Holiday Inn Express & Suites Destin – Miramar Beach

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Destin – Miramar Beach is on US 98 in Miramar Beach, across the highway from Silver Sands Premium Outlets and about a ten-minute walk from the Gulf. The hotel has 73 rooms, including standard queen and king rooms and king suites with sofa beds.

The Express Start hot breakfast is included every day. There is an outdoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center with machines and weights, a business center, guest laundry and bean-to-cup coffee service. Parking is free, with a large lot behind the building. Pets are not allowed, housekeeping is limited, and guests must be 21 to check in. There is no restaurant on site, but dozens are within a short drive.

Silver Sands Premium Outlets is about a three-minute walk, the Rainforest Black Light Golf and Arcade is under a mile away, and the beaches of Miramar Beach are about half a mile south. Sandestin, Grand Boulevard and Destin Commons are each a few miles away, and Henderson Beach State Park, the Gulfarium and HarborWalk Village make easy day trips.

It suits families who want to walk to the outlets and the beach, and travelers who want a dependable chain hotel between Destin and Scenic 30A. Breakfast runs from 6 to 9 a.m. daily, including weekends, and check-in starts at 3 p.m. The hotel is smoke free throughout.