Spa Hotels in Myrtle Beach, SC

Situated alongside South Carolina’s stunning coast is Myrtle Beach, a city and vacation resort, as well as the hub of a 60-mile string of beaches called the Grand Strand. As a global tourist destination town, Myrtle Beach is known for its celebrity-designed golf courses, sandy beaches, boardwalk, outdoor nature access, and many elevated restaurants. While planning your visit to this seaside escape, you can’t miss the old-fashioned Family Kingdom amusement park and the SkyWheel, one of the country’s tallest Ferris wheels. So pack your shades and a good suit or two for lounging poolside from one of the top spa resorts in Myrtle Beach!

Take a stroll along The Myrtle Beach Boardwalk & Promenade, which runs 1.2 miles along the oceanfront from Pier 14 at 14th Avenue North to the 2nd Avenue Pier at 2nd Avenue North. Here you can walk up and down the boardwalk stopping in clothing and furniture shops and searching for little trinkets to bring back home. Then, after all that strolling, make your way to one of Myrtle Beach’s seaside restaurants for some delicious coastal cuisine and a cocktail or two from one of the taverns in town.

Head to the boardwalk to take a fun ride on The Myrtle Beach SkyWheel—a 187-foot tall observation wheel that’s only been open for a decade. At the time of its opening, the SkyWheel was the second-tallest extant Ferris wheel in North America and the tallest wheel in the United States east of the Mississippi! Now after just a decade, it's the sixth-tallest Ferris wheel in the U.S., but with its seaside location, you can’t beat those stunning ocean views from the top before heading back to the best spa resorts in Myrtle Beach!

For a day of oceanic exploration, take the kids to Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach, where you can spend the afternoon touring kid-friendly exhibits, dive tours, and live shows, and pick something up from the well-stocked gift shop! Allow for at least two hours or more to tour the Aquarium so you can soak in all the sights, from freshwater stingrays to penguins, this Aquarium has it all— including the animals that inhabit the tropical forests from the Rio Amazon exhibit, like poison dart frogs, armored catfish, arapaima, and piranhas. Or check out the transfixing gallery of jellies from the Plant Jellies exhibit, which houses thousands of jellies backlit against color-changing displays.

For a wild experience, take the kids to The Hollywood Wax Museum off 21st Avenue North in Myrtle Beach to spend a few hours touring the fourth wax museum owned and operated by descendants of Spoony Singh. You’ll be shocked at its real-life replicas of U.S. celebrities in film, T.V., and music from the past century. As a tribute to the U.S. film industry, the building also includes the 35-foot-tall Great Ape of Myrtle Beach climbing the Empire State Building as a tribute to King Kong!

Bring a beach town and a good bottle of sunscreen for your seaside escape to sunny Myrtle Beach, and don’t forget to check out our top spa resorts in Atlanta, Virginia Beach, and Rochester.