Travel The South's Best The Best Places to Stay in Every Southern State By Southern Living Editors Published on March 12, 2019 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Peter Frank Edwards Check into a fantastic resort, an elegant hotel, or an intimate little hideaway with authentic character, and your vacation is all but made. There's no question that lodging matters—a lot. But Southerners don't have a cookie-cutter definition of a dream location. Maybe yours is a romantic, historic inn with hidden courtyards, loads of charm, and a gourmet breakfast for two—or a tropical resort that offers as much pool space as floorspace, along with fruity drinks you can sip under an umbrella. Of course, there will always be a place for sophisticated city hotels with lavish lobbies, skyline views from rooftop bars, and upscale restaurants where dinner really is an event. When we asked our readers to name their favorites across the region, they chose all of the above. And why not? The South has some of the best places you'll find anywhere. We are, after all, famous for our hospitality, and these spots take it to a whole new level. So treat yourself, and book a room. You can trust us with your wake-up call.* Southern Living Hotel Collection Member 01 of 17 Alabama Hector Manuel Sanchez The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa Mobile marriott.com Elyton Hotel Birmingham elytonhotel.com Grand Bohemian Hotel (pictured above) Birmingham grandbohemianmountainbrook.com Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa Point Clear grand1847.com 02 of 17 Arkansas Courtesy of 21c Museum Hotels 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa Eureka Springs crescent-hotel.com 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville (pictured above) Bentonville 21cmuseumhotels.com Capital Hotel* Little Rock capitalhotel.com 03 of 17 Florida Robbie Caponetto The Breakers Palm Beach thebreakers.com Casa Monica Resort & Spa St. Augustine casamonica.com The Collector Luxury Inn & Gardens St. Augustine thecollectorinn.com Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Orlando disneyworld.com The Don CeSar (pictured above) St. Pete Beach doncesar.com The Gasparilla Inn & Club Boca Grande the-gasparilla-inn.com The Henderson Destin hendersonbeachresort.com Henderson Park Inn Destin hendersonparkinn.com Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort Fernandina Beach omnihotels.com Sandpearl Resort Clearwater Beach sandpearl.com The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club St. Petersburg marriott.com WaterColor Inn Santa Rosa Beach watercolorresort.com 04 of 17 Georgia Peter Frank Edwards Château Élan Winery & Resort Braselton chateauelan.com The Cloister Sea Island seaisland.com Foley House Inn Savannah foleyinn.com Jekyll Island Club Resort (pictured above) Jekyll Island jekyllclub.com The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort* St. Simons Island kingandprince.com The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island St. Simons Island littlestsimonsisland.com Mansion on Forsyth Park Savannah mansiononforsythpark.com Stonehurst Place* Atlanta stonehurstplace.com The St. Regis Atlanta Atlanta stregisatlanta.com 05 of 17 Kentucky Robbie Caponetto The 1857 Hotel (pictured above) Paducah the1857hotels.com 21c Museum Hotel Louisville Louisville 21cmuseumhotels.com Beaumont Inn Harrodsburg beaumontinn.com The Brown Hotel Louisville brownhotel.com Historic Boone Tavern Hotel & Restaurant of Berea College Berea boonetavernhotel.com The Seelbach Hilton Louisville Louisville seelbachhilton.com 06 of 17 Louisiana Robbie Caponetto Ace Hotel New Orleans (pictured above) New Orleans acehotel.com Hotel Monteleone New Orleans hotelmonteleone.com L’Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles llakecharles.com The Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery New Orleans old77hotel.com Pontchartrain Hotel New Orleans thepontchartrainhotel.com The Roosevelt New Orleans New Orleans therooseveltneworleans.com Windsor Court Hotel* New Orleans windsorcourthotel.com 07 of 17 Maryland Deborah Jaffe The Inn at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club* Stevensville baybeachclub.com Inn at Perry Cabin (pictured above) St. Michaels theinnatperrycabin.com Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore Inner Harbor Baltimore monaco-baltimore.com MGM National Harbor Oxon Hill mgmnationalharbor.com 08 of 17 Mississippi Allison Miksch The Alluvian Hotel Greenwood thealluvian.com Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Biloxi beaurivage.com Chancellor’s House Oxford chancellorshouse.com Dunleith Historic Inn Natchez dunleith.com Graduate Oxford Oxford graduatehotels.com Monmouth Historic Inn & Gardens* (pictured above) Natchez monmouthhistoricinn.com White House Hotel Biloxi whitehousebiloxi.com 09 of 17 Missouri Nancy Nolan Big Cedar Lodge (pictured above)Ridgedalebigcedar.com The Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta St. Louis St. Louis sonesta.com Magnolia St. Louis St. Louis magnoliahotels.com The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis St. Louis ritzcarlton.com 10 of 17 North Carolina Robbie Caponetto Bed & Breakfast on Tiffany Hill* (pictured above) Mills River tiffany-hill.com The Inn on Biltmore Estate Asheville biltmore.com Old Edwards Inn and Spa Highlands oldedwardsinn.com The Omni Grove Park Inn Asheville omnihotels.com Sanderling Resort* Duck sanderling-resort.com 11 of 17 Oklahoma Art Meripol 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma City Oklahoma City 21cmuseumhotels.com Ambassador Hotel Oklahoma City Oklahoma City ambassadorokc.com Colcord Hotel Oklahoma City colcordhotel.com The Mayo Hotel (pictured above) Tulsa themayohotel.com The Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City skirvinhilton.com 12 of 17 South Carolina Rob Tipton Belmond Charleston Place Charleston belmond.com Montage Palmetto Bluff Bluffton montagehotels.com Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort & Spa at Grande Dunes Myrtle Beach marriott.com The Sanctuary Hotel Kiawah Island kiawahresort.com The Sea Pines Resort* (pictured above) Hilton Head Island seapines.com Wild Dunes Resort Isle of Palms destinationhotels.com The Willcox* Aiken thewillcox.com 13 of 17 Tennessee Robbie Caponetto Blackberry Farm* Walland blackberryfarm.com Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel Chattanooga choochoo.com Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa Pigeon Forge dollywood.com Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville marriott.com The Hermitage Hotel* Nashville thehermitagehotel.com The Peabody Memphis Memphis peabodymemphis.com Union Station Hotel (pictured above) Nashville unionstationhotelnashville.com 14 of 17 Texas Wynn Myers The Adolphus Hotel Dallas adolphus.com The Driskill Austin driskillhotel.com Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Grapevine marriott.com Hotel Emma (pictured above) San Antonio thehotelemma.com Omni La Mansión del Rio San Antonio omnihotels.com Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Dallas rosewoodhotels.com 15 of 17 Virginia Robbie Caponetto The Cavalier Virginia Beach cavalierhotel.com The Inn at Little Washington Washington theinnatlittlewashington.com The Jefferson Hotel (pictured above) Richmond jeffersonhotel.com The Martha Washington Inn & Spa Abingdon themartha.com The Omni Homestead Resort Hot Springs omnihotels.com Salamander Resort & Spa Middleburg salamanderresort.com Williamsburg Inn Williamsburg colonialwilliamsburghotels.com 16 of 17 Washington, D.C. Courtesy of Kimpton Glover Park Hotel The Hay-Adams Downtown hayadams.com The Jefferson Downtown jeffersondc.com Kimpton Donovan Hotel Downtown donovanhotel.com Kimpton Glover Park Hotel (pictured above) Upper Georgetown gloverparkhotel.com Rosewood Washington, D.C. Georgetown rosewoodhotels.com The Watergate Hotel Foggy Bottom thewatergatehotel.com 17 of 17 West Virginia Bill and Albanese Bavarian Inn Shepherdstown bavarianinnwv.com Café Cimino Country Inn Sutton cafeciminocountryinn.com The Greenbrier (pictured above) White Sulphur Springs greenbrier.com Historic General Lewis Inn Lewisburg generallewisinn.com Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit