Martyrs, stay away from the new Grande Dunes community in Myrtle Beach. This place is for people who like to play. Tee off on the 7,618-yard golf course. Walk for miles along the Atlantic beach. Proceed with a glass of iced tea at home, in one of six planned Mediterranean-style villages.
Beach life is peaceful and fun.
So are the people who live here. Photo Courtesy of Grande Dunes U.S. 17 will take you down the length of the Carolina coast. It's been traveled by horse and coach, paralleled by trains, and now by cars of modern-day explorers. Cross the border at Calabash, where a row of seafood restaurants beckons, into North Myrtle Beach. This is the birthplace of Vanna White and, more historically, the still popular shag dance.