Above: The view of the beach at Ponte Vedra Lodge & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Watching the sapphire-blue breakers unfurl on the groomed beach of oatmeal-colored sand, it was hard to believe that such a spectacular shore could have remained untouched for so long. The 66-room Ponte Vedra Lodge is located in an oceanside community 24 miles southeast of Jacksonville and is the kind of quiet and beautiful place that most people discover through word-of-mouth.

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Above: The view of the beach at Ponte Vedra Lodge & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

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