The Best Hotels for First Time Visitors in Santa Rosa Beach

Watercolor Inn & Resort

Perfect for First-Timers

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Located at 34 Golden Rod Circle, Watercolor Inn & Resort has great rooms from $643 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and snorkeling. It has a terrific 9.60 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. Only 7.1 miles from the city center, first time visitors will especially love a bar, hiking, laundry services, a spa, and a child pool at this relaxing hotel. You'll enjoy relaxing while having room service delivered.

Hibiscus Coffee & Guesthouse

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Santa Rosa Beach

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

A great place to stay is Hibiscus Coffee & Guesthouse which has nice rooms starting at $147. Offering a water park, a restaurant, scuba diving, snorkeling, and hiking, it also has a great guest rating of 9.50 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 85 Defuniak Street. This convenient hotel is also nice because it offers rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, golf, and pet-friendly rooms which visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 5.5 miles from the city center. The kids will love the water park, too. It's also less than the average price for first time trip hotels, so it's a great value.

The Lodge 30A

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.

We found The Lodge 30A to be a great place to stay, and the price starts at $156. We loved that is has an outdoor pool, a fitness center, rooms with kitchens, golf, and pet-friendly rooms, and it also has a terrific guest rating of 9.20 out of 10 from previous guests. It's located at 4721 East County Highway 30A. You'll also find free parking, laundry facilities, bicycle rental, air-conditioning, and a 24-hour desk which travelers will love. And this fun hotel is just 9.6 miles from the center of town. The pool here was very nice, relaxing, and fun. It's a great value, too, because it's less than the average price for first time trip hotels.

Vaso's Beach House

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

With terrific rooms from $402, Vaso's Beach House, at 474 Gulfview Circle provides an outdoor pool, snorkeling, rooms with kitchens, free parking, and a heated pool. Its terrific guest rating is 9.99 out of 10 from previous guests staying here. New visitors will really like this amazing hotel which also offers air-conditioning, a 24-hour desk, a microwave, a refrigerator, and balconies. It's located just 3.6 miles from the city center, too. After a busy day, the heated pool is a nice place to unwind.

Topsail Village 211- Sandy Feet Retreat

Perfect for Your First Visit to Santa Rosa Beach

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Topsail Village 211- Sandy Feet Retreat has a great guest rating of 9.60 out of 10, and offers an outdoor pool, snorkeling, rooms with kitchens, free parking, and air-conditioning. The great rooms here start at $228 before taxes and depending on the season. It can be found at South Wildflower Drive 211. Furthermore, it also offers a 24-hour desk, a microwave, a refrigerator, balconies, and private parking, which is nice for first time visitors. Just 3.1 miles from the city center, this fantastic hotel is a terrific choice. Having a kitchen in the room is a great way to make meals and save money, too. We found the price of this hotel to be a great value because the price is less than average for first time trip hotels.

Treasured Times

A Good Stay for Your First Trip

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

The great guest rating of Treasured Times is 9.99 out of 10. This place has an outdoor pool, snorkeling, hiking, rooms with kitchens, and golf. Prices for the terrific rooms are from $424, and it's located at 146 Emerald Dunes Circle. We also love the free parking, mini-golf, family rooms, a heated pool, and air-conditioning which are great for visitors. And since it's just 3.5 miles from the center of the town, the location is great, too.

Beachside Villas 1131

Perfect for Your First Time in Santa Rosa Beach

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

A cool place is Beachside Villas 1131 because it has great rooms that start at $281. It has an outdoor pool, a water park, snorkeling, rooms with kitchens, and free parking, it also earned a great guest rating of 9.99 out of 10 from people who have stayed here before. It's found at 11 Beachside Drive. Only 10.3 miles from the city center, travelers will especially love tennis, air-conditioning, a microwave, a refrigerator, and water sports at this convenient hotel. It's also less than the average price for first time trip hotels, so it's a great value.

Elsie's Cove - Close to the Beach in Seagrove along 30A

Perfect for First-Timers

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Elsie's Cove - Close to the Beach in Seagrove along 30A offers an outdoor pool, rooms with kitchens, pet-friendly rooms, free parking, and air-conditioning which we really like. The terrific rooms here start at $225 (before taxes). It's located at 70 Gulf Cove Ct and has earned a guest rating of 9.80/10. This fun hotel is also nice because it offers a microwave and a refrigerator which new visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 9 miles from the city center. It's a great value, too, because it's less than the average price for first time trip hotels.

Bella Vita 204B

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Santa Rosa Beach

Located at 56 Blue Mountain Rd, Bella Vita 204B has great rooms from $556 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, a water park, a fitness center, rooms with kitchens, and horse riding. It has a terrific 9.00 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. You'll also find a private pool, air-conditioning, a microwave, and a refrigerator which first time visitors will love. And this amazing hotel is just 4.1 miles from the center of town.

Smurf Mountain by Avantstay Private Beach + Pool Redfish Village

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

A great place to stay is Smurf Mountain by Avantstay Private Beach + Pool Redfish Village which has nice rooms starting at $255. Offering an outdoor pool, a fitness center, hiking, rooms with kitchens, and free parking, it also has a great guest rating of 9.00 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 2046 West County Hwy 30A, M2-318. Visitors will really like this fantastic hotel which also offers air-conditioning, a microwave, a refrigerator, balconies, and a kids club. It's located just 4.2 miles from the city center, too. We found the price of this hotel to be a great value because the price is less than average for first time trip hotels.