Top 10 Myrtle Beach Resort Hotels

The 405-room Marriott Resort & Spa is located within the Grande Dunes residential community. Rooms with resort and ocean views are decorated in bright sea colors. Many rooms have balconies and patios. High-thread-count linens top each king and double bed.

An indoor/outdoor pool and two on-site restaurants are available to guests.

Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort & Spa at Grande Dunes
8400 Costa Verde Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
(843) 449-8880
marriott.com

Also located at Grande Dunes is the Marina Inn, a privately-owned 200-room hotel set between the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway.

Guest rooms offer views of the ocean, waterway, marina and nearby golf clubs through floor-to-ceiling windows. Beds are topped with imported high-thread-count linens. Some rooms include full kitchens and laundry facilities.

An indoor pool, open-kitchen restaurant and 100,000 square feet of convention space highlight the hotel's offerings. A total of three restaurants, two pools, and a private beach highlight the amenities. A specialized children's program, with arts, crafts and water activities, is also available. The 7,618-yard Resort Club is open to guests, as is a resort golf academy.

Marina Inn at Grande Dunes
8121 Amalfi Place
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
(843) 913-1333
marinainnatgrandedunes.com

Floor-to-ceiling windows with picturesque ocean views highlight each room at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach.

Guest rooms and suites are spacious, with large work spaces, LCD televisions and Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Beds -- high-coil-count mattresses with high-thread-count sheets. Exclusive Club and Starwood Preferred Guest level rooms provide a private bar and lounge, and complimentary access to the fitness center.

The Sheraton is less than four miles from its nearest golf course, the Whispering Pines Golf Club.

Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel
2101 N. Oak St.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 918-5000
sheraton.com/myrtlebeach

The black-and-gold clad Island Vista is right on the beach and its luxury accommodations span each of the hotel's 149 suite rooms.

Granite countertops adorn in-room bathrooms and kitchens, while high-thread-count imported sheets are on each bed.

An on-site water park includes a lazy river and splash pool. The Pine Lakes Country Club is located a short walk from the property.

Island Vista
6000 N. Ocean Blvd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(888) 350-5041
islandvista.com

An expansive property near the Broadway at the Beach theatre area, the Sheraton Broadway Plantation is an all-villa resort. One-bedroom villas sleeping up to four range from 500 to 900 square feet, while the 1,100-square-foot two-bedroom villa sleeps up to eight. The villas have large seating areas with dining spaces and multiple televisions.

The resort has a large pool with a swim-up bar, tennis courts and a 24-hour fitness center. The Myrtlewood Golf Course is less than a one-mile drive away.

Sheraton Broadway Plantation Resort Villas
3301 Robert M. Grissom Pkwy.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 913-8855
starwoodhotels.com

Rooms at the beachfront Hilton are decorated in deep blues and browns and feature floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies. Standard and deluxe guestrooms feature one king or two double beds, with deluxe rooms adding larger spaces and game tables.

Three restaurants and an in-house bakery make up the dining options. Guests have access to the beach and a large oceanside pool outside the hotel's back door.

The Hilton is a four-mile drive from the clubhouse at the Dunes and Waterway Hills golf courses.

Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort
10000 Beach Club Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
(843) 449-5000
hilton.com

Anderson rents one-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums. Each unit has private oceanview balconies, LCD televisions, full kitchens and laundry facilities.

The club has three pools -- including one indoors -- plus a lazy river, an oceanfront sundeck and a full-service spa.

The resort is less than one mile from the Surf Golf and Beach Club.

Anderson Ocean Club and Spa
2600 N. Ocean Blvd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 213-5340
andersonoceanclubonline.com

Part of the Kingston Plantation Resort, the oceanfront Embassy Suites has 255 oceanview rooms. Each room is a two-room suite with private sleeping and dining spaces, kitchenettes and private balconies.

The resort property houses a 50,000-square-foot sport and fitness club and an equally as large waterpark. Two on-site restaurants are supplemented by a complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast served each morning.

The Dunes and Waterway Hills golf courses are less than one mile away.

Embassy Suites Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort
9800 Queensway Blvd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
(843) 449-0006
embassysuites.com

Sitting on 16 acres of oceanfront property, the 256-room Holiday Inn Club Vacations resort offers rooms with ocean views, floor-to-ceiling windows, balconies, kitchenettes and dining areas.

The resort has an enormous pool with adjoining lazy river on site. It is a short walk across the street to a private beach club with a beachfront pool and private ocean access.

It's a mere one-mile drive to the clubhouse at Azalea Sands Golf Course.

Holiday Inn Club Vacations Myrtle Beach-South Beach
3000 S. Ocean Blvd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 913-5392
ichotelsgroup.com

A hybrid hotel-condominium resort, the Grande Shores is an oceanfront resort with three pools, five hot tubs and two lazy rivers.

Condominiums have two or three bedrooms, while hotel rooms are equipped with two queens or one king bed. Efficiencies are two-room suites, with full kitchens in the living area and a separate sleeping space.

Grande Shores is less than three miles from the Grande Dunes Golf Club.

Grande Shores Resort
201 77th Ave. North
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
(877) 798-4074
grandeshores.com