Little Palm Island Resort & Spa

Florida Keys


How do you get here? By boat or by plane, accompanied by a big wad of money. If you can afford to get here you can afford to spoil yourself, and this exclusive island, with its Zen gardens, blue lagoons and general Persian Empire air of decadent luxury, is very good at spoiling you.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Florida Keys attractions

1. Big Pine Flea Market

1.83 MILES

This market, which attracts folks from across the Keys, rivals local churches for weekly attendance. This is an extravaganza of locally made crafts,…

2. National Key Deer Refuge Headquarters

1.97 MILES

What would make Bambi cuter? Mini Bambi. Introducing the Key deer, an endangered subspecies of white-tailed deer that prance about primarily on Big Pine…

3. Blue Hole

2.87 MILES

This little pond (and former quarry) is now the largest freshwater body in the Keys. That’s not saying much, but the hole is a pretty little dollop of…

4. No Name Key

4.66 MILES

Perhaps the best-named island in the Keys, No Name gets few visitors, as it’s basically a residential island. It’s one of the most reliable spots for Key…

5. Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary

4.76 MILES

Looe (pronounced ‘loo’) Key, located 5 nautical miles off Big Pine, isn’t a key at all but a reef, and is part of the Florida Keys National Marine…

6. Bahia Honda State Park

7.09 MILES

This park, with its long, white-sand (and at times seaweed-strewn) beach, named Sandspur Beach by locals, is the big attraction in these parts. As Keys…

7. Veterans Memorial Park

9.02 MILES

This small park has covered picnic tables and good access to the mudflat and mangrove habitat that makes up most of the Keys’ coastline. The views onto…

8. Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower

11.72 MILES

It resembles an Aztec-inspired fire lookout, but this wooden tower is actually one real-estate developer’s vision gone utterly awry. In the 1920s Richter…