This SC luxury resort is among the most beautiful in the US, new ranking shows. Here’s why
Looking for a beautiful locale to visit for your next vacation?
Recently, a premier luxury resort in Beaufort County was recognized with 14 other resorts and hotels as being the ‘most beautiful’ in the U.S. by Trips to Discover in a recent ranking.
The report selected hotels, described as being “ultra exclusive,” from each corner of the country.
The featured resorts were chosen based on each of the hotel’s selection of scenery, architecture, spas, dining and room comfort.
Montage Palmetto Bluff, located in Bluffton, was the only destination chosen from South Carolina and was only one of two chosen from the Southeast.
The other resort located in the Southeast can be found in Miami Beach, Florida.
As for the Palmetto State, the Lowcountry’s Montage Palmetto Bluff offers guests several amenities and accommodations. When booking your stay, you may choose rooms in the inn or even a cottage.
Key amenities at the resort, as selected by Trips to Discover, include:
Accommodation in clapboard cottages with fireplaces and screened porches
Surrounded by waterways, bike trails, and a nature reserve
Access to multiple dining options, a riverfront marina, and a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course
The travel discovery website also described Montage Palmetto Bluff as being nestled in a thick maritime forest along the banks of the May River, providing an idyllic hideaway in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
“A former hunting lodge, it’s Southern comfort at its finest with accommodation in charming clapboard cottages with pinewood floors, working fireplaces, and screened porches. Surrounded by waterways, bicycle trails, and a nature reserve, your stay is sure to be memorable,” Trips to Discover states.
In addition to the luxury resort’s Lowcountry surroundings and offerings that compliment the region, the resort’s world-renowned spa includes wellness rituals that are inspired by nature and use local elements to provide an authentic sense of place, according to the resort spa’s website.
Montage Palmetto Bluff has several recreational offerings such as its shooting club, Wilson Lawn & Racquet Club, Golf or pools to name a few.
Other opportunities such as kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, scenic yacht cruises, biking, golfing and more were listed as available activities for guests and residents to enjoy at the resort as they experience their natural surroundings.
Interested guests may inquire about activities through the resort with a concierge.
Montage Palmetto Bluff sits on a 20,000-acre nature preserve, which is accompanied by a naturalist program with birding excursions, classes, private walking tours and several other offerings.
Because of its many natural elements, the luxury resort was also selected to be among the ‘12 Best Nature Resorts in the US’ in another ranking by Trips to Discover.
As for the most beautiful in the country, these 15 resorts and hotels were selected by the travel site.
Saybrook Point Resort & Marina Luxury Connecticut Oceanside Hotel, Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, Half Moon Bay, California
Amangiri, Big Water, Utah
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, California
Hotel Alyeska, Girdwood, Alaska
Wildflower Farms, Gardiner, New York
Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan
Triple Creek Ranch, Darby, Montana
Ocean House, Watch Hill, Rhode Island
Adero Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
Four Seasons Resort and Residences Jackson Hole, Teton Village, Wyoming
Montage Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, South Carolina
The Setai, Miami Beach, Florida