4 Best Hotels in Newport, The Oregon Coast

With a prime beachfront location on a bluff in historic Nye Beach, this chic, eco-friendly, boutique hotel has large rooms with a clean, contemporary look and plenty of perks, including DVD players, premium tea and French press coffee, "green" bath amenities, microwaves and refrigerators, and wonderfully comfy beds. Continental breakfast is included, and in-room spa services can be arranged.

This floating B&B is in a fully operational stern-wheeler that's permanently moored at the Newport Marina, where guests have front-row seats to all the boating activity around Yaquina Bay, and it's a short walk from Oregon Coast Aquarium. Rooms are cozy and decorated in a simple but stylish nautical theme, and the main salon has hardwood floors, a wood stove, and comfortable furniture. Breakfast is less extensive and there's no afternoon happy hour during the winter months, but the rates drop then too.

In a peaceful mostly residential neighborhood within walking distance of the walking trails and dramatic bluffs at Yaquina Head Lighthouse, this intimate contemporary retreat captures the vibe of staying in a snazzy beach house owned by friends with a great eye for design and hospitality. The airy, light-filled rooms are individually decorated, and many have tall windows, pitched ceilings, and expansive sitting areas.

This quirky, literary-themed beachfront hotel dates to 1913 and offers a colorful range of antiques-filled rooms named for famous writers—a pendulum swings over the bed in the Poe room, while the Christie, Twain, Tolkien, Woolf, and Colette rooms feature fireplaces, decks, and great water views. A well-stocked split-level upstairs library has decks, a fireplace, slumbering cats, and comfortable chairs to soak up the ocean panoramas.