Flagship Hotel Over the Water

The Flagship Hotel was destroyed during Hurricane Ike. Where it once stood is now the Pleasure Pier. The phone number is now to a very well respected home builder on the island. more

The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is great. We stayed there this past weekend and had tons of fun. The staff was very nice and accommodating. We asked for some extra stuff and it didn't come after a couple of hours so I went back down to ask again. Well the manager was there and he said he would get right on it and have it brought up. Sure enough about 10 minutes later it was there. This hotel is the only hotel on the island that is built out over the water. It has a fishing pier that you can fish off of 24 hours a day and we took advantage of that. It's a lot of fun to stay here. It's right smack in the middle of Seawall Blvd. so you can walk to pretty much anything. The only things I would have to say about this hotel that isn't great is that it needs to be updated a little. The elevators are a little rough and some of the walls need painting but other than that it is great. I will be staying there again in the near future. I'm going back down in a few months. The views from any of the rooms are spectacular and the hotel has been remodeled some recently. The sheets are nice and clean and the rooms are a very good size. We were in the room with two double beds and it also had a chair and ottoman. Well we added a roll away bed and it was also a double. The three beds fit great and there was still room left over. This hotel isn't the most luxurious but it is more than worth the money. And there are 2 large topless mermaids outside of the building. I even have pictures from the stay there and of the mermaids. more

An interesting idea, place a hotel out on the water. Not close to the beach, but actually out in the gulf on a concrete pier. The views are spectacular, and the hotel has recently been remodeled, which only adds to the lure of this hotel. It's a comfortable hotel with clean linens and a good amount of space to relax in. Bottom Line: Not the most luxurious, but certainly worth the money. Bring the kids and stay a while. Just be forewarned, there are 2 large, topless mermaids on the outside of the building. more