South Beach Inn on the Sea offers ocean-front, apartment-style lodging accommodations in the world-famous resort community of Cocoa Beach, Florida, just 20 minutes from the Kennedy Space Center. It is the closest beach to Disney World.

Each of the hotel's 18 apartment units has a private bath and fully equipped kitchen with refrigerator, oven, stove, microwave, cooking utensils, and dishes. Each vacation rental unit also comes with a queen-sized bed. Sofa beds and roll-away beds are available to accommodate additional guests, and there are two-bedroom units that sleep up to six for larger families or groups. The Inn is pet friendly.

Amenities include telephones, television with HBO, and on-site washers and dryers. Complimentary coffee is always available, and there's a large outdoor deck for sunbathing and watching the nearby Kennedy Space Center's monthly space shots. A pavilion with barbecue grills makes cooking outside convenient, while there's a wide selection of restaurants within minutes of the complex.

South Beach Inn on the Sea sits just a stone's throw from the same Atlantic Ocean waves that Cocoa Beach resident Kelly Slater tamed en route to a world championship of surfing. Deep-sea fishing rigs and other fishing charters can be booked year-round, and there are all sorts of cruises that launch from the Cocoa Beach area.

In addition to being 20 minutes from Kennedy Space Center, the South Beach Inn on the Sea is close to the Astronaut Hall of Fame as well as Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, which launches NASA's unmanned rockets.

If you want to watch a launch, you're in luck, because all launches are easily viewed from South Beach Inn's deck.

Perhaps best of all, though, is that Cocoa Beach is the closest beach to Orlando's Disney World. So you can take a day trip to Disney World, inland attractions and spend the night at the beach.