JUST WHAT ARE “RESORT-STYLE AMENITIES?”

Regardless of what public or private agency criteria opines, the term “resort” has always been associated with the ultimate luxury and expense.

Until now.

Typically a place for rest and relaxation, the resort is used to attract visitors to cities and remote destinations not on normal traffic radar by providing all or most of a visitor’s wants or needs, (anything that increases their physical comfort or convenience), on the premises.

But now homebuyers can find a variety of self-contained condos that provide some resort-style features for the price of the unit.

More than ever, one can find luxurious residences with country club service, and lushly-landscaped recreation decks with pools overlooking any body of water, state-of-the-art fitness centers and health spas, on-site restaurants and retail shops, and sometimes, even more.

Residents of The Portofino, a stunning oceanfront condo in Miami Beach, have access to a gym, two pools, tennis courts, recreation centers with billiard tables, and private beach club restaurants. Prices for this chic Miami Beach real estate begin at less than $700,000.

And condos in mixed-use properties, are sometimes merged with hotels, fashioned in a chic, Euro-style with wine and cigar lounges, and other selected services, according to an article on the Miami Condo Market.

But now you can get resort-style amenities for less than $200,000. The Deauville Condo Hotel in Miami beach offers oceanfront living with all the hotel amenities, proving the price of the property no longer has anything to do with the trend.