Tuesday, September 1, 2026

The Best Hotels Near Glass Light, by the Record

  1. Every room at this small boutique hotel comes with a custom surfboard rack, which tells you most of what you need to know. The Sitio sits inside Atlantic Park, Virginia Beach's new mixed-use district, with direct access to a surf lagoon that lets guests paddle out regardless of swell. Twenty spare rooms use natural textiles and wide windows; seven have balconies over the water. Pharrell Williams, an Atlantic Park partner, curated the rotating playlists.


  2. The lobby reads less like a hotel and more like a country house that got very ambitious, with deep sitting areas, Regency columns, and ironwork that quietly signals this is not the Hampton Inn down the road. The Williamsburg Inn sits just across from Colonial Williamsburg's historic district, holds a Forbes Four Star, and connects via the back terrace to a full spa with indoor and outdoor pools. Comfortable, formal-ish, and unapologetically old-money in atmosphere.


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