VIP? There’s a Very Important Pool for you

All you want is to take a dip in the pool and catch some sun in peace. But if your last name is DiCaprio, Kardashian or Z (as in Jay-), that’s not so easy to do, thanks to a curious public and vigilant pack of paparazzi.

Private pools

•  W South Beach Hotel & Residences, Miami Beach: Will soon reopen a former side pool as a VIP pool with gates at both entrances, tall hedges for privacy and new poolside furniture. Details for use haven’t been nailed down yet, but the manager said he doesn’t expect to charge; VIPs can request to use the pool privately, but if no one has reserved it, guests will have access. Families or other groups can request to use it as well. The pool is 48 feet long with a depth of three to five feet.

•  The Shore Club, Miami Beach: Two options with private pools: the $10,000-a-night penthouse or $7,500-a-night Beach House. The pool at the penthouse is about 46 feet long and three to five feet deep. The Beach House pool has the same depths at about 31 feet long.

•  Fontainebleau Resort Miami Beach: The Tresor penthouse pool is 16 feet long and three to six feet deep; the Sorrento penthouse pool is 36 feet long and three feet deep. Both cost $5,000 a night. The Tresor tower main pool is 56 feet long and five feet deep; the Sorrento pool is 50 feet long and the same depth. Celebrities can ask to use these pools, accessible through private entrances and open only to owners of units in the towers, for no extra fee if they want more privacy than the main pool allows.

This story was originally published December 20, 2010 at 9:12 PM.