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The best hotels near the cathedral in Sunset Beach

Marc Delacroix

Marc Delacroix France

Updated 1 August 2026 · 61 Sunset Beach hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Sunset Beach, out of the 61 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8969483 down to 4.5.

Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel is the one I would book myself.

Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel

Highest rated of the five

Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel

★★★★★4.8969483 from 1,029 reviews

Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8969483 from 1,029 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under the business district and around $106 a night on the dates we checked.

61 hotels in Sunset Beach qualified for this list and five made it. Club Wyndham Towers on the Grove is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel1

    Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel

    ★★★★★4.8969483 from 1,029 reviews

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    • Club Wyndham Towers on the Grove2

      Club Wyndham Towers on the Grove

      ★★★★★4.5 from 2,157 reviews

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Restaurant
      • Parking
      • Kitchen

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    • Club Wyndham Westwinds3

      Club Wyndham Westwinds

      ★★★★★4.6 from 836 reviews

      • Spa
      • Restaurant
      • Parking
      • Kitchen
      • Kid friendly
      • Air conditioning

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    • The Sunset Inn4

      The Sunset Inn

      ★★★★★4.8 from 232 reviews

      • Parking
      • Air conditioning
      • Accessible

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    • Club Wyndham Ocean Boulevard5

      Club Wyndham Ocean Boulevard

      ★★★★★4.5 from 4,856 reviews

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Restaurant
      • Bar
      • Parking

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    How this list was put together

    61 Sunset Beach hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

    Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

    The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

    What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

    Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

    Marc Delacroix

    Marc Delacroix France

    Closes the shop two weeks each winter and goes wherever people make something fermented. Dairies in the Basque country, the Caucasus and rural Sardinia.

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