Fodor's Expert Review Atlantic Hotel

Family-owned and -operated since 1923, the three-story, H-shaped frame hotel—Ocean City's oldest—is a replacement of the original Victorian hotel, opened on July 4, 1875, that was destroyed as part of the Great Ocean City fire of 1925. The present structure was quickly rebuilt by 1926, its rooms today plainly furnished and decorated just as they were originally, but now with modern comforts, such as private baths and air-conditioning throughout. A rooftop deck affords truly panoramic views over the ocean and the Bay.