| World Class Sports and Activities | | | | pool. |
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| Fifty four holes of championship golf wind | | | | The Hilton at Palmetto Dunes also has |
| through the Palmetto Dunes community in | | | | balconies attached to each room, as well as |
| Hilton Head Island. Spread over three | | | | separate adult-only and family swimming |
| courses, golfers enjoy these challenging | | | | pools, Hi-Speed Internet, and the Ocean Tides |
| links designed by George Fazio, Arthur Hills, | | | | Spa. |
| and Robert Trent Jones. | | | | |
| | | | Oceanfront and Golf Oriented Real Estate: |
| The Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center boasts 25 | | | | |
| courts. 23 are clay and two are prime Nova | | | | Housing options in Palmetto Dunes include |
| ProBounce; eight of the courts are lighted at | | | | private real estate as well as houses and |
| night, and instructors offer private lessons | | | | villas ("Villas" is the local term for |
| and adult/junior clinics. Since 1975, Tennis | | | | condominiums.) that are marketed for rental. |
| Magazine has ranked the center among the top | | | | As a distinctive feature Palmetto Dunes has |
| 50 in the nation. | | | | two security gates manned 24 hours a day. |
| | | | Access into the private residential areas, as |
| Over 11 miles of connecting lagoon systems | | | | well as the resort areas, is strictly |
| are great for kayaking through Palmetto | | | | controlled. Views include woods, golf course, |
| Dunes. Guided tours are offered on a | | | | lagoon, or oceanfront. |
| complementary basis by the community's | | | | |
| naturalist. These lagoons are also a great | | | | Home prices range from $600,000 to $6.5 |
| place to do a little fishing and crabbing! | | | | million, making this plantation one of the |
| | | | island's most exclusive. Villas are priced |
| Shelter Cove Harbour, bordering Palmetto | | | | between $150,000 and $4.5 million. Complexes |
| Dunes to the west, offers canoeing, deep-sea | | | | include Windsor Court, Captain's Walk, |
| fishing and sailing charters, and other water | | | | Somerset, Hampton Place, Villamare and the |
| sports. The deepwater marina on Broad Creek | | | | Townhomes at South Shore, among others. A few |
| is accessible from the Atlantic; its 15.5 | | | | home sites are available for sale in Palmetto |
| acres contain 170 boat slips for 120-ft | | | | Dunes. Lot prices range from the $400,000s |
| boats. Shopping, dining, entertainment and | | | | upward, as high as $7 million for an |
| bike paths create many diversions for | | | | oceanfront parcel. |
| residents and vacationers alike. | | | | |
| | | | Short History: |
| Luxury Vacation Rentals and Resorts: | | | | |
| | | | The Hilton Head Agricultural Company owned |
| If you are planning a vacation for your | | | | the only 1,900 acres of hunting land left on |
| family this summer and still are not sure | | | | Hilton Head not already owned by developers |
| where to go, I recommend going to Hilton Head | | | | Hack, Fraser, or McIntosh,. The tract finally |
| Island, South Carolina. The first thing I | | | | sold in 1967 to the Palmetto Dunes |
| would do is look to book one of the beautiful | | | | Corporation (outbidding Fraser) for $1,000 |
| Hilton Head Island Vacation Home, Condo or | | | | per acre. |
| Villa Rentals online. This luxury getaway is | | | | |
| just forty five minutes away from Savannah | | | | The Palmetto Dunes community was intended to |
| Hilton Head International Airport. | | | | outshine any previous island projects as a |
| | | | much more intense vacation experience. While |
| Befitting a resort-residential combination | | | | other plantations were either major resort |
| community, Palmetto Dunes contains numerous | | | | destinations or private residential areas, |
| upscale vacation facilities including the | | | | Palmetto Dunes' founders incorporated both |
| Marriott, Hilton and Disney resorts and | | | | ideas by building a second internal gate |
| several oceanfront luxury hotels in Hilton | | | | separating its private residential sector |
| Head Island. | | | | from the ritzy vacation areas. |
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| Highly popular is the Hilton Head Disney | | | | Later, in 1971, Phipps Land Company and Trans |
| Resort, which offers over 120 villas/studio | | | | International Properties Corporation of New |
| units occupying 20 three-story buildings on | | | | York together purchased and incorporated the |
| its own island in Shelter Cove. The main | | | | resort. (PLC had earned a success as the |
| resort building has a uniquely-shaped heated | | | | first major financial provider for Sea Pines |
| swimming pool, a waterslide, a wading pool, | | | | Plantation). Palmetto Dunes was subsequently |
| and a large whirlpool spa. It also has a | | | | sold to Greenwood Development Corporation |
| shuffleboard court, horseshoe pits, and bocce | | | | (formed in 1978 by Jim Self of Greenwood |
| games. Part of the island's Disney Resort is | | | | Mills) in 1979. Ownership and management of |
| its 13,000 square foot Beach House, covering | | | | the community was finally conveyed to the |
| 3.5 acres of oceanfront land, complete with a | | | | Palmetto Dunes Property Owners Association on |
| temperature-controlled, 50-foot-long swimming | | | | January 1, 2006. |
| pool, a children's soft-floored pool/play | | | | |
| facility, arcade games, dressing rooms, | | | | Whether you are looking to spend your |
| covered parking, and a poolside bar. | | | | vacation, to celebrate your wedding in Hilton |
| | | | Head Island or to live here, you will enjoy |
| The Marriott at the oceanfront has more than | | | | exclusive and preferred tennis, golf and |
| 500 recently restored guestrooms with a | | | | amenity privileges unique to this piece of |
| balcony for every accommodation and wireless | | | | paradise called Palmetto Dunes - Hilton Head |
| high-speed Internet. Its popular pool deck | | | | Island. |
| features a picturesque two-part swimming | | | | |