Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa
The city's private-beach resort
★★★★★📍 Harbor Beach, Fort Lauderdale$$$
Book Your Stay
Check rates at Marriott Harbor Beach
Best rate guaranteed · free cancellation on most rooms
The resort's location on the southern barrier island, between the port and the main beach, gives it a calmer feel than the A1A towers, and the private beach is rarely crowded. Water sports and cabana rentals operate on the sand, and the lagoon pool keeps younger children happy. Activity choices are broad: jet skis, wave runners, paddleboards and snorkelling from the beach, tennis and pickleball courts, complimentary bicycles, and the Kids Surf Club for ages five to seventeen, with crafts, games and a media room. The spa adds its own pool, whirlpool and sauna for spa guests.
Booking craft: ocean-view balconies are the request, and the beachfront suites are worth it for families who want space; spa packages are worth a look given the facility's size; reserve 3030 Ocean for a special dinner. Holiday periods and boat-show week fill quickly.
Practicals: 3030 Holiday Drive; minutes to Port Everglades and about five miles to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport, with no hotel shuttle; resort and parking fees apply, with self-parking around sixty dollars a day and valet a little more. Pets are not allowed, which matters to dog owners who might otherwise weigh it against the Westin or the W, and the resort is cashless and Florida Green Lodging certified. Plan on rideshares for Las Olas evenings. Compared with Pier Sixty-Six nearby on the 17th Street causeway, the Marriott trades marina glamour for actual beachfront and a more family-oriented, better-value stay.
Amenities
Ready to book Marriott Harbor Beach?
Check rates →Frequently Asked Questions
Does the resort have a private beach?
Yes. It sits directly on about a quarter mile of private beach in the Harbor Beach neighbourhood. Cabanas, day beds and water-sports rentals operate on the sand, and the Loggerhead Sand Bar serves drinks without a walk back to the pool.
Can I walk to Las Olas?
Not easily. Las Olas and the main beach promenade are a short drive or rideshare north. The resort runs no shuttle, so budget for short rides if you plan several evenings out.
Is it good before a cruise?
Yes. Port Everglades is only minutes away and the airport about five miles, though the resort runs no shuttle, so book a car or rideshare. The private beach and lagoon pool also make it a pleasant place to spend a post-cruise day before an evening flight.
More Fort Lauderdale Hotels
Browse all →
Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina
★★★★★
The spire is back — Fort Lauderdale's 1965 icon reopened in 2025 after a billion-dollar rebuild, rotating Pier Top lounge spinning again over a superyacht marina, with new towers, spa, and restaurant row beneath it. The city's stay of the moment.
Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Fort Lauderdale
★★★★★
The beach's most polished address — a Kobi Karp tower on A1A with two pools, a Forbes Five-Star spa and a Michelin-starred chef's counter, steps from the sand.
The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale
★★★★★
Beachfront luxury's steady hand — the glass crescent across from the wave wall with ocean-view everything, a seventh-floor pool deck over the Atlantic, club-level pampering, and the promenade at the crosswalk. The sure thing on the sand.
Lago Mar Beach Resort & Club
★★★★★
The family-owned secret at the beach's quiet end — a private half-mile of sand no public access touches, lagoon pools, bocce under the palms, and four generations of the same families returning to the same suites every winter.