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A holiday-themed cocktail part of Opal's seasonal cocktail program.

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6 Top Holiday Cocktails You’ll Want to Sip in 2024

These holiday cocktails – part of Opal’s specialty holiday cocktail program – aren’t just complex symphonies of flavor, they’re liquid works of art. And we’ve got the recipes for you to recreate during your own holiday festivities. Read More

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Stone Crab Season in Florida: What to Know & Where to Get It

Beloved for their delicate, sweet meat, Florida stone crabs dominate minds and menus from October to May. Here’s why they’re so sought after and the best places to get your claws on, well, these delicious claws. Read More

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5 Digital Detox Retreats Designed for Distancing

We live in a noisy world with so much content vying for our attention. If you’re looking to distance yourself with a digital detox retreat, we have five worthy – and diversly different – picks in Opal destinations. Read More

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Best Beaches in Florida: Why Delray Beach Was Voted Number One in 2024

Scenic, natural, and accessible – these are just a few of the reasons Delray Beach was deservedly awarded “Best Beach in Florida” in USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Read More

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10 Experiences to Level Up Your Next Opal Escape

Opal Collection resorts and hotels are more than just luxurious places to lay your head. From private chef-led culinary events to hands-on outdoor adventures you’ll be raving about for years to come, here’s how our collection can craft and connect you to indelible experiences that discerning travelers covet. Read More

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6 Top-Notch Tiki Bars to Transport Yourself to the Tropics

No need to hop a plane to a far-flung island retreat. These tiki bars – with their thatched roofs and retro allure – boast an uncanny ability to transport you somewhere far, far away. Read More

Fresh fruit and pastries in the breakfast basket at Belleview Inn.

3 Places to Take Your Belleview Inn Breakfast Picnic

The various spaces and places to take your morning breakfast basket of caffeine and croissants at Belleview Inn. Read More

Gulfport, Florida: A Hidden Gem Just in Sight of St. Pete

Welcome to Gulfport, Florida, a largely undiscovered, intimate, and artsy enclave worth a peek. Read More

4 Links to Linger on in Jupiter, Florida

If you’re having a hard time choosing among the 160 courses that call Palm Beach County home, here are a few of the favorite closest public options that guests of Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa like to frequent. Read More

Hidden History in Plain Sight: Inside the Artifacts of Belleview Inn’s Morton Reading Room

On display in the Morton Meeting Room of the reimagined Belleview Inn, this collection of artifacts pays tribute to the original iteration of this Henry Plant hotel first erected in 1897. Prior to the long-awaited 2018 reopening of the historic Belleview Inn, local Gulf-coast Florida artist and… Read More

5 Unique Ways to Get on the Water in Clearwater Beach

“America’s Best Beach” gets all the attention and for good reason. But being on the water in Clearwater – not just beside it – is an attraction in itself with so many diverse takes. Read More

Easily Accessible, Exclusively Remote: Inside The Sagamore Resort’s First House

Formerly the private home for the resort’s innkeepers from the 1800s and on, this new lake house-like accommodation is now a completely modern, two-level home away from home that makes for the ultimate Aidrondack retreat. Read More

My Belleview Inn Memory: Secret Service, the Cabana Club, and Golf & Glamour

If these walls could talk, they’d whisper stories about past presidents wandering these halls, weddings taking place generation after generation within the ballrooms, special anniversary dinners, and more. But alas, walls cannot talk. Luckily, these longtime locals can. Read More

Doing Up Dinner 3 Ways at Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa

Between the elegant surf and turf cuisine and the varying settings of the beach, The Sandbar, and sweeping outdoor veranda, here are three ways to do dinner differently during a stay at Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa. Read More

Eating Your Way through Opal Sands Resort’s Most Delicious Dining Experiences

Dining at Opal Sands Resort is certainly about the food – after all, all the dining outlets are serviced by its award-winning restaurant. But they also come in some delicious settings. Here’s how to best sample – and savor – them all in one day. Read More

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