Sunny Isles Beach resort was named the best waterfront hotel in the country by USA Today. The resort, which sits on 4.5 beachfront acres, was also awarded the Forbes Five Star Award seven years in a row, plus the AAA Five Diamond for the 11th year in a row.

This is kind of like winning the Super Bowl, the NBA championship and the World Series year after year after year, only less boring because it doesn’t involve baseball.

TripAdvisor also named the resort the no. 1 beachfront resort in the continental U.S. while US News and World Report called it the no. 1 resort in the continental U.S.

Acqualina – even the name evokes a magical palace of wonder. Say it loud and there’s music playing. Say it soft and it’s almost like praying. And all of us, we live RIGHT HERE, and we have never been. Because let’s face it, most of us are Travelodge people all the way.

So what’s it like to visit a luxury resort about which the whole world raves? Don’t you want to know? Why exactly is everybody losing their minds over Acqualina? Does it live up to the hype?

Miami Herald went to find out and also because strolling around a gorgeous, Mediterranean-style luxury resort-like a baller beats staring forlornly into a computer screen.

And they found out why everybody’s gushing about the place. Read more at Miami Herald