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Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach Gulf Front, an IHG Hotel vs Pensacola Beach Resort
Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach and Margaritaville Beach Hotel are both rated very highly by travel writers. Overall, Margaritaville Beach Hotel ranks significantly higher than Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach. Margaritaville Beach Hotel has a TripExpert Score of 90 with approval from 4 reviewers such as Frommer's, Fodor's and Oyster.
Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach Gulf Front, an IHG Hotel
Fodor's
Oyster
Lonely Planet
14 Via Deluna Drive, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
From $103 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Fodor's
"Known for its 250-foot lazy river and cascading waterfall, this gulf-front hotel is one of the most family-friendly on the beach. As one of the area's newest hotels, it has stylish guest rooms."
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Oyster
3.0
"The beachfront location and family-friendly amenities -- namely the pool and 250-foot lazy river -- are major draws."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This fresh, recently renovated beachfront hotel has cool, inviting rooms with ultra-comfy beds, flat-screen TVs and great showers."
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Pensacola Beach Resort
Fodor's
Frommer's
Oyster
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
Travel + Leisure
165 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
From $189 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Fodor's
"This tropical getaway, inspired by the lyrics of Jimmy Buffett, gives you the relaxed, fun Margaritaville experience with the amenities of a top-notch hotel that oozes barefoot elegance."
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Frommer's
"Music mogul Jimmy Buffett didn't let a little oil spill stop him from opening this 162-room homage to the Buffett-branded Margaritaville lifestyle."
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Oyster
4.0
"The first hotel to open under the Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville brand, the Margaritaville Beach Hotel offers a relaxed, tropical atmosphere right on a beautiful stretch of sandy coastline."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This brand-new hotel is extraordinarily, well…elegant. The 162 spacious rooms are done up in crisp whites and aquas, with arty oversized photomurals and huge flat-panel TVs."
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Travel + Leisure
"We are the only hotel on Pensacola Beach with 800 feet of Gulf-front beach and 800 feet of sound-side beach on Little Sabine Bay...all 161 guest rooms have unobstructed water views"
Travel + Leisure
"With water views from all 161 guest rooms, and a blue-green color scheme inspired by said water, it’s a quintessential coastal abode, complete with a sleek pool deck, a restaurant"
