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Surf & Sand Hotel vs Pensacola Beach Resort
Both properties are recommended by travel writers. On balance, Margaritaville Beach Hotel scores significantly better than Travelodge Pensacola Beach. Margaritaville Beach Hotel is ranked #1 in Pensacola with endorsements from 4 sources including Oyster, Lonely Planet and Fodor's.
Surf & Sand Hotel
Oyster
40 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
From $67 /night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Pool
- Free Parking
Oyster
2.0
"The 99-room Travelodge Pensacola Beach is a no-frills, budget hotel on a private stretch of sand in Little Sabine Bay, across the street from a beautiful public beach."
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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"
