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Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Orlando Dreaming of a seaside hideaway with glimmering breezes fanning your face? How about quaint Inns, and candlelit dining with gardens fragrant with flowers? Florida has more romantic spots than Cupid has arrows. So couples looking for a getaway filled with enchanted romance, that perfect place to lavish each other in champagne and feed each other chocolate–covered strawberries, need not look any further! Grand Floridian Resort and Spa has a 867-room hotel, a fantasy of gabled roofs, carved moldings, turrets, verandas and towers, has a palatial five-story-high lobby decorated in corals, sand and mint tones -- complete with stained glass domes, chandeliers, open-cage elevator, an aviary and even staff in turn-of-the-century dress. One of the rooms is done in 19th century style with floral prints and Victorian woodwork. The hotel has its own white sand beach on the Seven Seas Lagoon and among the amenities is a spa offering a variety of therapies including a couple's instructional massage (three hours for $298). A superb dining splurge is Victoria & Albert's, an intimate restaurant for 60 diners, with elegant details like Royal Doulton china, Sambonet silver and Schott-Zweisel crystal as well as musical entertainment by a harpist. The six-course menu is customized daily and includes specialty soufflés for dessert, and ladies are presented with a red rose. Cost is $90 per person without alcohol or tip.
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