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Found on the Grand Strand’s southern end in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Brookgreen Gardens — one of the Myrtle Beach area’s leading tourist attractions — offers its guests over 9,00 acres of natural and manmade beauty. Featuring a unique combination of art, nature and history, the sculpture garden/nature preserve is...
Read More About Light Up Your Grand Strand Getaway With Nights of a Thousand CandlesYo, ho, ho, mateys! Grand Strand vacationers looking to add some spirited adventure to their holiday getaways can hoist the main sail and head for North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach — where the annual Pirates Voyage Christmas Show is once again set to bring its treasured holiday performances to town, this season from November 1, 2018,...
Read More About Seize Some Holiday Spirit on the High Seas at the Pirates Voyage Christmas ShowDuring any vacation, it’s great to get off the beaten path. But knowing the best places to go often requires a bit of insider knowledge — especially when you’re looking to skip the guidebook-featured spots that tend to attract the biggest crowds of tourists. (Further, to really get out there and away from the concrete jungle,...
Read More About Take Your Grand Strand Vacation Outside the Lines With a Carolina Safari Jeep TourAnother summer on the Grand Strand, another edition of the largest three-day outdoor country music festival on the East Coast. That’s right — the Carolina Country Music Fest is returning to the Myrtle Beach oceanfront for its fifth year in June 2019, and thousands of country music fans will once again flock to the Carolina coast to...
Read More About Book Early to Lock in Your Accommodations for the 5th Annual CCMFFor karaoke lovers, hitting the stage during a vacation away from home offers the luxury of anonymity. (Because you never know when one of your coworkers might be in the hometown crowd, maybe even capturing your performance for a Facebook post.) Further, to take your vacation-karaoke experience to the next level — and really unleash your...
Read More About Belt Out Your Favorite Tunes — Maybe Even With Backing Musicians — at These Grand Strand Karaoke BarFor most of us, a few dining adventures are among the best features of a great vacation — and this rings especially true during a getaway to the Grand Strand, where the dining options are as wide-ranging as they are delicious. But being on vacation doesn’t mean we have to ditch the diet, and sustaining healthful eating habits...
Read More About 5 Spots on the Grand Strand Where Health Is on the MenuAt Myrtle Beach’s The Strand Resort, we love it when our guests share stories from their getaways at our oceanfront property. After all, word of mouth is one of the top ways our future visitors tend to find out about our comfortable accommodations and our wide range of exciting amenities. And now, we’ve added a new feature to our...
Read More About With New Website Technology, Guests at The Strand Can Share Their Vacation MemoriesWe all love the beach, but it can present some real challenges when it comes to picnics. Between the sun beating down on your cooler, the wind blowing any loose items away and, perhaps the biggest troublemaker, the sand — which seems to get everywhere — the typical picnic foods can take a beating at the beach, killing some of the...
Read More About Healthy and Quick With Minimal Mess: Tips for Packing the Perfect Beach LunchWhile the sun, the sand and the surf lend themselves perfectly to relaxing and enjoying a memorable day on the beach, families should always keep one top priority in mind — staying safe. Nothing puts a damper on family fun like a mishap that leads to injury, irritation or even worse, but all of these can be avoided by taking the right...
Read More About Follow These Beach-Safety Tips for Family Fun in Myrtle BeachWhile the sun, the sand and the surf lend themselves perfectly to relaxing and enjoying a memorable day on the beach, families should always keep one top priority in mind — staying safe. Nothing puts a damper on family fun like a mishap that leads to injury, irritation or even worse, but all of these can be avoided by taking the right...
Read More About Follow These Beach-Safety Tips for Family Fun in Myrtle BeachRegular visitors to The Strand Resort on the Myrtle Beach oceanfront know that our property’s plentiful amenities are a big part of our strong appeal to vacationers. But did you know that the benefits of a stay at The Strand extend well beyond the resort’s boundaries, spilling to places all over the Grand Strand? With our Sun...
Read More About Catch Some of the Grand Strand’s Top Attractions — for Free!Found just 1 mile inland from The Strand Resort in Myrtle Beach, the Broadway at the Beach shopping/dining/entertainment complex is already one of the top attractions on the Grand Strand — truly offering something for everyone in your vacation crew. And with its latest addition The Grumpy Monk on the hot spot’s Celebrity Circle,...
Read More About Grumpy Monk’s New Broadway at the Beach Location Offers Oasis for Beer LoversMost vacationers head to the beach to escape the routine or to get away from the daily grind — but a new Grand Strand attraction gives “beach escape” and “vacation getaway” an all-new meaning. At Myrtle Beach Escape Room Games, guests can bond and create memories while challenging themselves to a real-life (sort...
Read More About Escape the Ordinary Vacation Plans With Myrtle Beach Escape Room GamesRegular visitors to The Strand Resort on the Myrtle Beach oceanfront know that the resort and its surroundings offer plenty of opportunities for having some good times on the Carolina coast. And the list of nearby hot spots has gotten even longer in 2018, as new entertainment complex THEBlvd is bringing a live-music venue, a familiar Mexican...
Read More About New Entertainment Complex ‘THEBlvd’ Lands Just South of The StrandThe food-truck craze that’s sweeping the nation has officially landed in Myrtle Beach, and one of the area’s best eateries-on-wheels is the Trojan Cow, a food truck that specializes in serving made-to-order gourmet hamburgers. Currently found at locations all over the Grand Strand — particularly at large events and...
Read More About For a Gourmet Burger on the Go, Wrangle Up Some Grub From the Trojan CowOf all the holidays that draw vacationers to the Grand Strand annually, none quite capture the magic of a Myrtle Beach vacation like Independence Day. With 60 miles of beautiful Carolina coastline, an amazing list of family-friendly attractions, and an impressive lineup of professional fireworks displays and other patriotic events planned up...
Read More About Gear up in Red, White & Blue for Your 4th of July on the Grand Strand!Every region of the country has its own, must-try-while-you’re-there signature dishes, and the Grand Strand is definitely no exception. And considering the Myrtle Beach area’s proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, few visitors would be surprised to find that fresh seafood concoctions tend to hold sway on any list of local culinary...
Read More About 5 Great Places to Grab Signature Grand Strand Foods (and One Drink)With over 60 miles of beautiful Atlantic Ocean coastline, the Grand Strand is a mecca for fishing enthusiasts. And, as seasoned anglers will attest, some of the most exhilarating fishing is done miles from shore — where the potential catches are larger, the game fish tend to fight harder, and you just never know what type of fish you...
Read More About Looking to Catch the Big One