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Caravelle Resort
6900 N. Ocean Blvd.
Myrtle Beach, SC  29577
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Enjoy rates from:
Spring: $39-$119
Summer: $109-$429
Fall: $69-$173
Winter: $39-$173
Rates are per person per night
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Rooms: 540
Floors: 15
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Featuring an $8 Million Renovation to its resort building in 2007, The Caravelle Resort has reestablished itself as a landmark of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Located in the famed Golden Mile of Myrtle Beach among the best attractions, shopping, dining and golf, The Caravelle Resort sets itself apart with dedication to service, extraordinary amenities and top notch accommodations. Featuring nine buildings and over 600 units, The Caravelle offers more choices than any Myrtle Beach resort with its variety of efficiencies, suites and condominiums that will suit any size group.

General Information

What to expect: Located in a quiet hotel zone north of downtown's traffic, families are attracted to this hotel for its pools and beachfront locale. Golfers come year-round. Although the resort does not have its own golf course despite its name, guests have playing privileges at the private Dunes Golf and Beach Club, which is less than three miles away. (Guests age 25 and younger are not permitted at the resort unless accompanied by an adult).

Amenity highlights: Water attractions include a complex with a 65-by-30-foot pool; a children's pool; a 40-foot children's lazy river pool, and a 15-person spa tub--all sheltered in winter by a translucent roof. Adjacent is a seasonal, outdoor, 100-foot oval lazy river pool and a 15-person spa tub. A solarium offers a year-round, 45-by-12-foot pool paired with a four-person spa tub. Outside, another four-person spa tub provides open-air soaking.

Insider tip: The Southern Elegance Casino Cruise Ship, docked 15 miles north of the resort, provides complimentary transportation to guests of the hotel to the ship.

Property Amenities

A complimentary cocktail party offers hot and cold appetizers, beer, wine, and soft drinks. A laundry room contains coin-operated machines. A game room provides coin-operated video games. A complimentary fitness center contains cardio and weight machines. A small store sells groceries, beer, wine, and sundries. (Two supermarkets are one mile away.) A lobby kiosk offers high-speed Internet access (surcharge).

In summer, complimentary, supervised activities are available for children during the day, with surcharges for certain arts and crafts and for a weekly evening pizza party.

  • Swimming pool - indoor
  • Poolside bar
  • Spa tub
  • Concierge desk
  • Fitness equipment
  • Restaurant(s) in hotel
  • Limo or Town Car service available
  • Meeting rooms (small groups)
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Safe-deposit box - front desk
  • Porter/bellhop (seasonal)
  • Number of rooms: 620
  • Gift shops or newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Grocery
  • Elevator/lift
  • Supervised child care/activities
  • Swimming pool - outdoor
  • Swimming pool - children's
  • Limited Airport transportation (complimentary)
  • Complimentary newspapers in lobby
  • Bar/lounge
  • Parking (free)
  • Banquet facilities
  • Conference room(s)
  • Business services
  • FREE, Wireless Internet access in public areas - high speed
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Security guard
  • ATM/banking
  • Tour assistance
  • Arcade/game room
  • Air-conditioned public areas
  • Wedding services
  • Electronic/magnetic keys

Rooms

The resort offers 620 air-conditioned guestrooms, suites, and two- and three-bedroom condominiums. All accommodations provide either a full kitchen or a kitchenette that includes a range, a microwave oven, a full-size refrigerator, a toaster, a coffee maker, and comes with dishes, glasses, flatware, and cookware. Decor features tropical furniture and pastel fabrics.

Rooms and suites are located in the 14-story oceanfront hotel that includes a six-story parking garage and the resort's principal water attractions--to which all resort guests have access.

Oceanfront two-bedroom condominiums are located in a seven-story building that includes a private, seasonal outdoor pool. The Caravelle Resort also offers two-bedroom condominiums (in three-story building) and three-bedroom condominiums (in a twelve-story building) set 1.5 blocks from the beach that includes a private, seasonal outdoor pool and does not provide an ocean view.

Room Amenities

  • Premium TV channel(s)
  • Balcony
  • Climate control
  • Blackout drapes
  • Internet access - dial-up
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Wake-up calls
  • Complimentary toiletries
  • Child care (in room, surcharge)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Television
  • Cribs on request (first come/first serve basis)
  • Cable/satellite TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Voice mail
  • Refrigerator
  • Microwave
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Hair dryer
  • In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
  • Clock radio

Dining

Santa Maria Restaurant - Buffet and à la carte breakfast service daily. Open in summer season for dinner.

Liquids Coffee & Martini Bar - Open year-round for coffee drinks and cocktails. We proudly brew Starbucks.

Marco Polo - Open spring to autumn. Rustic, open-air poolside spot also accessible from beach. Burgers, hot dogs, snack foods, smoothies, tropical drinks.

Pirates Cove - Open spring to autumn. Snack bar serving sandwiches, salads, hot dogs, pizza, smoothies, ice cream.

Recreation

Water attractions include a complex containing a 65-by-30-foot pool; a flower-shaped children's pool; an oval, 40-foot children's lazy river pool with tubes, and a 15-person spa tub. In winter, a translucent roof shelters the complex, with the roof removed in late spring to late fall. Adjacent to the complex is a seasonal, outdoor, 100-foot oval lazy river pool with tubes and a 15-person spa tub. On the hotel's seventh floor, a solarium offers year-round swimming in a 45-by-12-foot pool paired with a four-person spa tub. Outside the solarium, another four-person spa tub provides open-air soaking.

The beach lies just over wooden stairs protecting the sand dunes. Umbrellas and chairs are rented by the lifeguards seasonally. An expansive lawn with sunbathing chairs is located between the resort's main building and the beach.

A water sports center 5.5 miles away offers a wide variety of rental equipment, including personal watercraft and windsurfers, and books parasailing flights and banana boat rides.

Although the resort does not have its own golf course, guests have playing privileges at the private Dunes Golf and Beach Club, which features an 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. that has hosted PGA Senior Tour tournaments and the Women's U.S. Open.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort (Fees may apply).

  • Golfing nearby
  • Golf - miniature nearby
  • Windsurfing nearby
  • Sailing nearby
  • Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
  • Tennis nearby
  • Yoga classes/instruction nearby
  • Horse riding/rental nearby
  • Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby
  • Bird watching nearby
  • Golf - driving range nearby
  • Boat launch nearby
  • Jet skiing nearby
  • Scuba diving nearby
  • Swimming on site
  • Aerobics nearby
  • Bicycle rentals nearby
  • Parasailing nearby
  • Fishing nearby

Policies

Note: The resort charges a daily $2.50 resort fee (amount subject to change without notice) that covers toll-free, local telephone calls, an in-room safe, and USA Today (Mon-Fri). The resort fee also includes your coffee, hairdryer, iron and ironing board and property amenities.

Note: Guests age 25 and under are not permitted unless accompanied by an adult.

Extra person charges apply.
Complimentary cribs are available on request (first come/first serve basis) and should be requested at the time of booking.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

  • Pets allowed (certain accommodations)
  • Check-in time is after 3 PM
  • Resort fee charged at hotel/condo
  • Check-out time is before 11 AM

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