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The Villa by Barton G. Offers Valentines Fantasy Weekend

A stay at The Villa by Barton G., the former Versace Mansion in trendy South Beach might be romance enough for most couples. But for those looking to kick it up a notch this Valentine's Day, The Villa is offering a Fantasy Versace weekend for $25,000.

Available to just one couple each year, the door-to-door package begins and ends with limo service from the guests' home to the airport and from the airport to the Villa's famous front gates. Once at The Villa, the guests will, for the first time in history, stay in Gianni Versace's opulent personal living quarters where the Valentines couple will begin their magical weekend with a Villa Indulgence, the hotel's signature four-handed Massage for two.

The evening continues with a private dinner under the stars in the Villa's Rooftop Lounge. During the multi-course Aphrodisiac Dinner, guests will be serenaded by a harpist amid romantic fantasy decor enjoy breathtaking views of Miami's South Beach from the Villa's unique position along Ocean Drive. This perfect weekend culminates when the couple returns to their room where they will be treated to a chocolate fountain along with personalized chocolates and floral arrangements.

The Villa Fantasy Versace Valentine's Weekend includes transportation, dinner, spa services and access to all of the Villa's other amenities, which include perks like personal British-trained butlers, Frette linens, and Kindle e-readers with complementary electronic newspaper delivery.

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Versace's Mansion Rebranded As The Villa By Barton G.

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining

The South Beach home of the still-missed Gianni Versace is being be relaunched as an elegant restaurant. In the years since Versace's death the lavish mansion has been used as a private club, boutique hotel and restaurant. Recently the home known as Casa Casuarina was caught in the crossfire of the Scott Rothstein scandal. Rothstein, who is part owner of the property, was accused of swindling investors in a Ponzi scheme which took in hundreds of millions of dollars.

Now there's a new man at the helm. Barton G. Weiss, a flamboyant Florida foodie with several restaurants running under his Barton G. brand. Weiss has signed a 10-year lease to take over the property and as he tells the Sun-Sentinel he wants to bring a new era of elegance back to the mansion as well as adding some excitement. After all, this is a man who used a live giraffe to open his restaurant, Prelude and serves macaroni and cheese in a mousetrap at another restaurant.

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