The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort

The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort is a luxury beachfront property in the exclusive area of Bal Harbour. Marble floors, well-styled interiors, and high-end features draw well-heeled guests.

When this $1 billion–plus resort opened in 2012, Miami's North Beach entered a new era of glamour and haute living, with A-list big spenders rushing to stay in this 27-story, 243-room, triple-glass-tower masterpiece. In every facet of design and operation, the St. Regis is magnificent. An unassuming entrance gives way to a series of three-story, octagonal lobby partitions finished in rare West African movingui wood and exclusively quarried Chinese marble, illuminated by sparkling chandeliers hung from rosette ceilings, and decked in world-class European artwork.

This world-class hotel graces the shores of South Florida. With an impressive restaurant, an envious location, ultra-luxurious rooms and stupendous butler service, the nirvana of luxury is here.

Stepping into The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort feels a little bit like entering an abstract art gallery: the entryway is a largely empty room, save for an enormous metal sculpture hanging from the ceiling and a few tufted chairs and couches that you may or may not be allowed to sit on. Keep walking and you’ll find yourself in the lobby, which is equally artistic with its dark marble floors, massive chandeliers, and geometric, mirrored walls.

The three-year-old Miami masterpiece, boasting Yabu Pushelberg-designed interiors, hosts a well-manicured crowd keen on high-end shopping and beachfront yoga and fitness classes from cult trainers Tracie Wright Vlaun and Christopher Vlaun. The Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's restaurant, J&G Grill, is a destination in its on right: Indulge beachside on Asian and French-inspired cuisine features a mix of Vongerichten's greatest hits and straightforward grilled seafood, like yellowfin tuna and New Caledonia prawns.