The opulent, over-the-top Miami extravagance of The Villa by Barton G.

This just-opened (March 2010) hotel is housed in the villa that Gianni Versace once called home. Miami-based restaurateur Barton G. Weiss has turned the gated beachfront villa into a grand and glamorous ten-room fantasy of fabulous fabrics, frescoes and fountains. Gianni would probably have loved it. The Luxury Travel Bible particularly loves the Venus Suite with twin balconies overlooking Ocean Drive and the Villa Suite which was Versace's original bedroom and is decked out with a 9-foot bed and seven closets for al y our designer gear. You also get personal British-trained butlers, Frette linens and Thierry Mugler toiletries, The price is pretty extravagant too with rooms starting from around $2,000+ a night. Live the dream we say.

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