A private island 28 miles from Key West, accessible only by seaplane or launch. The finest adults-only resort in the continental United States.
Little Palm Island Resort & Spa occupies a 5-acre private island in the Florida Keys — accessible by seaplane from Miami or Key West, or by the resort's private launch from Little Torch Key — and operates as the most completely secluded luxury resort in the continental United States. The 30 thatched-roof bungalows are the only structures on the island; the resort's prohibition on children under 16 is strictly enforced; and the 5-acre natural environment provides the most complete privacy available from any American hotel at any price.
The 30 Grand Thatched-Roof Bungalows are raised on stilts above the island's mangrove floor and finished in a Far Eastern style that references the Balinese teak, Indonesian textiles, and South Pacific design vocabulary that the resort established in its 1988 opening. The private hot tubs on each bungalow's deck face the Gulf of Mexico, and the sunrise and sunset from the deck are directly over open water in both directions — a view configuration that no continental US hotel can replicate.
The restaurant serves the Florida Keys' finest menu: stone crab (in season), Gulf shrimp, Florida lobster, and the seafood that the island's position in the Gulf Stream produces. The Spa on Little Palm Island operates a full programme of treatments in an outdoor pavilion facing the Gulf, with the resort's complete seclusion producing a treatment environment that urban hotel spas cannot replicate.
Little Palm Island is the American honeymoon hotel when cost is not the primary constraint — the private island, the seaplane arrival, the 30 bungalows, and the complete absence of children create a honeymoon environment that is genuinely without parallel in the United States. The bungalow hot tub at sunset, with the Gulf of Mexico on both sides and no other structure visible, is the single most romantic hotel moment available between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. See all honeymoon hotels →
A Little Palm Island anniversary — the seaplane arrival, the private Gulf views, the restaurant's stone crab dinner — constitutes the most private milestone stay in America. The island's complete seclusion means that anniversary couples are truly alone with the hotel's staff and the 29 other bungalows' occupants, rather than alone among thousands as at the major resort properties. See all anniversary hotels →
From $1,500/night. Check availability.
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