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Survey reveals top spots to take the kids
A Reuters report says that beachside swimming pools are no longer enough of a draw for family vacations so resorts are also adding golf for all ages, spas, and gourmet food, according to an annual survey of family-friendly resorts.
The results of Travel + Leisure magazine’s 7th annual readers’ survey of family-friendly resorts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean came up with a list of the top 50 resorts that is being published in its fall issue and online, with South Carolina’s Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort topped the list.
“We were happy to see that many of these mega-hotels are making heroic efforts to lessen their impact on the environment,” said Travel + Leisure’s Editor-in-Chief Margot Guralnick.
Following are lists of the family-friendly resorts that came top in the survey:
UNITED STATES AND CANADA
1. Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC
2. Cloister at Sea Island, Sea Island, GA
3. Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Anaheim, CA
4. Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek, CO
5. The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV
6. Ritz-Carlton Lodge Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, GA
7. Enchantment Resort, Sedona, AZ
8. Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, CA
9. Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, CA
10. Inn on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC
HAWAII
1. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Big Island
2. Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui
3. Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Maui
4. Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay, Lanai City
5. Mauna Lani Resort, Big Island
MEXICO AND CARIBBEAN
1. Four Seasons Resort, Charlestown, Nevis
2. One & Only Palmilla, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
3. CuisinArt Resort & Spa, Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla
4. Cap Juluca, Maundays Bay, Anguilla
5. JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa, Mexico
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