Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa

Description:

• Set on 2 acres of landscaped grounds and bordering the oceanfront, this supremely comfortable hotel is surrounded by the much more massive acreage of the Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort and is just 10 minutes from the Hilton Head airport. But the hotel's 10-story tower of rooms dominates everything around it. Thanks to an elaborate $28-million renovation in 2007 and 2008, things here are looking spiffy, indeed. Rooms are smaller and less opulent than you might expect of such a well-rated hotel, but all are comfortably furnished. Most open onto small balconies overlooking the garden or the ocean. The hotel's program of sports and recreation is among the best on the island, and the island's state-of-the-art spa (Spa Soleil) is the largest on Hilton Head Island.

  Facilities: Restaurant; 2 bars; coffee shop; 3 pools (1 indoor); 3 18-hole golf courses; 25 tennis courts nearby; health club; spa; sauna; gift shop; salon; room service; babysitting; laundry service; dry cleaning; nonsmoking rooms; rooms for those w/limited mobility

• © Frommer's 2012

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Highly Recommended 2010