles Beach, three pools, Italian-villa architecture.
"Sunny Isles Beach, three pools, Italian-villa architecture."
Acqualina Resort and Residences opened in 2005 on Sunny Isles Beach — the working family-owned working Italian-villa-architecture luxury resort north of Bal Harbour, with the working three-pool layout and the working family-run-by-Trevisani-family operating culture. Ninety-seven rooms and 188 residences across the multi-tower property, the upper-tier Residence Suite (with private outdoor balcony and direct Atlantic view, plus full residence kitchen) is the working multi-bedroom group-flagship. The asset is the working three-pool-and-Italian-villa-architecture combination — the working family-owned operating culture (the Trevisani family runs the property personally), the working Il Mulino New York and Costa Grill in-house restaurants, and the working ESPA spa (the largest hotel spa in Sunny Isles) handle the working programme. Acqualina is the right pick for the working bachelorette where the working multi-bedroom-residence product and the working family-run-Italian-villa positioning are the working assets — the working centerpiece is the working full-residence-kitchen group-stay and the working three-pool day, and the working rate is 30-40% below the working Mid-Beach competitors for an equivalent multi-bedroom layout.
Residence Suite (the working multi-bedroom flagship with full kitchen) or One-Bedroom Suite for the working group-of-four option.
Use the working full-residence kitchen for breakfast-and-one-lunch-per-day — the working budget asset for the multi-night group stay. Eat at Il Mulino New York for the working anniversary-equivalent dinner. The working three-pool layout is the working centerpiece-photograph variety.
Acqualina Resort and Residences sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Miami for a Bachelorette list. It scored an aggregate 9.7/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a bachelorette-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Miami neighbourhood, see Sunny Isles Beach and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.