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For an outdoors-focused Lowcountry stay, Montage Palmetto Bluff offers a May River setting between Savannah and Hilton Head Island, with river excursions.

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Ask about a sunset yacht cruise on the May River to see the surrounding waterways from a boat as evening approaches.

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Choose a River View Cottage One Bedroom Suite for its private screened-in porch, giving you river views from an outdoor space of your own.

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Montage Palmetto Bluff

At Montage Palmetto Bluff, a screened porch can face the May River, a room in the Inn can look into maritime forest, and dinner can take place beside an inland waterway. The resort's accommodations extend across Wilson Village and Moreland Village in Bluffton, South Carolina, within the wider Palmetto Bluff community between Savannah and Hilton Head Island.

The surrounding 20,000-acre landscape gives this Lowcountry stay its scale. Live oaks, waterways and village streets connect places with quite different purposes, including cottages by the river, a golf course among old trees and restaurants overlooking the water. Bicycles and boat excursions bring the landscape into the stay rather than leaving it as a view from a window.

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Rooms

  • 200 200

Hotel Style

  • Casual Casual

Leisure

  • Fitness Fitness
  • Pool Pool
  • Spa Spa
  • Sauna Sauna

Experiences

  • Golf Golf
  • Adventure Adventure

Facilities

  • Pet Friendly Pet Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible Wheelchair Accessible

Rooms & Suites at Montage Palmetto Bluff

Forest View Inn Balcony Room
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Forest View Inn Balcony Room

450 sqft
From 712 USD

Set within the Main Inn, the room has hardwood flooring and high ceilings. In the King arrangement, an L-shaped sofa forms a small conversation area...

Poolside Guest House Room
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Poolside Guest House Room

450 sqft
From 863 USD

The rooms occupy the Sabal Guest House beside the River House pool. Hardwood floors and high ceilings frame an L-shaped sofa in the conversation area,...

Lagoon Guest House Room
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Lagoon Guest House Room

450 sqft
From 908 USD

The two-storey guest houses have a classic Southern style and stand beside the inland waterways. Inside, hardwood floors and high ceilings frame a sitting area...

Lagoon View Inn Balcony Room
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Lagoon View Inn Balcony Room

450 sqft
From 935 USD

Hardwood floors and white walls frame an L-shaped sofa in the conversation area. High ceilings give the interior its tall proportions, while large windows face...

Forest View Inn Room
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Forest View Inn Room

450 sqft
From 1’054 USD

Inside the Main Inn, high ceilings rise above hardwood flooring and a small conversation area. Large windows are part of the room’s interior. Marble is...

Carolina Suite
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Carolina Suite

970 sqft
From 1’369 USD

Oversize picture windows face the inland waterways from the sitting room. Hardwood floors continue through the interior, with the living area set apart from the...

Lagoon Guest House Suite
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Lagoon Guest House Suite

970 sqft
From 1’377 USD

The guest-house suite has hardwood floors and a separate sitting area with a sleeper sofa. Marble finishes continue into its bathrooms. The guest houses sit...

Forest View Cottage
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Forest View Cottage

1,140 sqft
From 1’421 USD

The cottage looks towards the surrounding maritime forest. A conversation area is arranged in front of the hearth, and high ceilings rise above the wooden...

Poolside Guest House Suite
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Poolside Guest House Suite

970 sqft
From 1’566 USD

The Sabal Guest House suite has a separate sitting area with a sofa sleeper. Hardwood floors and high ceilings continue through the interior, with a...

Lagoon View Cottage
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Lagoon View Cottage

1,140 sqft
From 1’601 USD

High ceilings rise above a conversation area arranged around the hearth. The cottage stands beside the inland waterway. Natural colours continue through the interior. Its...

Forest View Inn Suite
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Forest View Inn Suite

800 sqft
From 1’703 USD

A separate living area contains the sleeper sofa, with hardwood flooring extending through the suite. The suite is located in the Main Inn. Marble finishes...

2 Bedroom Moreland Village Home 5736
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2 Bedroom Moreland Village Home 5736

1,615 sqft
From 1’706 USD

A living room and dining room form the main gathering spaces, with a table for six and an island with three seats in the kitchen....

2 Bedroom Signature Residence 1006
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2 Bedroom Signature Residence 1006

2,207 sqft
From 1’846 USD

High ceilings rise above the open living and dining areas. The Carolina room contains the Queen sofa bed, while a screened porch has its own...

2 Bedroom Signature Residence 1005
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2 Bedroom Signature Residence 1005

2,820 sqft
From 1’846 USD

The living and dining areas have an open arrangement. The Carolina room contains the sleeper sofa, providing additional accommodation outside the bedrooms. An expansive screened...

River View Cottage
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River View Cottage

1,140 sqft
From 1’875 USD

The cottage has wooden floors and high ceilings, with seating arranged around the hearth. Marble finishes line its bathroom, and the river lies beside the...

Carolina Suite
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Carolina Suite

970 sqft
From 2’015 USD

A sitting room with oversize picture windows looks towards the inland waterways. The living area is separate from the bedroom, and a dining table has...

Palmetto Suite
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Palmetto Suite

1,000 sqft
From 2’021 USD

The bedroom and separate living area both have access to the balcony. Hardwood floors run through the suite, and the lounge contains the sleeper sofa....

3 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1034
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3 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1034

3,520 sqft
From 2’074 USD

A great room and a separate sitting room give the home indoor spaces beyond its bedrooms. A dining room provides another gathering place, while an...

3 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1035
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3 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1035

3,520 sqft
From 2’074 USD

The primary bedroom has its own screened porch. An entry hall and foyer lead into a great room, with a library and a separate sitting...

River View Cottage Suite
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River View Cottage Suite

1,340–1,576 sqft
From 2’246 USD

Wooden floors and high ceilings give this waterfront cottage suite its interior character. A sitting area is arranged around the hearth, and the sleeper sofa...

Presidential Suite
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Presidential Suite

2,500 sqft
From 2’322 USD

Estate-style furniture fills two living areas, with a marble-wrapped hearth in one of them. A formal dining room has its own setting for meals, and...

3 Bedroom Village Home
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3 Bedroom Village Home

2,099–3,100 sqft
From 2’426 USD

The village homes have hardwood floors and a living room furnished with soft seating. A dining area gives meals their own setting, while a fireplace...

3 Bedroom Signature Residence 1008
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3 Bedroom Signature Residence 1008

2,906 sqft
From 2’683 USD

A vaulted great room and a library provide two indoor gathering spaces. The sunroom and library also contain the additional sofa beds. Hanging swings furnish...

4 Bedroom Signature Residence 1010
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4 Bedroom Signature Residence 1010

3,132 sqft
From 2’747 USD

High ceilings and hardwood floors run through a home with a great room and an enclosed Carolina room. The Carolina room contains the sleeper sofa,...

4 Bedroom Signature Forest View Residence 1033
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4 Bedroom Signature Forest View Residence 1033

3,132 sqft
From 2’747 USD

Hardwood flooring and high ceilings continue through the great room and enclosed Carolina room. Each bedroom has an en-suite bathroom, and the additional sleeper sofa...

2 Bedroom Magnolia Suite
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2 Bedroom Magnolia Suite

1,250 sqft
From 2’774 USD

The cottage has a sitting area and an enclosed Carolina room. Wooden floors, high ceilings and a walk-in closet are part of the interior. The...

4 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1004
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4 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1004

4,984 sqft
From 2’926 USD

Three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms are in the main house. A library and a sitting room connect to the dining and great room. The house...

4 Bedroom Village Home
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4 Bedroom Village Home

2,099–2,702 sqft
From 3’219 USD

The village home has two storeys, with hardwood floors continuing through its interior. A fireplace sits in the living room, and a dining table provides...

5 Bedroom Wilson Village Home 61
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5 Bedroom Wilson Village Home 61

3,746 sqft
From 3’878 USD

Brick columns frame the home’s Southern design. The three porches include a screened rear space furnished for sitting and dining. Double doors lead from the...

5 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1003
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5 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1003

5,726 sqft
From 4’207 USD

A vaulted ceiling rises over the great room, and a large screened porch extends the gathering space outside. Five en-suite bathrooms have marble finishes. Some...

5 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1002
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5 Bedroom Lagoon Signature Residence 1002

5,167 sqft
From 4’207 USD

A sitting room with a sofa bed lies beside the great room, and the dining room provides another gathering space. The primary suite has a...

5 Bedroom Moreland Village Home 5570
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5 Bedroom Moreland Village Home 5570

3,197 sqft
From 4’251 USD

The corner-lot home has three porches and a separate living room. A fifth bedroom stands in an adjacent carriage house, with an en-suite bathroom and...

Rooms in the Main Inn have the most direct relationship with the central hotel building. Forest View Inn King Rooms combine hardwood floors and high ceilings with a small conversation area. Their bathrooms have marble finishes, double vanities, deep soaking tubs and separate showers. Balcony categories add furnished outdoor space facing either the forest or the lagoon.

The Guest Houses are separate, classically Southern buildings along the inland waterways or near the River House Pool. Lagoon Guest House rooms have a furnished terrace or balcony and a sitting area with an L-shaped sofa. The poolside rooms occupy the Sabal Guest House near Village Green, River House and Wilson Village, giving them a different setting from the Main Inn.

A River View Cottage puts the screened porch at the center of the room's appeal. Inside are a conversation area with a gas fireplace, wood flooring and a wet bar with a refrigerator. An outdoor fire pit extends the space beyond the porch. Lagoon and Forest View Cottages offer other outlooks within the same Southern cottage tradition.

The two-bedroom Magnolia Cottage has an enclosed Carolina Room, a sitting area with a fireplace and two marble bathrooms. The wider residential collection includes two- to five-bedroom homes with kitchens and generous living areas in Wilson and Moreland villages. These are individual houses with their own layouts, rather than larger versions of a standard hotel room.

Octagon Bar & Gathering Place is inside the Inn, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with contemporary interpretations of Carolina cooking. Its octagonal bar gives the room a natural gathering point. Floor-to-ceiling windows look toward the Inn Backyard and inland waterways, while local art adds a regional presence beyond the food on the table.

River House has a more intimate waterfront setting, with steaks, seafood and seasonal ingredients at the center of dinner. An oversized hearth anchors the dining room, and tall windows frame the May River and oak trees. The restaurant also has two private dining rooms, the Bourbon Room and Veranda Room, for smaller gatherings within the larger venue.

Below River House, Hush on the Bluff uses a discreet entrance, low lighting and cozy seating to create its speakeasy setting. Bourbon and rye are central to its spirits collection. This is a distinct bar in its own right, with a different scale and mood from the open dining room above.

Buffalos serves American classics in Wilson Village with May River views. Near the Inn Family Pool, Fore & Aft follows a Mexican-inspired menu, including tacos and salads, beside the lagoon. The two restaurants make the geography of the resort tangible: one belongs to the village center, the other to a poolside stretch of inland water.

Casual stops have their own character, too. Buzz serves coffee, handcrafted drinks and house-made pastries, while Melt is the resort's ice cream shop. Flame turns a vintage 1950s Mack fire truck into a pizza kitchen, serving hand-tossed pizzas and Italian favorites. The vehicle is as specific to the dining scene as any of the permanent restaurant rooms.

The May River is a tidal saltwater waterway with dolphins, shrimp and oysters among its marine life. Its creeks and surrounding Lowcountry habitats are part of the resort's outdoor experience. A naturalist excursion brings attention to wildlife and plants, giving the water and woodland more context than a scenic boat ride alone.

Kayaking, paddleboarding and fishing offer different ways onto the river, alongside dolphin tours and yacht cruises. The resort also describes private charters and boat ecotours. These experiences use the same landscape seen from the cottages and restaurant windows, but reveal it at water level, with marsh edges and wildlife closer at hand.

The three pools have separate settings. The Inn Family Pool faces the inland waterway near Fore & Aft. In Wilson Village, the River House Pool is a lap-style infinity pool overlooking the river. The Spa Pool has maritime forest views. Their surroundings distinguish them as much as their shapes, with a choice of lagoon, river or wooded outlook.

The Jack Nicklaus Signature May River Golf Course carries the Lowcountry landscape into a full round. Live oaks, native grasses and river views shape the course, which measures 7,171 yards and plays to par 72. Its fairways and waterside holes give golf a substantial place in the resort, beyond a practice green or a short recreational loop.

Crossroads adds a contrasting nine-hole course by King-Collins, with dune ridges and changes in elevation. Multiple tee positions allow different lengths, and the layout encourages varied shot-making. Having two courses gives golf here more range: the long May River round and the smaller, flexible Crossroads layout each have their own terrain and playing character.

Spa Montage has 13 treatment rooms and a couples' suite, with the waterways and oak trees continuing outside. Its separate men's and women's spa areas contain redwood saunas, eucalyptus steam rooms, whirlpools and cold-plunge pools. Relaxation rooms have fireplaces, giving the indoor spaces a residential note that echoes the cottages and homes elsewhere on the property.

The heated outdoor lap pool looks toward maritime forest, while a movement studio and a fitness center provide space for exercise. Cardio equipment and a weight area support independent workouts. The arrangement gives the spa a role beyond individual treatments, with bathing, movement and places to sit forming distinct parts of the facility.

Paintbox is the resort's children's program, with arts, crafts, games and Lowcountry-inspired activities. Alongside it, the family offerings include fishing charters and guided naturalist experiences. The emphasis extends beyond indoor play: the same river, trees and trails that define the resort's setting also provide material for shared activities.

The Behind the Bluff Bike Tour follows scenic trails and historic landmarks to a five-story treehouse. It is a concrete expression of Palmetto Bluff's outdoor life, with a bicycle route linking the village landscape to a structure built for looking outward. Beneath the live oaks, the tour's treehouse adds a vertical landmark to a place otherwise defined by porches, paths and water.

Why we love this hotel

Why we love this hotel

A private couples suite allows adults to book side-by-side spa treatments, giving you a way to share time at the spa.

Buffalos serves American classics overlooking the May River, providing a waterfront setting for lunch or dinner without an excursion away from the resort.

The heated Inn Family Pool welcomes all ages, giving families a shared swimming option alongside the resort's separate adults-only spa pool.

Location of Montage Palmetto Bluff

477 Mt Pelia Rd, Bluffton, SC 29910, United States

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What to Know About Montage Palmetto Bluff

Is Montage Palmetto Bluff a good luxury resort?

Yes. Montage Palmetto Bluff is a strong choice for travelers who want Lowcountry luxury on the May River. The resort combines Southern style, cottages, residences, golf, spa, dining, outdoor pursuits, river scenery, and space to slow down.

Where is Montage Palmetto Bluff located?

Montage Palmetto Bluff is located at 477 Mount Pelia Road in Bluffton, South Carolina. The resort sits between the nearby island resort area and Savannah, along the May River in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

What makes Montage Palmetto Bluff special?

Montage Palmetto Bluff is set within a vast Lowcountry community known for river views, forests, trails, and village-style charm. Guests choose it for space, Southern hospitality, outdoor activities, golf, cottages, dining, spa time, and a calm natural setting.

How large is Palmetto Bluff?

Palmetto Bluff is widely described as a 20,000-acre Lowcountry community along the May River. The scale gives guests room for biking, boating, walking, golf, nature watching, and quiet time away from crowded resort areas.

How many accommodations does Montage Palmetto Bluff have?

Montage Palmetto Bluff is commonly listed with about 200 rooms, suites, cottages, and residences. The mix gives guests choices from inn-style rooms to private cottages and larger residential layouts.

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