Resorts Casino Hotel (Atlantic City, NJ) from $59/Night

Margaritaville-Themed Resort with Contemporary Games and Dining

Towering above the Atlantic Ocean and Atlantic City’s famed boardwalk, Resorts Casino Hotel dazzles with Margaritaville-themed decor. The resort's tropical feel extends to the casino, where bartenders serve island-inspired cocktails. As Atlantic City’s first casino hotel and the first legal casino outside of Las Vegas, Resorts Casino Hotel welcomes guests to its luxurious setting.

With this Getaway, you'll get a $20 dining credit to use at one of the resort's many dining venues. At Capriccio, for example, you can enjoy elegant Italian food amid Old-World lanterns and soaring white columns. You can visit Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville entertainment complex, which contains the Margaritaville Café, the LandShark Bar & Grill, themed gaming areas, the 5 O’Clock Somewhere Casino Bar, and retail shops. For after-hours entertainment, check out Bar One and Margaritaville.
Atlantic City, New Jersey: Casinos and Carnival Rides Lining Historical Beachside Boardwalk

No trip to Atlantic City is complete without a stroll along its signature boardwalk, which stretches for 6 miles along New Jersey's eastern coast. Originally built in 1870 to keep sand out of hotel lobbies, the boardwalk grew in popularity as a place where you could drink and gamble during Prohibition without much trouble from the police, as depicted in HBO's Boardwalk Empire. The boardwalk is still popular for its casinos, but it's family-friendly, too; visitors are just as inclined to sit at the beach or stop at one of the many carnival rides.

On the boardwalk, it's worth it to check out the Absecon Lighthouse, which is more than 150 years old. It's possible to climb its 228 steps to the top, which features sweeping views of the city skyline and the sea. Down at the base, you'll find a replica of the original light keeper's lonely cloister and the collection of sock puppets he created to keep him company.

Proving further that Atlantic City isn't all nightclubs, boardwalk, and casinos is Gardner's Basin, a maritime village along the bay. Here, a community of artisans uses seashells and driftwood to hand-make items such as wind chimes and picture frames. However, the Basin's biggest claim to fame is the 25,000-gallon Atlantic City Aquarium swimming with turtles and rays.