The Fairmont Southampton Princess sits atop the highest point on the island of Bermuda, surrounded by ocean and breathtaking gardens. This resort offers a private beach club, water sports, heated pools, eleven tennis courts, an 18-hole executive par three golf course, full-service health club, volleyball, badminton, resort activity program, cycle shop, dive shop, games room, two lounges, lobby bar, and choice of six restaurants and a state of the art health spa. Accessible by complimentary trolley bus from the hotel’s hilltop location, the resort’s pink-sand beach runs 200 yards beside a turquoise cove protected by offshore reef and rock formations. Lounge chairs offer sunning opportunities; umbrellas provide shade. A casual beachside restaurant and bar serve light meals and tropical drinks. Up the hill at the hotel, large, heated outdoor and indoor pools supply freshwater swimming and additional sunbathing space. The hotel’s 30,000-square-foot health-and-beauty spa offers a variety of relaxation and rejuvenation treatments. The resort provides complimentary tramsportation to a sister hotel located just 3 blocks from Hamilton’s shopping and dining center. A quarter-mile path leads from the hotel to Bermuda’s signature Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, which has an observation platform 185 steps up that overlooks the 22-mile-long island and the turquoise-and-blue Atlantic surrounding it. Note: All restaurants are subject to seasonal closures Effective Jan 1, 2009 the Fairmont Southampton will be a completely non-smoking hotel. Fairmont Gold will close on January 4th until approximately March 31st, 2010.