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Perfect for your silver anniversary or golden birthday, this escape proves you don't have to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth to enjoy a radiant retreat.
BBC: Daily deal: Precious panoramas in Park City
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To be born with a silver spoon in your mouth is not always an advantage.
ECONOMIST: Financial history
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To borrow a phrase from the late Ann Richards, former governor of Texas, about former President George W Bush: sometimes it seems he was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
BBC: Has Mitt Romney got what it takes?
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Intel was born with a silver spoon.
FORBES: The gentle giant
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Thursday's success for Scottish Olympians followed Lossiemouth rower Heather Stanning winning gold alongside Helen Glover in the women's pairs on Wednesday, the same day as Glasgow-born Michael Jamieson won silver in swimming's 200m breaststroke final.
BBC: Golden success for Olympic Scots
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The Sheffield-born civil servant, who won gold, silver and bronze in Victoria, took the title with a Commonwealth record of 679 points.
BBC: Gault seals fourth shooting gold
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The runner-up Grand Prix Silver Lion went to Lebanese-born Randa Chahal Sabbag's The Kite - a film about love and separation on the Lebanese-Israeli border.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Russian film wins Golden Lion
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The silver lapel badge is being given to all UK-born spacefarers who get to orbit the Earth.
BBC: 'UK spaceman' Nicholas Patrick honoured
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Damon Ennis, vice president of product management, was born in Northern Ireland and holds 5 patents, including one for Silver Peak.
FORBES: Immigrants, Patents and Silicon Valley
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Ethiopia's world indoor champion Deresse Mekonnen claimed a surprise silver with defending champion Bernard Lagat, also Kenyan-born but now competing for the United States, in bronze.
CNN: Women's world champion Semenya faces gender test
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The British-born athlete, now competing for Italy, was just a single centimetre clear of silver medallist Tatyana Kotova.
BBC: May's leap is just enough