Myrtle Beach Boardwalk
The classic first-stop strip for ocean views, snacks, and easy tourist energy without much planning.
Boardwalk, SkyWheel, and Downtown Beach
Family travel guide
Things to Do in Myrtle Beach with Kids
Myrtle Beach is an easygoing beach week with boardwalk walks, seafood, mini golf, and plenty of repeat beach time. Each choice includes a pace, weather, or access cue for planning with children.
Murrells Inlet MarshWalk
A distinct Grand Strand waterfront outing built around the MarshWalk's dockside restaurants, salt-marsh views, and one of the area's clearest Lowcountry boardwalk settings away from the main beach strip.
Murrells Inlet and Brookgreen Day Trip
Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach
A real family-friendly indoor attraction that works well for weather pivots or a break from full beach time.
Broadway and Central Beach Corridor · Half day
SkyWheel Myrtle Beach
A classic boardwalk attraction that works best as a quick add-on rather than the whole plan.
Boardwalk, SkyWheel, and Downtown Beach
Barefoot Landing
Use a day for shopping, dining, and one attraction farther north.
North Beach, Barefoot, and Grande Dunes
Broadway at the Beach
Keep this in the plan when everyone wants something different.
Broadway and Central Beach Corridor
Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show
A major Myrtle Beach family entertainment attraction built around the waterfront pirate-show setting, themed architecture, and one of the area's clearest all-ages evening experiences beyond rides and beach time.
North Beach, Barefoot, and Grande Dunes
Myrtle Beach State Park
Myrtle Beach State Park is a calmer counterweight to the more built-up parts of town.
South Beach, State Park, and Market Common · Half day
Brookgreen Gardens
Brookgreen Gardens is a Myrtle Beach-area cultural outing built around sculpture-lined garden paths, live oaks, and one of the Grand Strand's clearest refined landscape attractions beyond the beach.
Murrells Inlet and Brookgreen Day Trip
The Carolina Opry
A strong outdoors counterpoint that broadens the destination beyond its existing urban and ticketed anchors. Build it into the day when this is the part of Myrtle Beach visitors would otherwise miss.
Boardwalk, SkyWheel, and Downtown Beach
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
A strong arts addition that fills a genuine gap in Myrtle Beach's current top-attractions mix and works naturally in guides, itineraries, and map recommendations.
Boardwalk, SkyWheel, and Downtown Beach
Confirm current details with Official Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach information before departure.
Travel conditions, access, and reservations can change. Check official sources close to departure.