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The Gasparilla Inn & Club
Boca Grande, Florida, United States · Independent · Core Luxury
The Gasparilla Inn opened for the 1913 season on Boca Grande as a small two-story hotel of twenty rooms, designed by Tampa architect Francis J. Kennard and first called the Hotel Boca Grande. J.P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone and John Singer Sargent stayed, the Bush family came for holidays across generations, and duPont heir Bayard Sharp bought and restored the inn in the 1960s, keeping the island's traditions alive.
- 137 rooms
- Opened 1913
About The Gasparilla Inn & Club
- Opened in 1913 on Boca Grande, Gasparilla Island, as a winter club for tarpon season.
- Yellow clapboard, a private championship golf course, and a beach club on an island where the railroad once ended.
Restaurants and bars
- Gasparilla Inn Main Dining Room — Restaurant
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Fitness center
- Golf course
- Pet-friendly
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