Located On The Thinnest Part Of The Barrier Island. Step Out To The Beach !

We had a great time spending one week here with my two eight year olds. It is tiny, but you couldn't ask for a better location with just a short stroll to the beach. It worked well with just the four of us and had everything we needed to have a relaxed family beach vacation.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at this house. I brought my two young children (5 and 2) and my mom for a beach vacation and the location of this house made going to the beach with young kids very easy. It is truly just steps from the water. It is located on a great stretch of beach that is very quiet.

The house is decorated very nicely and everything was very clean.

I would recommend this house to anyone that wanted an easy, quiet, beautiful beach vacation.

The only advice I would give is to be sure you bring EVERYTHING you need because there is not extras like beach towels or plastic wrap to cover leftover food with. Beyond that, 5+ stars!!

Beautiful sunrise out the front door on the Bay, but you can't really sit and drink coffee and watch it as there isn't a place to sit. Cottage has a nice kitchen. The two big bedrooms share the same bathroom, we chose to use the second bathroom for my husband and I, which is a walk through the kitchen and it wasn't stocked with towels and washcloths. It also doesnt have a real door. The older doorknobs are beautiful and I appreciate someone trying to save them but the one in the bedroom we stayed in would pull off and you couldn't get the door open. If you have really nice mattresses at home the mattresses fall real short. The back patio, the main reason we choose the cottage, has an older building looking right down in it , however it wasn't a problem for us as it is vacant and in terrible shape, but they are starting to work on it . So the back yard which looks private in the pictures is not ! When walking to the beach you must walk right by the vacant, now under construction two story house, which is between the cottage and the beach ! The cottage has been nicely remodeled. It had a clean feeling to me and I have a touch of OCD. The beach is absolutely stunning in that location. It is a shorter walk to the beach there than most places. This cottage will be as nice as you choose to view it. If you are happy with things you'll enjoy it . If your a complainer you'll find things to gripe about ....I would recommend it , but honestly I feel we over paid. There's just a few things that need attention, fixed or replaced.

Our stay at The Pelican Cottage has been wonderful. This is an older beach home that has had a make-over and upgrade in the not too distant past. Being a builder I can appreciate the work that has been done and the imagination to retain the old history of the cottage while incorporating a new look. We are not a couple that needs high end accommodations and this property has been our ideal spot. Walk out the back door to the gulf beach, watch the dolphins feeding on the inland waterway across the road while sipping morning coffee and being able to walk to excellent dining spots and bars- perfect! Bruce is so easy to work with and we've loved our stay!