Little Palm Island
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At night tiny dock lights illuminate the ocean, while other lights shine on some of the 250 Jamaican Tall coconut palms gracing the shoreline, and tiki torches flare by beachside dining tables--the island sparkles like a floating emerald. Before that, the falling sun bathes the island's west side, attracting guests to cushioned seating on Sunset Dock.
The Island Spa occupies five spaces: the second floor of a thatched-roof building; an open-air, tiled-floor palapa with private outdoor shower for couples massage and yoga classes; a bamboo-lined hut for wet treatments and Vichy showers that includes a private outdoor shower and an outdoor wood-tub spa; an air-conditioned fitness center with exercise equipment, free weights, and a porch furnished with an Indonesian lounging bed and a stationary bicycle; and a hair-and-nail salon.
Massage and treatment rooms feature vaulted thatched ceilings, crystal chandeliers, slate floors, sisal area rugs, wainscoting, bamboo sconces, and soothing Indonesian music. Two rooms include open-air porches with Japanese soaking tubs, showers, and wrought-iron candleholders.
Specialty treatments include Javanese Lulur Royal Treatment (scented massage, shower, rose-petal Japanese-tub soak, and lotion); Volcanic Earth Clay Ritual (clay body mask, Balinese foot massage, shower, Balinese body massage); and Thai Kelapa Ritual (coconut, rice, and Vetiver scrub, Thai foot massage, scented Japanese-tub soak, Thai body massage). Other treatments include massage with hot, smooth, river stones; milk-and-honey body wrap; and sunless body bronzing.
Commemorating their many visits to the island, the Great Room Library features nearly life-sized portraits of President and Bess Truman in tropical-garden settings.
Located well away from buildings, the island's Zen Garden offers a Japanese-style haven shaded by tropical trees and including lily ponds crossed by a tiny scarlet-wood bridge, flowing and bubbling water sounds, little bamboo groves, and a tiny thatch-roof hut fronted by a wood deck furnished with two cushioned rattan armchairs. A lamp provides gentle illumination at night. Chimes catch breezes.
Furnished with lounge chairs, a dock running along one side of the island provides an ideal vantage point for observing wading birds, including Roseate Spoonbills and various herons. Accessible through knee-deep water, a thatch-roof floating platform 40 yards off shore near Sunset Dock shades two padded lounges.
Sturdy wood lounge chairs with thick white pads are located throughout the resort, from docks to sunny and shady spots within the dense, jungle-like garden covering the island (28 varieties of palm trees included). Oversize hammocks hang here and there for private reading and snoozing in sun or shade. Sand paths wend through the island.
- Private beach
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Poolside bar
- Spa services on site
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Fitness equipment
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Parking (valet)
- Parking (free)
- Fax machine
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Photocopy machines
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Security guard
- Number of suites: 30
- Hair salon
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Tour assistance
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning service
- Garden
- Library
- Caters to couples
- Wheelchair accessible
Little Palm Island offers 30 extra-spacious suites in 14 wood bungalows and most contain two suites each. Raised above a ground-floor breeze space, each bungalow features a peaked thatched roof, bamboo accents, louvered windows, terra-cotta tile floors, sisal area rugs, and rough-hewn, railed front decks that provide an ocean view and are furnished with a table and two padded wood chairs. Other than the deck, bungalows blend in with the island's tropical plantings, so one is barely visible from another, providing exceptional privacy.
Suites do not contain televisions, radios, or clocks. Telephones exist, but only to provide on-island connections. Two telephones on the island, one in the library, which also contains the resort's only television set, and the other by the dining room, offer off-island connections.
Suites feature one of three tropical decor styles: Indonesian, Polynesian, or British Colonial. Each suite contains a front living room, a bathroom suite with two-person jetted tub and, just outside, a private outdoor shower, and a back bedroom. In addition to comfortable seating, each bedroom contains a king bed: four-poster, bamboo-frame, or rattan-frame, depending on decor. Mosquito netting drapes the bed (for aesthetics only) and a wood-paddle ceiling fan--identical to one in the living room--hangs within the netting. Suites are also fully air-conditioned.
Suites include Cocomango scented toiletries, umbrellas, bathrobes, minibars, and data ports. Smoking is permitted outside only. (The resort is not smoke-free. Cigars, in fact, are available for purchase.)
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Little Torch Key, FL 33042
USA
Nearest major airport:
Key West, FL (EYW-Key West Intl.)
Area:
Little Torch Key, Florida, United States of America
