Fodor's Expert Review Sylvia Beach Hotel

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.