Virtuoso Life - July/August 2008 - (Page 40) LUXE REPORT | SUITE TALK LIVE LIKE A ROCK STAR In addition to its 32 rooms, the Eden Rock Hotel just added Villa Nina, an 8,000-squarefoot, art-filled two-bedroom home on Saint Jean Bay with a resident butler and a Mini Cooper for exploring Saint Bart’s. By January, the new Villa Rockstar – twice the size of the Villa Nina – will open, featuring a theater and a recording studio. Villa Nina from approximate $75,785 per week and Villa Rockstar from approximate $162,465 per week, including round-trip airport transfers. At home on Saint Bart’s: Villa Nina. Hotel Arts’ lawn decor. Kids’ Clubs Children and teens can tee up on a course of their own at the 348-room Mauna Lani Resort on Hawaii’s Big Island. Resident golf pros offer lessons to debut duffers on the new nine-hole Keiki Course, a 33-par supplement to the resort’s existing 27 holes, where the most challenging green is named Wipe Out. Greens fees range from $25 for kids to $35 for adult chaperones, who, in the spirit of fair play, are limited to mid- and short irons. Doubles from $445, including breakfast. Tech Tour Personally programmed GPS devices available from the concierge staff at the 482-room Hotel Arts Barcelona ensure that guests can quickly and easily find recommended restaurants, sights, shops, and museums. The GPS handhelds (about $18 a day) chart direct routes from the hotel to locations around town. Doubles from approximate $454, including breakfast. The short game on Keiki Course. 40 V I RT U O S O L I F E
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