Inn at Palmetto Bluff | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Inn at Palmetto Bluff

Rambling Lowcountry resort on 22,000 acres, 30 minutes from Hilton Head.

Score 86.33
Stats 50 rooms; 8 cottages; 3 restaurants; 3 bars.
Competitive Edge Family-friendly resort with Southern accents, like screened-in verandas.
Rooms to Book River View Cottages Nos. 11, 13, 15, and 17, for boat- and dolphin-watching.
Don't Miss The Warm River Stone Massage in the 10,000-square-foot spa.
Cost Doubles from $850.
Contact 476 Mount Pelia Road
866/706-6565 or 843/706-6500

www.palmettobluffresort.com

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“Outside your cushy cottage, 20,000 acres of South Carolina low country are yours to explore. Sign up the whole crew for a dolphin-spotting tour by marsh boat or a shrimping excursion—and send the teens off to the resort's Page Island to do some inner tubing while you head to the spa for a Spanish-moss bath....” MORE»

—Robert Maniaci
“Be the First…” in Travel + Leisure Family, Jun 2005

“The Inn at Palmetto Bluff has 50 white clapboard cottages, most of which face this waterway. Each contains a gas-burning fireplace, Italian throws on downy beds, a tiled bathroom scented with jasmine and pine....” MORE»

—Shane Mitchell
“Southern Comforts” in Travel + Leisure, Apr 2005

“On a tidal stretch of the May River, just west of Hilton Head, the new Inn at Palmetto Bluff puts the charm back into Southern hospitality....” MORE»


“50 Romantic Places” in Travel + Leisure, Feb 2005