Best Myrtle Beach Hotels

While there are larger water parks at a few hotels in Myrtle Beach, the overwhelmingly positive reviews and affordable room rates make Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort a standout.

Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort lives up to its name, with stairs directly connecting the hotel to the beach itself. On property, there are a cool nine water features, including swimming pools, whirlpools, a lazy river, a 250-foot water slide, and a children’s splash pad play area (with a submarine, of course).

The hotel’s restaurant is located outdoors, providing a beach bar vibe, and offers live entertainment like karaoke daily during the high season. There’s also a coffee shop and on-site mini-mart for grab-and-go bites. Sea Crest sells discounted tickets to local attractions, so exploring the area when you're not at the beach is very convenient.

This pet-friendly oceanfront hotel has extensive extras for guests, including free admission to local attractions and unlimited mini-golf. 

On the property of the Patricia Grand, you’ll find accommodations that range from single rooms to multi-bedroom condos with kitchens. The hotel has a heated outdoor pool, a kiddie pool, an indoor pool, a lazy river, and hot tubs—not to mention prime beach access. The best amenity, though, is the perks program, including free admission to local attractions and unlimited daytime mini golf. 

There’s something for everyone in the family at this resort, from a water park with adult water slides and a teen pool to daily supervised children’s activities.

Dunes Village Resort is the kind of destination where everyone will be entertained. The large water park, one of the most extensive in Myrtle Beach, has water slides and pools just for adults or kids, and a teen pool with water basketball or volleyball. A kids' club with supervised activities will give adults a well-deserved break while they enjoy the on-site spa. Five restaurants and cafes will keep everyone well-fed when not swimming or lounging by the ocean.

A bigger price tag means luxe accommodations, but also free admission to local attractions and free golf.

A newer hotel in Myrtle Beach, Ocean 22 is directly on the beach and has a partially-covered (read: weather-resistant) pool and hot tub overlooking the water. Two lounges and a marketplace offer refreshments, but meals in your room are easy with kitchenettes or full kitchens, depending on suite size. Guests can enjoy free admission to area attractions like a water park and can play free rounds of golf on-site when booked within 48 hours of tee time.

This beachfront hotel is within a short distance of Myrtle Beach’s energetic nightlife and has an on-site spa.

This beachfront hotel is within walking distance of many of Myrtle Beach’s iconic attractions, including its nightlife. By day, relax in the on-site spa at Anderson Ocean Club, just steps from the beach, or in one of the resort’s pools, hot tubs, or lazy river.

Guests have full access to activities at other resorts in the hotel’s network, including kids' activities (they can even meet a pirate!) and social programming for snowbirds in the winter. 

Plenty of family activities, four restaurants, a water park, and the ability to bring your fur family: What else could you need in a beach vacation?

This beachfront hotel is the kind of place you can visit without ever leaving to go to the beach—there’s just that much to do on the property. The water features include two water slides, five kiddie pools and play areas, six larger pools, and seven hot tubs. Out of the water, play a round of lawn chess, checkers, or shuffleboard, or head to the hotel’s video arcade. Compass Cove also has four restaurants and cafes, as well as a grilling area.

The extensive water park at this resort—including a 575-foot-long lazy river—is just one of the entertainment options.

Crown Reef Beach Resort and Water Park has 15 pools and hot tubs, including some indoor and covered options for weather protection, in addition to a very long lazy river. There’s a 278-foot, two-person water slide, and an intense 302-foot single-person water slide.

For the little ones, there’s an easier water slide and a submarine-themed splash pad play area. When you’re ready for a break from the water, enjoy a rest on the two-story sun deck overlooking the beach, a treat at the resort’s ice cream shop, or some games at the entertainment zone where you can win tickets and turn them in for prizes. 

This all-condo property is outfitted with full kitchens in each room to make longer stays easy and comfortable.

Atlantica Oceanfront Resort offers one- and two-bedroom suites with full kitchens and in-unit laundry that make the longer stay feel more like home and less like a hotel. In keeping with that homey feel, though, you may need to do some laundry—Atlantica does not replenish towels and suggests people bring their own toiletries, as very few are provided. The property has both indoor and outdoor pools and hot tubs, and a lazy river outside. Atlantica’s golf concierge can make recommendations and help book tee times at local courses.