Travel Blogging Junkie: Delano South Beach

It's time for another Travel Blogging Junkie post! Last week, I had the glamaze opportunity to stay at the Delano South Beach on a press trip through Schick Quattro. The Delano is famous for its whimsical, art-deco styling and its celebrity clientele.

The hotel boasts an indoor/outdoor lobby, which frequently hosts late-night minglers. The Philippe Starck-designed lobby is epic levels of sophisticated gorgeness. He curated a stunning collection of international furniture and objects that inspire me to blow my entire allowance on enormous tufted pieces like this fainting couch (a FAINTING COUCH! I require one.) the beauty writers, Lippe Taylor publicists and Schick Quattro team are posing in front of in this photo, which I pilfered from Jeannine from Beauty Sweet Spot. You walk through the curtained hallway of mystery, each sectioned off into differently decorated experiences, evoking the gossamer lightness of a dream. Once on your hotel room floor, the sexy lighting concept illuminates large digital "here's what's going on" boards which share on a minute-to-minute basis the time and temperature. It's almost like living in the inside of an iPhone. It gets better as you enter the suites. Check my video review:

The pool area is relaxing and is absolutely set up for ultimate indulging. There are bungalows complete with air conditioning, a full bedroom/bathroom, living room and TV situation so you can enjoy all the comforts of your Philippe Starck tricked-out room while pooling it up. The bar is enormous, so there's nothing coming between you and your 2pm (or 9am--we don't judge) mojito. The wait staff is friendly and the Blue Door restaurant fare is delicious and obv South Beach Diet-friendly (a diet I'm forever on). I indulged in some Mahi-mahi ceviche and their green salad with chicken. 

If you're into exploring some other restaurants, I highly recommend Philippe at the Gansevoort Hotel (a culinary delight of an experience you can also get in New York, thank G-d--I could write a sonnet about the sauce in which the chicken satay is dipped). We also enjoyed a decadent dins Cuban-style at D.Rodriguez at Hotel Astor.

But my favorite? In an outcome that will surprise exactly no one, it's the spa. The Agua Spa is luxurious and restoring. Its wrap-around view is fabulous, as is its magazine selection and sitting area that's perfect for gabbing with your girls pre-treatment. I experienced the best massage of my lifestyle. I do not exaggerate when I say it would be worth paying the extra rent to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan for this masseuse to live with me so that I can experience that massage on a regular. I'm pretty sure Lady Gaga is talking about HER. And we've all got it wrong--gender be damned. An hour-long Agua Massage at the Delano will set you back $140.

Ask for Alejandra.

Delano South Beach is located at 1685 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, Florida.Call 800.697.1791 for reservations.

Disclosure: Room, meals and spa service provided on a press trip through Schick Quattro

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