PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE INN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON
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Inside the dining room at the Inn at Little Washington.
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Gilded Age Grandeur Lives On
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Across the South, mansions and hotels from the Gilded Age offer a peek into the quiet luxury and grandeur of the past. “Notable names like the Carnegies, Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, and Flaglers all looked to the South for recreation and warm weather, and many of their striking getaways still stand,” writes G&G contributor Kelsey Glennon. “In some cases, turning once-private homes into boutique hotels and inns has kept their costly preservation possible.” Below, explore meticulously restored properties, including a tranquil island retreat in Georgia, a historic Virginia inn with a world-class restaurant, and a New Orleans destination favored by literary greats.
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A New Waterfront Retreat in
Historic Georgetown, South Carolina |
Inside the Celestine, an Eighteenth-Century
French Quarter Gem |
Savannah’s New Hotel Bardo Makes a Splash |
The Dew Drop Inn, a Storied New Orleans
Chitlin’ Circuit Landmark, Reopens |
The South’s Loveliest Hotel Lobbies |
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Palm Beach, Florida. When I feel like indulging, I make the drive along the Florida coast amid posh shops, blue-chip art, and immaculate Italian architecture. Wedged between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, this sixteen-mile barrier island has no shortage of sunny days and things to do, some of which include:
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Sampling fresh seafood: My meals included a salad with poached amberjack at Almond and the smoked mahi across the bridge at Tropical Smokehouse. I’m marking my calendar to return during December’s annual Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival, which sees masterminds like Daniel Boulud bringing his chef friends to town to create remarkable bites.
- Scouting the scenery: The five-and-a-half-mile Palm Beach Lake Trail is a quiet tree-lined path along the Intracoastal Waterway. I biked by the Gilded Age home called Whitehall and picturesque swaying boats (well, more like yachts) docked on the water.
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Perusing rare finds: After soothing my tired cycling legs at Eau Spa, a 42,000-square-foot oasis that embodies playful perfection, I strolled along the famous Worth Avenue shopping district. Between bougainvillea-strewn paths like the historic Via Mizner, I came upon Raptis Rare Books. Considered not a bookstore but a gallery of books with first-edition signed novels, the space led me to remember a Fitzgerald line that rings true in Palm Beach: “And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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