The Ballantyne Resort sits 10 miles from Charlotte, N.C.

The resort is one block from the shopping and dining at Villages at Ballantyne and two miles from the Carolina Place Mall.

Traditions restaurant offer candlelight dining, an extensive wine list and specialties including steak, seafood and chicken.

The fine dining venue overlooks the golf course's majestic 18th hole. Alternatively, the casual Grill Room serves buffet and à la carte breakfasts and lunch. To close an evening over cocktails, The Veranda lobby lounge features overstuffed chairs, a dark wood bar and large screen televisions.

The property contains 20,000 square feet of meeting space, along with a business center equipped with high speed Internet access. An 18 hole championship golf course carves its way through the spacious Carolina hills. The Dana Rader Golf School attracts students of all levels from across the country. For aquatic relaxing and fun, an indoor pool shimmers against natural light beneath white vaulted ceilings. A fitness room, sauna and a resistance swimming lap pool are also onsite. The resort's spa boasts relaxation treatments including the Ballantyne Facial Classic and Field Lavender Massage.

The hotel's 214 guestrooms open to spacious marble entryways, 10 foot ceilings and crown molding. Premium beds dressed in 300 thread count linens invite enviable slumber. Other furnishings include executive desks and dual closets with Ballantyne robes.

Guestrooms are equipped for high speed and wireless Internet access for a fee. Additional amenities include Gilcrest & Soames toiletries in marble bathrooms, video game consoles, safes, makeup mirrors and complimentary newspapers. Refrigerators are available upon request.

The resort features a KMX Lab, incorporating kinematics, the study of motion, to maximize golf performance potential.