Review of The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island 5*

It's hard not to like a ritz-carlton! This is only the second time I've stayed in one, but it again was a very nice getaway. Standard parking situation where everything must be valet parked. It's $20 per day, so not terrible, but not great. Make sure to call down well in advance of needing your car as that was the only thing that was consistently less than perfect during the stay. I'm sure it had a lot to do with the fact that I was leaving when other people also wanted their cars, but on more than one occasion I waited for a good 20 minutes. The rooms here were lovely. The beds are what you would expect from behind hotel, very comfortable and with a delightful number of pillows! All rooms have balconies and plenty of table space for getting things done both inside and outside. It would be nice if there were outlets outside, but again this is obviously not a deal breaker. The bathrooms are spectacular with tons of room to spread out in the showers are magnificent! The shower heads deliver what I'm sure is not a low Flo approved amount of water, but they were totally boss for a good shower once or twice per day. The workout facilities were very nice, with plenty of free weights, Nautilus machines and elliptical machines as well as treadmills. The restaurants were all solid, including the signature spot — Salt. The options included Salt, a bistro type spot, a bar inside and bar outside. All were good, expensive, but good. Well worth checking out, especially is someone else is foot the bill!