Palmetto Bluff, SC is a 20,000 acre retreat.
Today we begin a new series, Vacation Resort Communities--golf and waterview communities that offer a resort vacation experience that will turn your property visit into a full-fledged vacation. Such communities often have a resort hotel on-site and complete resort amenities available to the whole family. Watch for future installments over the next several months.
VACATION RESORT COMMUNITIES, PART I
> ** Palmetto Bluff, SC sits on vast Lowcountry riverfront tract that was once a private hunting camp. Its May River Golf Club, a Jack Nicklaus Signature course, is on Golfweek magazine’s prestigious list of America's Top 100 Modern Courses. Why else would a house-hunter savor their visit to Palmetto Bluff?
* The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, in the Village center, is an award-winning Auberge Resort
* The Sports Campus includes tennis, croquet, bocce and other lawn sports
* The Spa at Palmetto Bluff offers expert services among lush gardens
Yacht charters, beach excursions, history tours, on-property equestrian or an easy paddle down the wide May River in your kayak make a fine day. Dinner in the River House puts an excellent capper on it. Click here for more information about Palmetto Bluff!
> ** Reynolds Plantation, GA, for all its 99 holes of championship golf, was just a wonderful place to call home until the graceful and deluxe Ritz-Carlton Lodge was built there. Named among the World's 500 Best Hotels by Travel + Leisure in 2008, The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation offers:
* 251 well-appointed guest rooms and suites, with resort and lake views
* 6 two and three bedroom golf cottages
* 35 acres of picturesque shoreline property on Lake Oconee
* A 26,000 square-feet, full-service spa and fitness center
Only 75 miles from Atlanta, it’s a lakeside wonder known for its fishing, fitness, golf and great service throughout. Click here for more information about Reynolds Plantation!
> Ross Bridge, AL is home to the Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa. A community both livable and lavish, its resort has a 12,000-sq.-ft. European spa and the world’s third-longest golf course. If you’re planning a stay-and-play visit, set aside time for
* Swimming in the resort pool (with Dive-In movies at night)
* Visiting historic Ross Park
* Playing 18 holes on a Robert Trent Jones layout that hosts the PGA Champions Tour
Resort dining comes in both casual and sophisticated settings. On the residential side are award-winning Ross Bridge single-family homes and townhomes, from the mid-$200,000s to more than $1 million. Click here for more information about Ross Bridge!
> ** Barefoot Resort and Golf, SC is known as a lively, upscale and charming resort community along the Grand Strand. It’s a destination where something new is often happening, including the recently opened Nick Bradley Golf School and the Barefoot Resort Yacht Club. Come to check out the community and while you’re there enjoy:
* Golf school complex includes a wood-fired pizza sports bar and grill
* Yacht club is located on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
* Four world-class championship golf courses
* 2,300 acres of scenic landscape for hiking and biking
Courses are by Greg Norman, Pete Dye, Davis Love III and Tom Fazio. Together they’ve won awards too numerous to mention. Click here for more information about Barefoot Resort!
> ** Suncadia, WA is a new and intriguing getaway in a high desert region of the great Pacific Northwest. Overlooking its delightful Prospector golf course is the intimate Inn at Suncadia, a boutique hotel with 14 guestrooms and four suites, all luxuriously appointed.
* Suncadia Village is a stimulating venue of cafés, gift shops and artisan galleries
* Hiking and climbing trails in national forest land is virtually unlimited
* The Prospector golf course is a Palmer design carved through pine and fir
Sophisticated Western-lodge architecture distinguishes the Inn at Suncadia. Dining options at The Inn include such mining-themed venues as the Gas Lamp Grille, the Canary Lounge and the Lunch Bucket sandwich shop. Click here for more information about Suncadia!
** = 2009 GolfCourseHome 'Best of the Best' Community
