City: Hilton Head, SC

Category: Tours & Attractions

Telephone: (843) 363-8100, (800) 732-7463

Address: 7 Lighthouse Lane

Description: As you check into your room at the Inn at Harbour Town, you’ll feel special—there to greet you is a personal handwritten letter along with chocolates in a gold box. At this instant, you’ll become one of many who will probably return due to the service at this hotel. Although there are 60 rooms, butlers will serve you throughout the day, doing most anything you ask. From bringing you drinks and sandwiches to seeing that business papers are mailed, shoes are shined, and pants are pressed, these “services” are only a part of the delights of this inn. There are Anichini Egyptian-cotton linens and duvet covers, complimentary shoe shine service, iPod docking stations, granite vanities, Molton Brown toiletries, plush robes, and complimentary newspapers, for starters. Some rooms offer fabulous views of the Harbor Town Golf Links, and others open on to the beautiful palms and tropical landscaping. The butlers, some of them wearing Scottish attire in keeping with Harbour Town’s Highlands heritage, are a big part of the concept of patterning the Inn at Harbour Town after small, fine European hotels. Make sure you save time to enjoy the plush furnishings in the Player’s Library where you can read, catch up on business, or enjoy a sporting event on the large wide-screen TV. The inn, which opened in late November 2000, also has much to offer in the way of recreation. The hotel overlooks the first tee of the famed Harbour Town Golf Links, and the Sea Pines Racquet Club is a short stroll from the front door. Guests have access to the pool next to the Racquet Club and can take advantage of a complimentary shuttle service that will take them anywhere in Sea Pines at any time of day.The inn serves a continental breakfast from 7 to 11 each morning at a cost of $9 per person, and there are lots of restaurants nearby, including the Harbour Town Grill and the eateries at the Harbour Town yacht basin. The Inn is a AAA Four-Diamond resort.