Just a few hundred yards from the warm azure sea lays a perfect retreat on the Intracoastal Waterway - 22 rooms and suites nestled in a lush tropical garden.

Welcome to the Pillars at New River Sound, Fort Lauderdale's premier elegant boutique hotel. The Pillars, a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, is a fully restored landmark property that features an eclectic mixture of British Colonial and Island Plantation themes.

Guest rooms & suites evoke a sense of comfortable luxury that one might experience in a magnificent, yet unpretentious, beach home. All rooms feature the finest in appointments and furnishings. For sweeter dreams guests are treated to down feather beds, duvets and fluffy pillows. Also all rooms include free high speed internet access.

Our Deluxe and Superior Poolside rooms all open to a waterfront courtyard and heated freshwater pool, landscaped in a lush, tropical garden. theme. Each room includes a table and two Lloyd Flanders wicker chairs outside the room either on the balcony or poolside.

Deluxe rooms feature a wet bar area with a microwave and refrigerator. All Deluxe rooms and Superior rooms (where noted) have king size beds.

There are three smaller poolside rooms with queen-size beds. Two of these, feature double French doors which open to a magnificent view of the Intracoastal Waterway. The third, the Deluxe Queen Cabana room also with double French doors features a private curtained porch with a well appointed whicker seating area.

The main house includes two smaller Superior rooms with queen-size beds, hardwood floors and city views.

The Pillars houses four Junior suites and two One Bedroom suites all with king size beds.

The two Plantation suites are large spacious rooms situated in the main house with a city view. They feature four-poster beds, hardwood floors, high ceilings and a comfortable seating area with a pull out sofa.

The Executive suite is also in the main house with a city view. It features hardwood floors, a comfortable seating are and includes a desktop computer connected to the internet.

The One Bedroom poolside suite provides guests with the convenience of a separate bed room and a living room with a pull out sofa. Each room has a television.

The Intracoastal suite is one large spacious poolside room offering three large windows with views of the pool and the waterway. It includes a comfortable seating area, wet bar and roman jetted tub.

The New River suite has a living room and separate bedroom each with its own bathroom and television. The living area enjoys views of the waterway and includes a pull-out sofa.