The Best Hotels Near The Sanderling Resort, by the Record
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The only full-scale resort on the Outer Banks, which tells you something about how carefully this stretch of North Carolina has stayed out of the brochures. Miles of stark, wide beach, sand-swept two-lane roads, and a faint Southern accent define the surroundings. The Sanderling sits in Duck, a quiet town where the competition is mostly homey seafood shacks, making this the outlier, and for some guests, the whole point.
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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.