Nowak House - Lopez Island's One of a Kind Intimate Getaway

• Nowak House

  Nowak House

  • Guest Linda
  • Date of stay 09/06/12
  • Review Submitted 09/09/12
  My husband and I stayed at the Nowak house for 2 nights. It was perfect, we enjoyed amazing sunsets and sunrises.. I had forgotten how amazing a sky filled with stars and no street lights to distract from the brightness of them could be. I also loved seeing some of Nowak's glass art, I took pictures of every piece. It is a great place to just get away and relax, to detach from all the business of life. It was my first trip to the San Juan's, so glad we went, Nowak house is a perfect place to stay at, you have all you need to prepare meals and the bed is super comfortable. Really great place to relax! I highly recomend anyone to stay there. I think if we go next time I would bring a puzzle and a frisbee or something just things to relax with..This time we spent a lot of time just watching the landscape change as the sun moved, it was so pretty. Bring good shoes to walk on rocky beaches with. There is a really nice grocery store in Lopez Village as well. We cooked at the house and ate out a few times. It is a great place for a busy couple to just reconnect with each other.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, romantic getaway, age 55+.

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• Beautiful, tranquil, perfectly located

  Beautiful, tranquil, perfectly located

  • Guest Susan and Al
  • Date of stay 07/26/12
  • Review Submitted 08/12/12
  This is a lovely, comfortable house in a perfect location on the south end of Lopez. It is very private and quiet, with long, open views over fields to the west and water, and a small apple orchard on one side. It is furnished comfortably (although we always want more reading light), and the wifi is excellent. One spectacular detail that is not shown in the photos or desciption is a water feature on the patio. A shallow pool contains large rocks from which soothing fountains trickle and bubble, making for a truly tranquil setting. We found the long, sunny, late afternoons and evenings so conducive to reading and relaxing on the patio after being out walking or on some excursion during the day that we never had dinner out. There's a grill, the kitchen works, or take out from a cafe. We highly recommend the Vortex Cafe's great wraps and salads. An excursion for lunch in Friday Harbor (we enjoyed The Bluff at the Friday Harbor House) without the car, on the inter-island ferry, then home to the patio, makes for a lovely day. Walks on Lopez are really rewarding, and the Nowak House has some helpful trail maps and other info in a binder. Notable: Otis Perkins park between beach and bay, to Fisherman's Bay Spit; Watmaugh Bay through old-growth woods opening up to a beautiful crescent beach between high bluffs; Point Colville bluff trails, near Watmaugh Bay; Iceberg Point. Lots of harbor seals/sea lions to be seen off Iceberg Point trails, also off Shark's Reef. And Spencer Spit is a fine place for a picnic. We would definitely return to this handsome house.

  Recommended for: Romantic getaway, age 55+.

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• Wow! What a place!

  Wow! What a place!

  • Guest Bill
  • Date of stay 06/04/11
  • Review Submitted 06/20/11
  We spent a week on Lopez Island and in James Nowak's house and it was fantastic! We absolutely love the aesthetics of the house. The place is nearly new, stunningly beautiful, well furnished, and amazingly comfortable for a couple looking for a getaway. The orientation is over beautiful acreage of tall grasses with a view of MacKaye Harbor in the distance. The sunsets seemed to go on forever! Lopez is a wonderful island with a great little village, including the excellent Bay Cafe, Robert's Caffe La Boheme, and Vita's Wildly Delicious, excellent birding, trails for hiking and places to explore. We considered many listings of places in the San Juans and for the price, the quality, and experience, I doubt any other can touch Nowak house. We'd love to go back!

  Recommended for: Adventure seekers, romantic getaway.

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• Perfect Getaway!

  Perfect Getaway!

  • Guest mosten
  • Date of stay 03/29/10
  • Review Submitted 04/24/10
  Nowak House was even more than I expected! The house and furnishings were stunning and the view down to the bay was picturesque. Despite the chilly spring weather, I wasmore than happy to curl up in the patio chair with a blanket and glass of vino to watch the sunset, joined by a trio of bald eagles flying overhead. The island is full of trails that lead to the bays, bluffs and wooded areas....don't miss out on Shark Reef and Iceberg Point. The pastoral tranquility of the island was soothing to the soul; I would highly recommend Nowak House to those who are looking for a slow paced and relaxing getaway in a magical corner of the country!

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, romantic getaway, age 55+.

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Additional information about rental rates

In addition to rental rates a $50 dollar cleaning fee will be added for each reservation.

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