Outer Banks Hotels

This luxury suite-hotel has a peaceful soundfront location on the Nags Head/Manteo Causeway, and each suite has a private balcony with spectacular views of Roanoke Sound. Oasis Suites Hotel is less than a half-mile from the Atlantic Ocean, Jennette’s Pier and the Outlets Nags Head. Also close by you’ll find Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Bodie Island Lighthouse, downtown Manteo and plenty of fabulous restaurants. It's a terrific choice for honeymoons, family vacations, weddings and business travel, as every suite includes a full kitchen, living area, jet spa tub and daily housekeeping service. An outdoor swimming pool and a hot tub are also on site. Enjoy a restful stay at the Oasis, and be sure to inquire about their in-suite massages.

The oceanfront Outer Banks Motel offers 12 standard motel rooms, each with a refrigerator, microwave, coffeemaker and toaster. The motel grounds have a saltwater pool, hot tub, library, free rowboats and ocean access. In addition to its standard motel rooms, Outer Banks Motel offers six efficiency units with a full kitchen and 13 cottages, all with cable TV. The cottages and efficiencies are available by the week only in the summer. Outer Banks Motel also offers 20 cottages in the heart of Buxton, about a mile back from the ocean. These cottages range from one to three bedrooms and rent by the night or week.

Roanoke Island Inn is one of Manteo’s most beautiful historic inns. It’s in the heart of the historic district, situated along the boardwalk and overlooking the water. The original building dates to the 1860s, and later additions and renovations have this inn sprawling over its large lot with lush landscaping and a quaint picket fence. The inn offers eight rooms with private baths and outside entrances; two of the accommodations are family suites. Dog-friendly accommodations are available. A comfortable common area (wait until you see the frescoed ceiling), a peaceful back yard with a koi pond  and a well-stocked innkeeper’s pantry are welcoming touches. Guests have 24-hour access to the fully stocked pantry, and a continental breakfast is set out each morning from 8 to 11 a.m. WiFi is available in the guest rooms and the lobby. In the backyard garden is a bungalow offering two bedrooms and a wet bar but no cooking facilities. Children are welcomed in the two family suites and in the bungalow, and dogs are allowed in the bungalow. Bikes are available for guests to use. They close in January and February every year.

Roanoke Island Inn is now also offering the Croatan Cottage, a charming fully restored and furnished 1920s Sears kit home located in downtown Manteo next to the entrance to Roanoke Island Festival Park. Voted #6 in Best Homes 2012 by Hooked on Houses, the Croatan Cottage offers three bedrooms and three baths, sleeps up to six people and is pet friendly. The house rents for a two-night minimum. Make sure to ask about their four-night stay and seven-night stay special packages!

Scarborough Inn’s cedar-shaked buildings and covered porches welcome visitors with classic Outer Banks charm. Three buildings — the main inn, the annex and the barn — house 14 rooms, including two queen suites and other rooms with a variety of bed configurations. All rooms have a private bath, microwave, refrigerator, coffeemaker, cable TV and free WiFi. Two good restaurants, Darrell’s and Stripers, are just across the street. This affordable inn has a great central location that is convenient to the historic waterfront area, the Roanoke Island attractions and the beaches.

A stunning historic house in the heart of downtown Manteo, The Manteo House is an elegant, picturesque location for wedding parties, private events, corporate retreats and team-building excursions or a fabulous whole-house vacation rental close to all the attractions of downtown Manteo and only 10 minutes from the Nags Head beaches. Situated on an acre right in the downtown area, the house is surrounded by a white picket fence. Locally referred to as the Evans Family Homeplace, The Manteo House and its detached apartment provided 6,000 square feet of interior space including seven bedrooms, a spacious gourmet kitchen, a den, a parlor, a formal dining room, a breakfast nook, a second-floor lounge and four covered porches, one of which is screened. The house boasts a unique blend of original 1871 elements such as wooden flooring, doors, window frames and transoms complemented by custom Honduran mahogany in its extended wings. Upon entering the main foyer, visitors are greeted with a harmonious fusion of antique charm and modern flair, featuring marble flooring, imported mahogany baseboards and ceiling trim, and a prized mid-1800s tiger oak entryway hutch.