Hotels near Orange Beach Recreation Center, Orange Beach

We arrived in Orange Beach one night early so we stayed the night here while waiting to get into our condo for the rest of the vacay. We were pleasantly surprised with this Hampton Inn. The hotel is beachfront and it is a nice beach. The hotel has a nice size pool as well. Our room was clean and smelled fresh. The breakfast was good and the staff were polite. We have no complaints at all.

This is our favorite hotel to stay in when we visit Orange Beach. The rooms are excellent and the staff is always friendly, courteous and professional. The pool is very nice and of course you step out the back and you're right there on the beach. Lounge chairs are available around the pool and the rear patio area. You just can't ask for much more in terms of comfort and beach enjoyment. The breakfast is exceptional with personal omelets prepared for you, along with waffles, breakfast sandwiches, etc. You won't be disappointed at this hotel. Thanks Folks!!!

Beautifully decorated and landscaped; the clean, newly modern style hotel had super friendly and helpful front desk staff. The indoor/ outdoor pool was awesome, comfy cozy lobby and sitting areas inside and outdoors. Southern grinds coffee shop is connected to the building, offering delicious breakfast and lunch items as well as tasty coffees, teas, and scooped ice cream. The coffee shop has one of the best coastal gift shops I've ever seen in the area. We were offered 500 bonus IHG points if we spent $50 in food/drink in the bar, but the menu didn't look that great, and we had our heart set on Cobalts anyway. The room was very spacious with wood like floors and modern marine decor, a very comfy bed. The bathroom and shower were also modern, with glass doors and optional spray wand. It felt like coastal luxury. It's further down from the busier ***** area, but that's not a bad thing. The only inconvenience is that you can not walk or cross the busy road to access the beach because there are private rentals that don't allow pass through pedestrians. You will actually have to initial an agreement that you will not do so or be fined? If you are a smoker, they have orange Adirondack chairs in the back parking area where you can puff. Other than that, smoking is not allowed anywhere on the property, not even in front or at the coffee shop outdoor tables. They say there is a shuttle that takes you to the public beach entrance less than a mile down the road. It's a nice Pavillion and showers/bathrooms, BUT parking is $10 a day! We didn't see a shuttle but then we didn't ask. We drove there with our beach gear and paid the $10! I suppose you could walk a mile if you had a wagon to haul your stuff to avoid paying the $10 beach access lot parking fee, but who wants to do that on a hot summer day. If staying at Indigo, I would inquire exactly what does using the beach shuttle entail? Anyhow, we usually use IHG points to stay at HI on the beach but it's ridiculously expensive between Labor and Memorial day (the high season), but if your looking for a nice place to stay that's away from the hustle bustle traffic in orange beach, Indigo is great if you can make arrangements for a ride to the beach access at a time suitable for your party (or just cough up the $10 for parking at the beach)!

We had the best bartender at the pool bar whole on vacation. Carrie was so friendly and helpful when we wanted to know about the the drinks, she really made the trip for us! The hotel and park are beautiful, and we had so much fun! What a wonderful, relaxing place to have a fun week.

I'm not a big fan of the Courtyard by Marriott brand - my company books my travel, so I wind up staying at them more often than I would choose if I could control it. The room was small and cramped. Front desk staff was fine. Check-in was a breeze. I hate when the side doors don't lock, though. That feels creepy to me. Internet speeds for the enhanced internet were around 40-45 mbps, so that's good. The A/C was a wall unit, controlled at the unit itself rather than by the thermostat elsewhere in the room. As a real plus (earns an extra star for this, actually) the room included a microwave and a fridge! Woohoo! Good luck trying to find somewhere to plug in your laptop at the desk. Both outlets were taken - one for the desk lamp and the other for the coffeemaker.

Yes, the overall Hotel is ok. However, we asked for the garbage to be taken out, new towels, and toilet paper on Sunday 10/8. Asked housekeeping again that afternoon. Asked the front desk the next afternoon as we ran completely out of toilet paper and were without towels. The front desk called back and stated we could come down and pick them up if it was urgent???? At the time we went down to ask there were no fewer than 5 members of the housekeeping staff in the lobby. Why pay for a hotel when no one cares?

The hotel was amazing and you only had to cross one street to be directly at the beach’s entrance. The breakfast selection was a bit lacking (think cereal, oatmeal, and muffins) but was sufficient enough to fuel the day. The floor of my room was very grainy with sand but that’s to be expected as a beach hotel. Housekeeping was excellent about providing requested sheets, towels and toilet paper in a timely manner. One inconvenience that feels worth mentioning is that their was only one easily accessible plug close to appliances so we could not have the fridge, microwave and tv plugged in at once, however this was not a problem in other trip-goers rooms so perhaps this is just a single room problem. There are a few of outdoor seating spaces that provided a great relaxation spot. The photos below are some of the photos taken of the view from the hotels staircase. The pool was a great escape and a great place to bring kids when the beach is not possible. This hotel was also extremely understanding and accommodating for a child with limited movement ability. If you are not looking for anything too fancy but a decent place to stay while in Gulf Shores, this is definitely a spot that I would recommend.

First, I’d write we chose this location because we visited years ago and Everything about it was pleasant. Fast forward, we’ve come back and it hasn’t been so pleasant. Still love the location, but on the first night people were still screaming and shouting in the pool well after 12 am which we could clearly hear from our rooms as my family tried to get rest. I called and spoke to the gentlemen at the front after he said the pool closes at 10, it was 10:29 at that point… 11, 12… etc came and people we still out swimming and very inconsiderate. He said he would fix it and Did Not. Next morning, I reported after it after some other lady with reports of an untidy room with pictures. I explained-the excessive running and jumping it sounded like a WII soccer game upstairs in the room right above us. We were told the general manager would be in and we’d hear back from her and that the pool should have been cleared by 10 and that they know music was playing loudly and that it shouldn’t happen again. We are on night three, the upstairs people are still “just called front desk it’s 11:30 p.m.” jumping around and dropping things and running… my family can’t even go to bed. The first night due to the noise and the pool noise I didn’t get rest until after 3 a.m. I am not NOT pleased with the excessive, unnecessary noise we’ve endured this trip. Again usually this our favorite hotel and if we could have some peace in our room it still would be. I hate to stop coming due to this experience, but the lack of rest on a trip we chose to take “To Relax and Get Rest” is unbelievable. Maybe I’d try again but request a room no where near the pool and on the top floor so I won’t have people running and jumping wildly above us. Never had this happen at any hotel before. Hopefully it doesn’t happen here again, if we ever return.