8 Daytona Beach Oceanfront Hotels For Every Traveler

What’s better than checking into your hotel and ditching the car during your vacation? It’s hard to beat the central location and fabulous resort amenities at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort. The property sits right in the middle of Daytona’s popular outdoor entertainment complex, Ocean Walk Village, which is home to excellent shopping and restaurants.

If a day well spent, to you, means dipping in and out of the warm ocean (the beach here is blissfully carefree), you can enhance the experience here thanks to the hotel’s private cabanas for rent along the shore’s edge. It’s hard to imagine a more inviting spot for sipping a frosty boat drink on a balmy Daytona day.

Families find their bliss here, too, thanks to a dedicated children’s pool and the D-Dawgs Kidzone, where you can let the kids burn off some energy (and catch a break, yourself!) with the collection of board games, arts and crafts and video games. If your kids are old enough to play on their own, you might even be able to kick back with a cocktail at the nearby oceanfront pool while they play. The pool is heated in winter, so you can count on it being a hotel hot spot all throughout the year.

Looking to stay in a place that pours on the romance on the ‘World’s Most Famous Beach’? Picture yourself kicking back in an Adirondack chair, toasting happy hour around outdoor fire pits facing the ocean at The Shores Resort & Spa.

A Daytona Beach couples’ favorite, the hotel has rooms with views of either the Intracoastal Waterway or the ocean. Spend your mornings enjoying a surf lesson onsite, then make time for an herb-infused body scrub or a mud wrap at the hotel’s decadent spa, considered among the best in town.

For an indoor/outdoor vibe, book one of the ground floor “cabana rooms.” They have covered lanais where you can hang out together enjoying the ocean views or watching whatever big game is playing on the outdoor flatscreen TV.

Stay in an oceanfront room with a balcony at the Best Western Plus Aku Tuki Inn and you just might feel like you’re on a cruise ship, thanks to soaring ocean views that stretch 180 degrees north and south.

Families love the fun Polynesian theme of the property, exemplified by the peaked roof and enormous tiki statue that welcomes guests. Renovated in 2017, the hotel has been a Daytona standard since it first opened in the late 1960s. So when you’re staying here, you’re staying at a classic.

And what better way to spend your downtime at the hotel than by engaging in some classic Florida beach vacation fun. Will you build a sandcastle with the kids by the low-tide line or play a round of Marco Polo in one of the hotel’s two oceanfront pools? It’s your vacation, so choose your own adventure.

The Hard Rock chain is known around the world for letting the good times roll. And when the Hard Rock Daytona Beach opened on the oceanfront in 2018, it ushered in a new standard for an upscale stay in the town that loves to get down.

Much of the good times at the hotel play out at the beachfront pool deck, which is decked out with a pool bar and BBQ grills that just beg you to chill out and enjoy the ocean vistas. For a beverage to toast your good luck, just look for the Wave Terrace—the hotel’s oceanfront bar—for a mean craft cocktail or a cold local brew.

Kids, on the other hand, will want to spend their time at the Hard Rock Roxity Kids Club with entertainment that ranges from arts and crafts and dance parties to video games and foosball in a lounge-like setting. And on Friday and Saturday nights, it’s “Kids Night Out” featuring dinner and a movie in the club.

High-design isn’t what Daytona Beach is known for. But if you prefer a contemporary aesthetic, you’ll be pleased with the modern feel of the Hyatt Place Daytona Beach Oceanfront. The true show-stealer, however, is the Atlantic Ocean, which is visible from most of the guest rooms and the hotel’s public spaces, too. For the best views, request a room higher up in the hotel’s 10-story tower and you might even spot a passing school of dolphins—a common sight here.

The joggers and walkers in your group will love the hotel’s location not only for being on the oceanfront but also for its proximity to neighborhoods along the Halifax River, just a few blocks away. There’s no shortage of pretty spots to get out for a stroll when you’re ready for a break from the beach.

With a free hot breakfast and a pet-friendly policy, few budget-minded hotel chains make it as easy and comfortable for families to settle in as the Hampton Inn. And if you’re looking to stay with your entourage right on the oceanfront in Daytona Beach, set your sights on the Hampton Inn Daytona Shores-Oceanfront.

Kick it on the sand or soak and splash in the hotel’s heated pool and hot tub on the oceanfront deck. Not all rooms have oceanfront balconies, so if that’s important to you, then be sure to specify. Come sunset, gather around the hotel’s oceanfront fire pit and bask in the mellow ambiance.

When it’s time for a fun family outing offsite, drive a few miles south to the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse, positioned right where the river flows into the ocean. If you’re feeling energetic, you can even climb the 203 steps to the top.

Three words: kids eat free. When you stay at this oceanfront Holiday Inn, kids 11 and under enjoy three free meals at day at the onsite Seaside Cafe.

A stay at the Holiday Inn Daytona Beach on the Ocean is all about enjoying the sun, surf, and sand on the wide stretch of beach just in front of the hotel. If hanging out sand-free by the water is more your style, you’ll appreciate that the hotel’s oceanfront swimming pool stays open until 10 pm.

For something truly special and a very Florida experience, plan your visit here from May to October. That’s when nesting sea turtles lumber ashore to lay their eggs on the beach right in front of the hotel. Step onto the sand after dark for a look around at this time of year, and you just might get lucky and catch the spectacle.

Can’t you just feel the sea breeze in your hair and softly sinking sand between your toes?

The Tropical Winds Resort Hotel is simple in its approach, enticing guests back year after year. The property provides a comfortable stay where the focus is squarely on the beach and ocean just out the door and all the simple fun that awaits.

Spend your day boogie boarding and walking the shoreline in search of shells, or simply kick back on a beach towel under an umbrella take a siesta. After a day playing in the surf, rinse off at the beachfront showers before relaxing back in your hotel room or suite.

As delightful as beach time is in Daytona, having somewhere to return to at the end of the day is an important part of a relaxing beach vacation. Some of the hotel’s accommodations feel like apartments, with full kitchens and direct oceanfront balconies that give you one of the best views in town. It makes it awfully easy to settle in and stay awhile.