Romance,
three days at a time.

• Late afternoon, choose your direction: walk south along the sand toward Myrtle Beach State Park — quieter than the Boardwalk end, pines behind the dunes, a 1937-era fishing pier at the turnaround. Roughly 90 minutes round-trip. Or walk north along the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk — a 1.2-mile oceanfront promenade from 14th to 2nd Avenue, ending at the 2nd Avenue Pier.
• Or slow the afternoon differently: a private couples cooking class — an hour in a kitchen together, one dish made side by side, a quiet ceremony for your first meal as husband and wife. We keep a shortlist in the guide.
• Sunset drink: on your balcony. You'll come back to this view every night.
• Dinner: Aspen Grille (5101 N Kings Hwy, 10 minutes from most Casanita units) — dark wood, low light, unhurried service. Book the week before; Saturdays fill.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete honeymoon dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Morning: sunrise yoga on the sand. Several local instructors lead beachfront classes in spring; ask us for the current schedule at check-in.
• Midday — Brookgreen Gardens (25 min south): 9,100 acres of sculpture and live-oak allées. Start at the Live Oak Allée — 250-year-old oaks draped in Spanish moss, a corridor older than the United States. Then the Rainey Sculpture Pavilion for shade and the largest outdoor collection of American figurative sculpture. The Lowcountry Trail loops through cypress marsh with alligator sightings if you walk quietly.
• Across the highway — Atalaya Castle at Huntington Beach State Park: a Moorish-style 1930s winter home built by sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. Pair with Brookgreen in one afternoon — one entrance fee, two landmarks.
• Golden hour — Murrells Inlet MarshWalk: a half-mile boardwalk over tidal marsh, open-air decks, pelicans at eye level. A glass of wine here before dinner is the view Myrtle Beach doesn't put in its brochures.
• Dinner: Bin 2004 — a 12-table wine bar in Grand Dunes. Small plates, a thoughtful list, patio seating if the night is warm.

• Breakfast to go: pick up something from one of the local bakeries we recommend in the guide — you'll want to eat it on the balcony, not in a booth.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve: a short boardwalk through salt marsh and cypress, 10 minutes up the coast.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common: an oak-lined outdoor district ten minutes inland, built on the footprint of a former Air Force base. Coffee at one of the café terraces, a slow walk around the pond.

• Late afternoon, once the sun drops off the balcony: the first swim. The ocean runs 78–82°F through July — the warmest water you'll find between Cape Cod and the Keys. Or if you'd rather walk, head south along the sand toward Myrtle Beach State Park, where the pines break the afternoon heat.
• Sunset: the sun sets behind you from an oceanfront balcony, but the sky over the water turns pink. You'll come back to this view every night.
• Dinner: Gulfstream Cafe (Garden City, 20 minutes south) — a second-story dining room overlooking the inlet where the sun actually sets. Request the upstairs, window side. Reservations required in summer.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete honeymoon dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Sunrise (6:15am in June, 6:30 by August): the pier at 2nd Avenue is open; so is the sand. The beach is empty for another two hours. Coffee in a paper cup, a slow walk, a swim if you want it. The morning light is the reason you came in summer.
• Late morning — Brookgreen Gardens: gates open at 9:30. The Live Oak Allée and Rainey Sculpture Pavilion are shaded by 9:45, which makes the difference in summer. The Lowcountry Trail through cypress marsh is best before midday heat. Plan two hours, maximum.
• Across the highway — Atalaya Castle at Huntington Beach State Park: thick-walled, deliberately cool. Wandering it at the hottest hour is the smart play.
• The heat of the day — retreat. Back to the suite, AC on, the ocean outside the window. A nap is not weakness in July; it is the method.
• Late afternoon — the inlet. Drive to Crazy Sister Marina in Murrells Inlet and board an afternoon dolphin tour or sunset cruise. Bottlenose pods feed here most evenings; the breeze is the coolest air in the county.
• Golden hour — the Murrells Inlet MarshWalk. A glass of wine before dinner, watching the shrimp boats come in. The view Myrtle Beach doesn't put in its brochures.
• Or skip the restaurants one night: a luxury sunset picnic for two — low table, linen, a cold bottle, set on the marsh edge before the evening crowds arrive. Arranged privately when you book direct.
• Dinner: Frank's Outback (Pawleys Island, 30 minutes south) — outdoor garden dining under oak canopy and string lights, open kitchen, a wine list people drive for. Book two weeks ahead.

• One more swim. The ocean is at its warmest in August. Pack the night before so the morning stays unhurried.
• Breakfast to go: balcony, not booth.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve: a short boardwalk through salt marsh and cypress, shaded for the whole walk, 10 minutes up the coast.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common: coffee at one of the café terraces, a slow walk around the pond.

• Late afternoon, choose your direction: walk south toward Myrtle Beach State Park, or walk north along the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk — 1.2 miles oceanfront, the 2nd Avenue Pier at the turn.
• Or something different: ask us about a couples cooking class (two hours with a private chef, ending with the meal you made) or a private dance lesson (45 minutes — first-dance prep, or a revival). Both indoor, both intimate. Arranged at booking.
• Sunset: by 6:45 in early October, 5:15 once the clocks change.
• Dinner: The Library (N Kings Hwy, 8 minutes from most Casanita units) — leather banquettes, tableside preparations, a wine list that takes its time. Made for the first night of a honeymoon.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete honeymoon dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Late morning — Brookgreen Gardens: the Live Oak Allée — 250-year-old oaks, Spanish moss catching the morning light. Save the Lowcountry Trail for last: by November, the bald cypresses turn rust-gold, and the reflection off the blackwater is the reason to come in fall.
• Across the highway — Atalaya Castle: the brick interior courts catch the fall sun differently than summer. One entrance fee covers both.
• Golden hour — Murrells Inlet MarshWalk: oyster season opens in September. A half-dozen raw on one of the open-air decks, a glass of Muscadet, the shrimp boats coming back through the inlet.
• Before dinner — the Grande Dunes Marina walk: a flat boardwalk loops the Marina Inn's docks and slips. Twenty minutes, maybe thirty. Marina lights come on around six in October.
• Dinner: 357 Raw (Grand Dunes, 15 minutes north of Murrells Inlet) — East Coast oysters by variety, small plates, an unhurried pace.

• Breakfast to go: balcony is still the best seat in the county.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve. In November, the cypresses here turn too.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, maples overhead in their October color.
• Heading west instead — Conway. A historic downtown 25 minutes inland, brick streets and gas-lit blocks under oak canopy, Waccamaw River Walk running the length of the old downtown. October brings a month-long Halloween celebration — shops decorate, the river walk is lit after dark. Coffee at Trestle Bakery & Cafe before the drive home.

• Late afternoon: a short walk on the sand, bundled up. The beach is compact and empty, gulls standing into the wind.
• Sunset: by 5:15 in December, 5:30 in January. Watch it from the balcony with the heater on.
• Dinner (book weeks ahead): The Dining Room at the International Culinary Institute of Myrtle Beach (Hemlock Ave, Market Common). A student-run multi-course tasting under faculty chefs — the kind of dinner that justifies the whole trip. Reservations are limited; ask us at booking and we'll help.
• After dinner — walk it off. Market Common Grand Park is two blocks away. The pond is lit, the oak canopy is strung with warm lights, the paths loop for twenty quiet minutes. The shops have closed. It's yours.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete honeymoon dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Late morning: coffee on the balcony, then breakfast at one of the neighborhood bakeries in the guide. Nothing before noon is the Casanita rule in winter.
• Midday — quiet time, or not quiet: a bundled walk, a fire and a book in the suite — or ask us to arrange a couples cooking class (two hours with a private chef) or a private dance lesson (45 minutes, first-dance echo or a revival).
• Or book an hour for yourselves: a private portrait session — golden light through the balcony slider, a sand walk at 4pm, candles indoors if the wind picks up. Honeymoon photographs that don't look like a photoshoot. We keep a shortlist in the guide.
• 3:30 — arrive at Brookgreen Gardens. Tickets for Nights of a Thousand Candles go on sale in the fall and sell out early. 4,500 hand-lit candles placed through the sculpture gardens, millions of strung lights, the Live Oak Allée turned into a corridor of flame and moss. Plan three hours.
• 6:45 — drive 10 minutes south to Pawleys for dinner: Frank's. The indoor sister to the summer outdoor garden, same 30-year family. Low light, a working fireplace, an open kitchen, a wine list that takes its time. Book Frank's the same day you book Brookgreen; they sync up.

• Breakfast to go: balcony is still the best booth in town.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve: bare-branched in January, the salt marsh catching the low sun.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, a second pass, daylight this time. Coffee at one of the café terraces, a slow walk around the pond, the oaks quiet without their summer canopy.

• Late afternoon: a long walk on the sand, south toward Myrtle Beach State Park — pines behind the dunes, the 1937 pier at the turnaround, few people and a lot of room.
• Or try something together: ask us to arrange a private dance lesson — 45 minutes, indoor studio or in your suite, first-dance revival or something neither of you has tried. Arranged at booking.
• Sunset drink: back to the balcony. The light in April falls slow; the second glass lasts longer than the first.
• Dinner: The Fowler Dining Room — quiet room, white tablecloths, a wine list you can read without hurrying. The kind of dinner you remember by the lighting.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete anniversary dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Late morning — Brookgreen Gardens: you may have been before; come again. The Live Oak Allée reads differently on a return visit — the oaks don't move, but you do. In April the light is low enough to catch the bronze edges on the Rainey sculptures.
• Across the highway — Atalaya Castle. The brick courts catch the April sun differently than summer.
• Late afternoon — quiet time. Back to the suite. A nap is not a weakness at this stage of a marriage; it is good planning.
• Before dinner — the Grande Dunes Marina walk. A flat boardwalk loops the Marina Inn's docks, ducks under the Grande Dunes bridge. Twenty minutes, maybe thirty. Marina lights come on around seven in April.
• Dinner: Cantina Imperfecto (Grand Dunes, 5 minutes from the marina walk) — a warm room, an open kitchen, the kind of menu you order across instead of down. The one where you both relax.

• Breakfast to go: balcony is still the best seat in the county.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve. In April the green comes in overnight; you'll notice it.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, coffee at one of the café terraces, a slow walk around the pond.

• Late afternoon: the first swim, once the sun drops off the balcony. The ocean runs 78–82°F through July — the warmest water between Cape Cod and the Keys.
• Or take the evening inland: ask us to arrange a couples cooking class — two hours with a private chef, air-conditioned, ends with the meal you made together. After years of cooking around each other, cooking with a teacher is a different thing entirely.
• Sunset: the balcony.
• Dinner: Hook & Barrel (N Kings Hwy, 10 minutes from most Casanita units) — a seafood-leaning menu, a bar that takes its cocktails seriously, the kind of room built for a long Tuesday dinner.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete anniversary dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Sunrise (6:15 in June, 6:30 by August): the pier, the empty sand, the gulls still standing. On a twentieth anniversary, watching the sun come up together is the quiet kind of thing that actually sticks.
• Late morning — Brookgreen Gardens: gates at 9:30. Live Oak Allée and Rainey Pavilion shaded by 9:45. Two hours maximum.
• Across the highway — Atalaya Castle at Huntington Beach State Park. Thick walls, deep shade, built for heat.
• The heat of the day — retreat. A nap is method, not weakness, in July.
• Late afternoon — Crazy Sister Marina: an afternoon dolphin tour or sunset cruise. The breeze off the water is the coolest air for twenty miles.
• Golden hour — the Murrells Inlet MarshWalk. A glass of wine, shrimp boats coming in.
• Dinner: Parson's Table (Little River, 25 minutes north) — an old church turned restaurant, stained glass still in place, a wine list that takes itself seriously. A destination dinner for anniversaries that have earned a bit of drive.

• One more swim. The ocean is at its warmest in August.
• Breakfast to go: balcony, not booth.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve: shaded for the whole walk.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, coffee at one of the café terraces, a slow walk around the pond.

• Late afternoon, choose your direction: south toward Myrtle Beach State Park or north along the Boardwalk to the 2nd Avenue Pier.
• Or try something together: a couples cooking class or private dance lesson. Both are good anniversary ground — especially at milestone years, when the point is to do something together you wouldn't have tried a decade ago.
• Sunset: by 6:45 in early October, 5:15 once the clocks change.
• Dinner: Crave (N Kings Hwy) — a chef-driven menu that treats small plates seriously, a bar that treats cocktails the same way. The kind of first-night dinner that sets the trip's tone.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete anniversary dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Late morning — Brookgreen Gardens: the Live Oak Allée in fall light is a different walk than the summer one. Save the Lowcountry Trail for last: by November, the bald cypresses turn rust-gold, and the reflection off the blackwater is the reason anniversaries get planned for fall.
• Across the highway — Atalaya Castle. The brick interior courts catch the fall sun at angles the summer visitor never sees.
• Golden hour — Murrells Inlet MarshWalk: oyster season opens in September. A half-dozen raw, a glass of Muscadet, shrimp boats coming back through the inlet.
• Dinner: Lekker Eats — a Dutch-Caribbean kitchen with a small patio, low lights. A dinner you'll remember because you've never had one quite like it. Often exactly the right choice for an anniversary.

• Breakfast to go: balcony, not booth.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve. In November, the cypresses here turn too.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, maples overhead in their October color.
• Heading west instead — Conway. A historic downtown 25 minutes inland, brick streets and gas-lit blocks under oak canopy. A month-long Halloween celebration — shops decorate, the river walk is lit after dark.

• Late afternoon: a short walk on the sand, bundled up. Thirty, forty-five minutes.
• Sunset: watch it from the balcony with the heater on.
• Dinner (book weeks ahead): The Dining Room at the International Culinary Institute of Myrtle Beach (Hemlock Ave, Market Common). A student-run multi-course tasting under faculty chefs. Anniversaries are the right occasion to book it: planning weeks ahead, showing up on time, letting the kitchen decide the menu.
• After dinner — walk it off. Market Common Grand Park is two blocks away. The pond is lit, the oak canopy strung with warm lights, the paths loop for twenty quiet minutes.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete anniversary dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Late morning: coffee on the balcony, breakfast at one of the neighborhood bakeries in the guide.
• Midday — try something together: a bundled walk, a fire and a book in the suite — or a couples cooking class or private dance lesson. For an anniversary, winter afternoons are the right ones to try something together.
• 3:30 — arrive at Brookgreen Gardens. Tickets for Nights of a Thousand Candles go on sale in the fall and sell out early. 4,500 hand-lit candles, millions of strung lights, the Live Oak Allée turned into a corridor of flame and moss. On a tenth or twentieth anniversary, walking it a second time is its own kind of photograph.
• 6:45 — drive 10 minutes south to Pawleys: Frank's. The indoor sister to the summer outdoor garden. Low light, a working fireplace, an open kitchen, a wine list that takes its time.

• Breakfast to go: balcony is still the best seat in town.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve: bare-branched in January, the salt marsh catching the low sun.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, a second pass, daylight this time. Coffee at one of the café terraces, a slow walk around the pond, the oaks quiet without their summer canopy.

• Late afternoon, choose your direction: south along the sand toward Myrtle Beach State Park, or north along the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk to the 2nd Avenue Pier.
• Or give yourselves an hour: a private portrait session on the sand in the last of the April light — no posing, just the walk you'd have taken anyway, quietly photographed. We keep a shortlist in the guide.
• Sunset drink: back to the balcony. The light in April falls slow; the second glass lasts longer than the first.
• Dinner: Co Sushi (N Kings Hwy, 10 minutes from most Casanita units) — sit at the bar, order across the menu, let the chef pick a few. A fast, warm, perfectly-dressed dinner.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete couples dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Midday — Brookgreen Gardens: the Live Oak Allée, the Rainey Sculpture Pavilion, the Lowcountry Trail through cypress marsh. Two hours, not more — the afternoon is for something else.
• Golden hour — Murrells Inlet MarshWalk: a glass of wine before dinner is the view Myrtle Beach doesn't put in its brochures.
• Before dinner — the Grande Dunes Marina walk. A flat boardwalk around the Marina Inn's docks. The marina lights come on around seven in April.
• Dinner: Bin 2004 (Grand Dunes, 5 minutes from the Marina walk) — a 12-table wine bar, small plates, a thoughtful list. The restaurant we keep recommending, because it keeps earning it.

• Breakfast to go: balcony is the best seat in town.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve: a short boardwalk through salt marsh and cypress.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, a slow walk around the pond, and you've given the weekend a proper ending.

• Late afternoon: the first swim. The ocean runs 78–82°F through July — the warmest water between Cape Cod and the Keys. Step in without thinking.
• Sunset: the sky over the water turns pink even though the sun sets behind you.
• Dinner: Gulfstream Cafe (Garden City, 20 minutes south) — a second-story dining room overlooking the inlet where the sun actually sets. Request the upstairs, window side.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete couples dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Sunrise (6:15 in June, 6:30 by August): the 2nd Avenue Pier is open; so is the sand. The beach is empty for another two hours.
• Back on the balcony by 8:30: breakfast, a second coffee. The day is already half lived.
• Late morning — Brookgreen Gardens: gates open at 9:30. Go early. Allée and Pavilion shaded by 9:45 — the difference between July Brookgreen being possible and not.
• The heat of the day — retreat. A nap on a weekend trip is not indulgent; it is correct.
• Or trade the nap for a new trick: a private couples cooking class — two hours air-conditioned, a teacher across the counter, the meal you made for lunch. After a sweaty sunrise and a salt-warm swim, a cool kitchen is its own small vacation.
• Late afternoon — Crazy Sister Marina: an afternoon dolphin tour or sunset cruise.
• Before dinner — the Grande Dunes Marina walk. Yachts in the slips, the Intracoastal catching the last of the light. Marina lights come on around eight in July.
• Dinner: 357 Raw (Grand Dunes, 5 minutes from the marina walk) — a raw bar in the Casanita vocabulary: East Coast oysters by variety, small plates, an unhurried pace.

• One more swim. Pack the night before so the morning stays unhurried.
• Breakfast to go: balcony, not booth.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve: shaded for the whole walk.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, coffee at one of the café terraces.

• Late afternoon: south toward Myrtle Beach State Park or north along the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk to the 2nd Avenue Pier.
• Or kick the weekend off another way: a private dance lesson — 45 minutes, first-dance echo or a style neither of you has tried. Short trips are the right ones to try something small and together. Arranged at booking.
• Sunset: by 6:45 in early October, 5:15 once the clocks change.
• Dinner: Hook & Barrel (N Kings Hwy, 10 minutes from most Casanita units) — seafood-leaning menu, a bar that takes its cocktails seriously, built for a long Friday dinner.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete couples dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Late morning — Brookgreen Gardens: the Live Oak Allée in fall light, the Rainey Pavilion. Save the Lowcountry Trail for last: by November, the bald cypresses turn rust-gold.
• Across the highway — Atalaya Castle. The brick interior courts catch the fall sun differently than summer.
• Golden hour — Murrells Inlet MarshWalk: oyster season opens in September. A half-dozen raw on one of the open-air decks, a glass of Muscadet.
• Dinner: Frank's Outback (Pawleys Island, 10 minutes south of the MarshWalk) — outdoor garden dining under oak canopy and string lights. In fall, the Outback is the move most people don't think of. Book two weeks ahead.

• Breakfast to go: balcony, not booth.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve. In November, the cypresses here turn too.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, maples overhead in their October color.
• Heading west instead — Conway, brick streets and gas-lit blocks under oak canopy. A month-long Halloween celebration — the river walk is lit after dark. Coffee at Trestle Bakery & Cafe before the drive home.

• Late afternoon: a short bundled walk on the sand. Thirty, forty-five minutes. You'll come back warm.
• Sunset: by 5:15 in December, 5:30 in January. Watch it from the balcony with the heater on. The early dark is the season's gift.
• Before dinner — the Grande Dunes Marina walk. Fifteen minutes north, a flat boardwalk loops the Marina Inn's docks. The marina lights are on by five-thirty in January — the quietest version of this walk in the calendar.
• Dinner: Bin 2004 (Grand Dunes, 5 minutes from the Marina walk) — a 12-table wine bar, small plates, indoor warmth. A January Friday at Bin is the platonic first-night winter dinner.
• Or stay in: a private chef dinner in the suite — four courses, someone else doing the work, the fire on, no drive home afterward. Winter is the season this actually makes more sense than going out. Arranged privately when you book direct.

Our full Casanita Guest Guide hands you the complete couples dining list — romantic, waterfront, fine-dining, late-night — when you book direct.

• Midday — quiet time: a bundled walk on the sand, or a fire and a book in the suite. Getaways in winter don't need much.
• Late afternoon — one of two moves: if you booked ahead, Nights of a Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens (25 min south) — 4,500 hand-lit candles, millions of strung lights, the Live Oak Allée turned into a corridor of flame and moss. If you didn't, Market Common Grand Park after dark — the pond is lit, the oak canopy is strung with warm lights, the paths loop for twenty quiet minutes.
• Dinner: Frank's (Pawleys Island, 10 minutes south of Brookgreen) — the indoor sister to the summer outdoor garden. Low light, a working fireplace, an open kitchen, a wine list that takes its time.

• Breakfast to go: balcony is still the best seat in town.
• Heading north — Ocean Creek Nature Preserve: a short boardwalk through salt marsh and cypress, bare-branched in January.
• Not in a hurry — Market Common, a second pass, daylight this time. The oaks quiet without their summer canopy.