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The Villa By Barton G

Miami, United States

You’ll feel like fashion royalty at The Villa by Barton G hotel, a Mediterranean-tinged luxury retreat in Miami Beach with dedicated butler service and a fine-dining restaurant. Event impresario Barton G Weiss lavished $1m on Versace’s former mansion, transforming it into a private palace right on South Beach. Palladian-style gilding, gargantuan custom-made beds, hand-painted trompe l’oeil, heavy tasseled fabrics, opulent marble bathrooms – more is definitely more at this exclusive Florida enclave.

Need to know

• Rooms 10.
• Rates Double rooms from $895.00, excluding tax at 13 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional service charge of 5% per room per night on checkout.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency ($895), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates don't include breakfast (from US$30) or service.
• Facilities There is free WiFi throughout. Every guest is allocated a private butler. In rooms: bespoke toiletries, minibar, huge flatscreen TVs, air-conditioning, Kindle e-readers, Frette linens.
• Poolside Beautifully mosaic-tiled, delicately pebbled and hand-painted, the frond-framed terrace and fountain-fed pool is surely Florida’s most charming and exclusive enclave. The Thousand Mosaic Pool is a beautiful spot for a splash, with a shaded terrace with double loungers. It can be closed off when there are private events.
• Check-out 11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 4kpm.
• Children Welcome; cribs are no extra charge but an extra bed for a child over 18 is US$150. Babysitting can be arranged at roughly US$20 an hour. More...
• Also Smokers and pet-lovers will have to leave their vices and their furry friends at home.

Food and drink at The Villa By Barton G

• Hotel restaurant The Dining Room at Villa by Barton G serves continental cuisine with flourishes that have people flocking here less for flavours but mostly the theatre of it all. Ingredients such as veal and foie gras set a tone, which isn’t for everyone, and salads served in a dry-ice mist complete your wildest fantasies. Wine is well-chosen and delicious but that comes at a price.
  
• Dress code What else but your most over-the-top vintage Versace?
• Top table A table in the corner of the Dining Room is great for people-watching in this pretty and hand-painted interior delicately decorated with pebbles and mosaic tiles. When it’s balmy you may prefer to sup on the terrace overlooking the beautifully lit pool.
• Last orders Dinner is served 7pm–11pm.
• Room service Light continental offerings are available such as hamburgers, sandwiches and cheese plates. You can ask them to rustle you up most things around the clock.
• Hotel bar Head to the Onyx bar for cosy cocktails, with your camera at the ready for the liquid nitrogen-enhanced affairs. Or sneak up to the Rooftop Lounge for a nightcap under the stars.
  

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

The Villa By Barton G 1116 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, 33139