The Best Hotels in Inlet Beach

Soaring windows, brick fireplaces, and balconies stacked on balconies give this boutique resort the feel of a grand estate that wandered into the Florida Panhandle pines. Camp Creek Inn holds a Forbes Four Star and earns it with a lazy river, two zero-entry pools, an 18-hole course, and pickleball courts, all wrapped in a palette of warm wood and cream that makes checkout feel optional.

Striped umbrellas line a private stretch of Gulf sand outside this boutique hotel, which sits in the heart of Rosemary Beach, a planned community along the Florida Panhandle that went all-in on whitewashed Old World architecture. The town is compact and walkable, the kind of place where golf carts outnumber cars and everyone's linen is freshly pressed. The Pearl is the only hotel in it, so the choice is remarkably straightforward.