The Pool at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort

"The boutique resort features rock-waterfall pools, a beach fire pit, a tony beachfront restaurant, and a casual tiki bar that serves food"

"Add in the amenities, and this unstuffy 189-room luxury hotel north of town is the best of all worlds: It has a white sand beach, a Balinese-inspired spa, four gorgeous swimming pools, a nearby 18-hole Robert Cupp–designed golf course with its swing-enhancing David Leadbetter Golf Academy, and one of the area's best seafood restaurants"

"Guests are invited to stretch out and relax on the beach, in one of the private cabanas surrounding the hotel's four pools (with beach butlers ferrying margaritas from the Tiki Bar, naturally) and by the fire pit over sunset drinks or S’mores"

"Half the rooms in the Beach Club have gulf views, but the one with pool views are the most recently renovated and will be the ones to request for the 2017 winter season"