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This is the largest oceanfront hotel on Jekyll Island, set on about 15 flat, sandy acres whose focal point is a rectangular swimming pool. It sits near the island's northern tip and is designed in a vaguely Iberian motif of white walls and terra-cotta roofs rising amid pine trees. An expanse of lawn and a breakwater composed of a ribbon of massive boulders separate the compound from the sea. Guests walk over a raised boardwalk to reach the sands. The accommodations are furnished in a rather bland style. Each unit has a well-managed bathroom with a tub/shower combination. The management rather grandly refers to its units as "villas"; they're more like duplex-style town houses, each of which abuts similar units to the left and right. On the hotel premises is a bar and restaurant, the Italian Fisherman.

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