Ways to stay

01How to read these pages

The residence does not change: two bedrooms, two and a half baths, a balcony the width of the home, and a resort's worth of pools, gym and spa below. What changes is how you spend the days. A couple wants the balcony at sunrise and a table in Palm Beach at night. A wellness retreat wants the spa circuit booked before the good slots go. A golf trip wants tee times within half an hour and somewhere to swim afterward. Divers want the tide table for the Blue Heron Bridge. Six friends want the pool deck and the table for eight. A month wants a kitchen that cooks and a desk that works.

Each page below plans a stay around one of those, with the days sketched, the guides linked, and the honest limits stated: six guests maximum, no parties, no pets, and a listing that asks you to check before bringing very young children.

02What every stay shares

• The balcony. Full width, facing east; the sun fills the residence in the morning.
• The spa below. About one hundred thousand square feet with twenty-two treatment rooms and a hydrothermal circuit, at preferred rates for residence guests, booked with the resort.
• The beach and pools. The residents' heated pool and whirlpool, the oceanfront pools, and the beach with attendants and chairs.
• The kitchen. A Miele suite around an island that seats four, with a table for eight beside the glass.
• The island. A state park at one end, a reef under the bridge, marinas, and Palm Beach twenty minutes away. The Island Companion covers all of it.