Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort

Amenity highlights: Two outdoor pools, two indoor pools, spa tubs, and a 200-foot lazy river offer diversions apart from golf on the resort's three courses and tennis on 17 clay courts at the resort's renowned Litchfield Racquet Club. The miles-long, uncrowded beach provides year-round walking opportunities and seasonal swimming-and-sunning. Salt marshes, lakes, and streams delight birdwatchers.

Insider tip: Louis' at Pawleys, a widely known restaurant serving refined Lowcountry cooking, is located 3 miles from the resort within the Hammock Shops, a collection of shops and galleries shaded by trees.

The resort's renowned Litchfield Racquet Club offers instruction and features 17 clay tennis courts (surcharges for play). Play on hard-surface tennis courts scattered throughout the resort is complimentary. Use of a racquetball court in the Health & Fitness Center is also complimentary. Other complimentary facilities include a one-hoop basketball court and two sand volleyball courts.

Water attractions adjacent to the hotel where non-oceanfront, one-bedroom suites are located comprise a 75-foot-long outdoor pool and, under a translucent roof, a 50-foot-long indoor pool and four-person spa tub. These pools are accessible to all suites' guests, including those occupying oceanfront one-bedroom suites a half-mile from the hotel complex, and to all villas' guests.

Other water attractions are located adjacent to buildings offering oceanfront one-bedroom suites a half-mile east of the hotel. This location has an oceanfront pool complex lined by palm trees and sheltered from east winds by beach-grass-covered dunes. The complex comprises a 200-foot lazy river with tubes, a 75-foot-long pool, a toddlers' pool, and an eight-person spa tub. Within one of the adjacent buildings are a 45-by-15-foot indoor pool and four-person spa tub. These pools are only accessible to all suites' guests, including those occupying one-bedroom suites in the hotel.

Villas' guests enjoy exclusive access to pools located within or near each complex of villas throughout the resort.

The resort provides scheduled shuttle service in summer between the hotel and the beach, a half-mile away. The principal beach-access point features wood sunning decks furnished with lounge chairs and wood-shingle shades. Wooden stairways to the beach cross low dunes covered by fragile grasses. Rental umbrellas and beach chairs are available. The resort doesn't offer water sports equipment, but independent operators nearby rent equipment in summer.

The resort encompasses the expansive salt marshes characteristic of the Lowcountry and home to wildlife and birds. Rental bicycles offer birdwatchers an opportunity to view around the vast resort.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the resort; fees may apply.

• A five-story hotel building a half-mile from the beach containing one-bedroom suites. (No ocean view.)
• A six-story condominium building facing the beach containing oceanfront one-bedroom suites in condominium-owners' absences. (Ocean view not guaranteed.)
• One- and two-story villas offering scenic-view two-bedroom accommodations in complexes located between the hotel and the beach. Villas are individually owned and furnished and rented out during owners' absences. (No ocean view.)
• One- and two-story villas offering two-bedroom accommodations adjacent to one of the resort's three golf courses. Villas are individually owned and furnished and rented out during owners' absences. (No ocean view.)

Water attractions near the hotel comprise a 75-foot-long outdoor pool and, under a translucent roof, a 50-foot-long indoor pool and four-person spa tub. These pools are accessible to all suites' guests, including those occupying oceanfront one-bedroom suites, and to all villas' guests.

Water attractions near buildings containing oceanfront one-bedroom suites include an oceanfront pool complex lined by palm trees and sheltered from east winds by beach-grass-covered dunes. The complex comprises a 200-foot lazy river with tubes, a 75-foot-long pool, a toddlers' pool, and an eight-person spa tub. Within one of the buildings are a 45-by-15-foot indoor pool and four-person spa tub. These pools are only accessible to all suites' guests, including those occupying one-bedroom suites in the hotel.

Villas' guests enjoy exclusive access to pools located within or near each complex of villas throughout the resort.

Extra person charges apply.
For surcharges, rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) are available 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 not allowed
• Check-in time is 4 PM
• Check-out time is 11 AM

Calypso Beach Bar & Grill - Located in adjoining companion resort Litchfield Inn. Casual, ocean-view dining room and outdoor terrace. Colorful nautical decor. Lunch/dinner menu daily featuring Lowcountry cooking. Choices include gumbo, steamed mussels, creek-shrimp fritters, crab cakes, pulled-pork sandwich, and burgers. Also, tropical drinks.

Each of the three golf course clubhouses includes a restaurant, with meal offerings and hours varying by season.