Quirky Smuggler’s Cove Resort in the Florida Keys has just completed a three-month, $500,000 renovation at its 12-room boutique waterfront property. A new highlight is the Hook ’N’ Cook experience, allowing guests to cast a line into the hotel’s well-stocked fishing hole, aka Honey Hole. Whether you snag a mahi-mahi or local snapper, you can choose to have the fish fileted to take home or prepared in the hotel kitchen for your evening meal.

Complimentary WiFi is standard, and the new décor includes flat-screen televisions, new bedding and furnishings, plus kitchenettes with mini refrigerators, microwaves, coffeemakers and kitchenware. A popular marina for sport fishing boat charters, Smuggler’s Cove is also known for scuba diving, snorkeling, eco tours and boat rentals. Bring your own boat to the 80-slip marina, or rent one while you’re there. Enjoy live entertainment and excellent views at the waterside Buoy Bar, or take off on a helicopter tour of the Keys.