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And as long as you don't wander too close to the One Only swimming pool, the Versailles Gardens is open to the public and there is no impediment to visiting the Cloisters on the south side of Paradise Island Road to the golf course.
The narrow garden continues between two timeshare/villa clarion hotel orlando fl properties. The cloister is a 13th century Augustine cloister from France that passed through the hands of Randolph William Hearst to Huntington clarion hotel orlando fl Hartford. The Cloister was reassembled piece by piece by hand and supposedly with no directions.
Paradise Island has a long beach on the north side where the hotel resorts are located. Atlantis to One Only Ocean Club is a walk along the beach of about 500 yards. Alternatively, a shuttle transports visitors from Atlantis resorts to the front door of the Ocean Club.
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Points, Miles Martinis Earn Triple Miles with One Only Resort Stays (March 8, 2012) This blogger has actually clarion hotel orlando fl experienced clarion hotel orlando fl Ocean Club as a guest. They would have to comp me the room rate for me to afford a One Only hotel stay. Even Atlantis is far more than I typically spend for hotel travel and resorts.