Fort Walton Beach, Florida Hotels

This beachfront hotel also places you within walking distance of Gulfarium, an interactive aquarium attraction that preceded SeaWorld in Florida by decades. The hotel offers 335 rooms and 18 suites. Amenities at the hotel include a large outdoor pool with a grotto and waterfall as well as a bar grotto, a fitness center, tennis courts, area to hold a picnic, a couple of lounges and a restaurant. This is an excellent choice for visitors with kids. The family can also walk to the Island Golf Center and enjoy the nine-hole pitch and putt as well as two different designed 18-hole miniature golf courses.

Ramada Plaza Beach Resort
1500 Miracle Strip Parkway, SE
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
(800) 874-8962

Island Golf Center
1306 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
(850) 244-1612

Aunt Martha's Bed and Breakfast provides old-fashioned southern hospitality for those who want to get away from the larger chain hotels in Fort Walton Beach. Activities here include simple pleasures like being entertained by someone playing the baby grand in the parlor. Guests may also be tempted to grab a book and relax in front of the huge windows offering a relaxing scenic view. The rooms are artfully decorated and spacious, but the best amenity may be the large windows that allow in the cool breezes flowing directly off the Gulf of Mexico on one of Fort Walton's warm fall and spring nights. The 36 holes of challenging golf on the beautiful courses at the Fort Walton Beach Golf Club sit less than 15 minutes away.

Aunt Martha's Bed and Breakfast
315 Shell Avenue, SE
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
(850) 243-6702

Fort Walton Beach Golf Club
1909 Lewis Turner Blvd.
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
(850) 833-9664

The Four Points by Sheraton looks out over the crystal clear blue waters as well as the Sheraton's own immaculate pool. Guest rooms feature a refrigerator, private balconies that provide terrific views of the beach, and Sheraton's very comfortable beds. In addition to the heated pool, guests can also soothe their muscles in the whirlpool. They can work those muscles out to the max in the well-equipped fitness center. The Sheraton is another great choice for families because the hotel offers supervised kids' activities Monday through Friday that even includes a trip to Gulfarium. Shalimar Pointe golf club is less than four miles away and has been used as a U.S. Open qualifier.

Four Points by Sheraton
1325 Miracle Strip Parkway
Highway 98 East
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
(850) 243-8116

Shalimar Pointe Golf and Country Club
302 Country Club Road
Shalimar, FL 32579
(850) 651-4300