My husband and I have stayed at both places. We found that Sunset at the Palms was very nice, but too far away from the 7 mile beach. We hated having to cross the street to the beach. We've stayed at Country Country twice, and loved both times. Its so close to everything, breakfast is awesome, and Security is great at keeping the beach vendors at bay. You only have to walk about 50 steps to the beach!! You'll love it.