Spanish-Style Architecture Near Golf Courses and Beaches

In 1925, Addison Mizner, the preeminent American architect of the time, set out to transform Boca Raton into the "Venice of the Atlantic." The beachside city—located midway between Miami and West Palm Beach—still suggests this vision, with snaking inlets branching from the ocean, even though Mizner's project eventually unraveled. And less than 10 minutes from the ocean, the Spanish-style villa architecture of the Wyndham Garden Boca Hotel is ideally situated to take advantage of the area's many attractions.

In the hotel's newly remodeled pool-view rooms, a private balcony affords a view the of palm trees that surround private poolside cabanas in the courtyard below. A 24-hour gym stays open for late-night treadmill bench-pressing, and the complimentary hotel shuttle ferries guests to area attractions within a 3-mile radius, including several public golf courses close by.

Boca Raton, Florida: Sunshine and Beaches Close to the Everglades

Located on the southeastern tip of Florida, a half-hour's drive from Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton is known for its white-sand beaches and near-perfect weather, with temperatures ranging from the upper 70s in winter to the 90s in the summer. Reef and rock outcroppings along the shoreline at Red Reef Park are popular with snorkelers and inspirational poster photographers. For those interested in getting even closer to nature, Boca Raton is about a 90-minute drive from the deep swamps and trailing branches of the Everglades National Park, which offers alligator-scouting trips through overgrown forests.