Whether you're planning where to go next or what to do on an already‑booked vacation, discover the travel destinations with Opal
Considering a stay at either Opal Sol or Opal Sands? Here are the essential things you should know about Opal Collection’s new "sol" mate properties – including what makes each resort unique, their shared resort amenities, and which one best suits your unique stay.
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Phil and Stephanie Shirk weren’t just the first to check in at Opal Sol in February 2025 – they also claimed that title at Opal Sands in 2016. We caught up with the loyal Opal guests to find out what keeps them coming back – and why being “first” has become an Opal tradition.
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We sat down with research experts from two renowned Florida marine centers – Mote Marine Laboratory (on the Gulf Coast) and Loggerhead Marinelife Center (on the East Coast) – to talk turtles.
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With a recipe that dates back to the late ‘60s, Opal Collection’s blueberry muffin has been a longtime breakfast staple, loved and devoured daily by guests. Now, this handheld treat will be that much easier to recreate at home.
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Clearwater’s exclusive Sandpearl Resort is the perfect combination of luxury and eco-friendly. Here’s why the resort’s initiatives, from a geothermally heated pool to ozone-assisted laundry, make it the perfect green getaway.
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Simultaneously, while Belleview Inn’s restoration was being done, master Florida artist Christopher Still was conducting his own elaborate history project to create these commissioned works for the hotel.
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While the hotel is obviously not the same as it was when it was first built in 1897, there are so many preserved portions and unique nods to the past scattered throughout. You just need to know where to look.
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Before the crumbling Hotel Belleview could be renovated and reborn as Belleview Inn, she needed to be moved to her new foundation. So how do you move a 1,750-ton structure the distance of roughly the length of a football field?
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If these walls could talk, they’d whisper stories about past presidents wandering these halls, weddings taking place generation after generation within the ballrooms, special anniversary dinners, and more. But alas, walls cannot talk. Luckily, these longtime locals can.
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While Henry Plant’s Victorian hotel has seen a lot of change in her 120 years, one thing that has always remained consistent: her glamour and grace.
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