Ocean City is home to more than 1,000 hotel, condo, and motel rooms. At any given time, especially in the summer, Ocean City vacation rentals are accommodating young families, newly minted high school graduates, honeymooners, and conference attendees. Many of these rooms are found in Ocean City boardwalk hotels, all steps from the action.

Ocean City beaches stretch for nearly ten miles along the Atlantic coast. The Ocean City boardwalk borders three miles of this prime beachfront. A favorite destination for more than a century, the boardwalk is the hot spot of things to do in Ocean City. Along the three miles of the wooden boardwalk, just steps from many Ocean City boardwalk lodging providers, you'll find so many things to do, including carousel and roller coaster rides, games, skydiving, shopping, good eats, and live music.

When planning all the details of Ocean City vacations, deciding where to stay is an important part of the process. Whether you need a multi-room suite with a kitchen or a cost-effective place to sleep, there will be hotels on the Ocean City Maryland boardwalk to suit your needs.

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A mix of familiar names and one-of-a-kind places provide Ocean City boardwalk lodging. If you want to build up rewards points, consider reservations at one the Days Inn Oceanfront, Howard Johnson Oceanfront Inn, or Oceanfront Plaza. All of the properties, located within blocks of each other, are managed by the Boardwalk Hotel Group. Each provides a comfortable and relaxing place to overnight as well as welcoming hospitality, special military appreciation rates, and vacation packages including time at the Jolly Roger and Splash Mountain amusement parks.

Other options for hotels on the Ocean City Maryland Boardwalk include the Shoreham Hotel, which combines historic charm with modern amenities. Standing proud at 4th Street and the Oceanfront since the 1920s, the hotel has a variety of room sizes, which can accommodate two people up to large families. Along with the hotel rooms, the Shoreham offers condo rentals at two nearby locations, Somerset at Second and the Residences at Edwards.

Enjoying a strategic location right in the middle of the boardwalk, the Commander Hotel offers oceanfront suits, efficiencies, and apartments. Many of the comfortable rooms have kitchens, private balconies, or ocean views, all of them are just steps from the beach. Golfers can book Ocean City vacation packages and take their pick of any of seventeen courses located within minutes of the hotel.

Another choice for Ocean City boardwalk hotels, the Flagship Oceanfront Hotel provides the overnight lodging for beach getaways. Offering special rates in the shoulders seasons (before Memorial Day and after Labor Day), the hotel has standard guestrooms as well as kitchen units, many overlooking the ocean. Guests can enjoy the pool with an ocean view, shuffleboard court, and sundeck. One more thing, Ocean City boardwalk hotels offer one advantage you might not have considered: parking. As with any popular destination, parking spaces can be limited. But when you're already staying in Ocean City boardwalk lodging providers, you'll not only have a place to relax, but an automatic place to keep your car.

Because everything is so close, you can leave your car in the hotel's parking lot and walk to the beach or whatever else you want to experience. There's even a tram that runs the course of the boardwalk for a relaxing to get from the hotels on the Ocean City Maryland boardwalk to all of the fun and sun.