Created by famed architect Addison Mizner as a winter retreat for Northeastern socialites, the 356-acre Boca Raton Resort opened as the Cloister Inn in 1926. Expanded and renovated, it still features Mizner's renowned palm-tree-lined entrance, extensive gardens and green spaces, and croquet players dressed in whites, but now it serves as a destination resort for active families as well as adults.

Guests of all five of the Boca Raton Resort's lodging sections enjoy access to all resort facilities, including pools and a private, half-mile stretch of ocean beach fronting the Beach Club section, to which buses and a ferry boat crossing the Intracoastal Waterway provide 10-minute shuttle service for guests of the other four sections. Recreation facilities include 30 tennis courts and two golf courses, one at the resort and the other at Boca Country Club.

2 Children 16 and under stay for free in room with parents, using existing bedding.

Rooms:

This Florida resort offers 1,043 guestrooms in five distinct sections; four west of the Intracoastal Waterway in the main resort area and one, the Beach Club, located east of the Intracoastal Waterway on a half-mile stretch of private Atlantic Ocean beach.

Buses and a ferryboat that cross the Intracoastal Waterway provide 10-minute shuttle service—covered by a daily resort fee charged at check-out—between the main resort area and the Beach Club. Guests of each section have full access to all sections' facilities.

The main resort area contains the original six-story Cloister built in 1926, the three-story Golf Villas, the eight-story Venetian-style Yacht Club, and the 27-story contemporary Tower. All buildings in the main resort area are pink and blend with the Spanish-Moorish architecture founder/architect Addison Mizner used in designing the Cloister.

The seven-story Beach Club, built in the 1980s, employs a geometric design featuring strong horizontal lines and large, airy public spaces such as a long lobby extension with cushioned seating overlooking the ocean. The Beach Club has its own check-in lobby and concierge.

Resort Fee:

A Resort Fee of $18.00 + Tax per room, per night is NOT included in the rate and will be charged to the client upon check-out.

This Fee includes: Unlimited local calls, unlimited 800 calls, daily access to high-speed Internet secvice in guest room, daily access to fitness center, daily newspaper and 2 bottles of Mizner water- daily, lounge chairs and towel service at beach and pool areas, turndown service, key lime coolers at check-in, resort transportation and bellman gratuities. This is a Mandatory charge to ALL guests of the Resort.

Dining:

Lucca - Tuscan restaurant. Main dining room with two-story dark-colored wood ceiling. Garden dining room with white-wood ceiling. Garden-terrace seating also. Intracoastal Waterway views.  Dinner only. Jackets suggested.

Bar Luna - Two story bar/lounge with full Lucca dinner menu available. Cocktails, wines, grappas, cigars.

27 Ocean Blue - Located on top (27th) floor of tower, with panoramic views of ocean, Intracoastal Waterway, Boca Raton. Semi-circular booths. Lunch buffet Tuesday-Friday featuring caviar/blini station, tableside beef, turkey, ham carving. Dinner featuring chef's tasting menu. Jackets suggested.

Nick's Fishmarket - Companion of Nick Nickolas' Chicago and Hawaii restaurants. Tall windows providing ocean view. Semi-circular booths. Dinner only. Jackets suggested.

Chauncey's - Located on second floor of resort's golf clubhouse. Peaked, natural-wood ceiling. Balinese ceiling fans. Rattan furniture. Terrace seating, also. Lunch menu of soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps, pastas, and specialties such as Chicken Pot Pie, Shrimp-Scallop Risotto. Dinner menu includes steaks and grilled lamb. Casual dress.
Cathedral Dining Room - Located in Cloister, resort's original building. Buffet and à la carte breakfasts. Casual dress.

Cabana Dining Room - Located at Beach Club. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Saturday buffet lunch. Sunday brunch. Friday-night seafood buffet. Casual dress.

Gazebo Bar and Grill - Located adjacent to main buildings' pool. Sandwiches, salads, burgers, tropical drinks for lunch.

Cappy's - Located at Beach Club. Oceanfront casual lunch service.

Lobby Espresso - Coffee drinks, sandwiches, pastries in Cloister lobby.

Mizner's Monkey Bar - Located in Cloister. Dedicated to resort's founder/architect Addison Mizner. Cocktails, cigars, live music.

Amenities:

Spa Palazzo, a 50,000-square-foot health-and-beauty spa includes supervised children's activities offered for two age groups: 3-5 and 6-11(surcharges); men's and women's relaxation lounges, saunas, steam rooms, and ornate bathing centers featuring large spa tubs surrounded by individual tubs. Other offerings include massage, body wraps and scrubs, facials, waxing, and hair and nail care. The spa's two-story "Great Hall" lounge features a fireplace and overstuffed seating.

Supervised children's activities (surcharges) are offered for three age groups: 3-5, 6-11, and 12-16. Family activities include bingo, duplicate bridge, movies, watercolor classes, language lessons, and self-guided tours of herb and rain forest gardens.

The Boca Raton Resort's business center provides computers with high-speed Internet connections, laptop-computer stations, printers, and fax and photocopy machines. Shops include one selling the resort's logo items, men's and women's clothing shops, a swimwear shop, sundries shops, and golf and tennis pro shops.

Complimentary shuttle service is provided to Mizner Park shopping center nearby.

Recreation:

Heated swimming pools are located adjacent to the Tower near the Cloister and Yacht Club, at the Golf Villas, and at the Beach Club. Around the Tower-side pool are rental cabanas furnished with televisions, refrigerators, ceiling fans, dining tables, and teak lounges. The Beach Club offers a 12-person spa tub as well as family and adult pools, each bordered by two levels of rental cabanas furnished with showers, dining tables, and teak lounges. The health spa features a pool and two 12-person spa tubs in a formal garden courtyard, with access limited to guests scheduling spa treatments or paying a daily fee. Sundecks furnished with cushioned lounges surround all pools.

Beach rental equipment includes paddle boats, snorkeling gear, water bikes, boogie boards, kayaks, rafts, umbrellas, and bicycles. The resort's 32-slip marina offers glass-bottom boat trips; fishing and sailing charters; motorboat rentals; and both motor and sailing cruises (all for surcharges).

Guests have access to two 18-hole championship golf courses, one located at the resort and the other at Boca Country Club, to which the resort provides complimentary shuttle service (about 15 minutes). (Guests also can play at a companion course, Grande Oaks Golf Club in Fort Lauderdale.) The resort course includes a 10,000-square-foot practice putting green and 10,000-square-foot practice chipping/pitching area. The Country Club course includes a 6,000-square-foot practice putting green. Rental clubs and shoes are available. The Dave Pelz Short Game Golf School and the ESPN Club Golf Academy offer instruction.

The Boca Raton Resort's tennis center features 30 Hydrogrid courts, a pro shop, classes, and private instruction. Other facilities include a croquet lawn (surcharge) and a children's playground with an adjacent interactive-fountain play area.

Fitness centers equipped with cardio and weight machines as well as free weights are located near the Cloister, at the Beach Club, and at Boca Country Club. Classes include yoga, aerobics, Pilates, pool aerobics, stretch/flex, and dance.