The Myrtle Beach Area  - Home to the Best Beaches on the East Coast

The Myrtle Beach Area in South Carolina includes Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach and South Beaches. The attractions in this area include amazing beaches and many golf courses, an IMAX theatre, amusement parks, and about 2,000 restaurants. Visitors can also shop in a number of shopping complexes, visit dinner theaters and nightclubs and buy a lot of souvenirs from the many tourist shops.

North Myrtle Beach and Myrtle Beach are the top-most preferred coastal vacation destinations along the entire East Coast of the United States. They are separate cities and part of the Grand Strand - several coastal cities, towns and unincorporated areas from North Carolina to South Carolina. North Myrtle Beach is considered to be more family friendly than the city of Myrtle Beach, which is a little further south. Myrtle and North Myrtle meet at Restaurant Row and Barefoot Landing.

With the its variety of accommodation options, the Myrtle Beach Area offers the perfect place to stay to all its visitors, where anyone can find the most suitable place according to his or her budget and preferences. Those who visit the area for the first time will be pleasantly surprised by the variety of great restaurants - there are over 1,800 places to dine and even the local residents can't manage to visit all of them. You can find everything from Italian to Japanese cuisine, southern-style barbecue, classic American dining and seafood buffets. There are also theme restaurants, so if you like racing, check out the NASCAR Cafe, or head to the Hard Rock Cafe to see some great music and movie memorabilia.

In the area there are over 100 golf courses, which equal the number of golf courses in the entire European continent. For this and other reasons, the Myrtle Beach Area is one of the top places to golf in the United States.

The great number of family-friendly activities, amusements and entertainments, combined with the beautiful sunny beaches make the area the ideal place for a holiday with family and friends. There are a lot of unique attractions, such as theme parks and other impressive and original amusements. Places that definitely should be visited are Ripley's Aquarium and Alligator Adventure, where along with the alligators you will see also crocodiles, frogs, snakes, tortoises and lizards. The state parks and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway are places with breathtaking scenery where you can take a lot of amazing pictures. Entertainment and shows in the area include a number of concerts and live shows. Culture admirers should visit the famous Alabama Theater and the House of Blues, as well as Dixie Stampede, the Palace Theater, the Carolina Opry, Comedy Cabana, Legends in Concert, Medieval Times and Dinner Tournament and many more.

For those who are feeling lucky you can gamble on a casino boat at Little River. And for those who simply cannot go on a vacation without storming the shopping malls, there are plenty of factory outlets, specialty shops and of course a few upscale shopping malls in the area.

The Myrtle Beach area combines everything for a perfect vacation. Whether you prefer a more quiet and peaceful environment to be with your loved ones, or if you want to have lots of fun with friends, you will find it all there. So don't waste any more time and visit the Myrtle Beach area now!