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Island Gem- 4 BR! | Golf Cart Accessible Boardwalk

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A porch with blue furniture, a white picket fence, and a view of a street with palm trees.
A kitchen with white cabinets, a central island, wooden chairs, and pendant lighting.
A coastal residential area with houses, a swimming pool, and palm trees.
A modern kitchen with white cabinets, a stainless steel refrigerator, a wooden dining table with blue chairs, and a ceiling fan.
A spacious living room with a beige sectional sofa, a coffee table, and a ceiling fan.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Family fun awaits
    Top-rated for families.
  • Outdoor pool
    The outdoor pool is a refreshing retreat under the open sky - a rare gem in this area.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near Mustang Island Beach

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Outdoor pool
  • Barbecue grill
  • Air conditioning
  • Washer
  • Refrigerator

Explore the area

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Port Aransas, TX
  • Place, Mustang Island Beach
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, Port Aransas Beach
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Place, Whitecap Beach
    ‪24 min drive‬
  • Airport, Rockport, TX (RKP-Aransas County)
    ‪92 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Bedroom 1

2 Twin Bunk Beds

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed

3 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Kitchen
Office
Balcony
Garden

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About the neighborhood

Port Aransas

Located in Port Aransas, this vacation home is near the beach. Port Aransas Museum and Rialto Theater are cultural highlights, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Palmilla Beach Golf Club and Fisherman's Wharf. Traveling with kids? Consider Roberts Point Park and Aransas Pass Aquatic Center. Discover the area's water adventures with fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with horse riding.
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Map
Port Aransas, TX

What's nearby

  • Mustang Island Beach - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Port Aransas Beach - 10 min drive - 9.0 km
  • Whitecap Beach - 24 min drive - 29.2 km
  • North Padre Island Beach - 25 min drive - 30.3 km
  • Hilliard Center - 48 min drive - 68.9 km

Getting around

  • Rockport, TX (RKP-Aransas County) - 42 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Whataburger - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Port A Pizzeria - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Shore Cafe - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Fins Grill & Icehouse - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Bier Haus - ‬6 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does Island Gem- 4 BR! | Golf Cart Accessible Boardwalk have a pool?

Yes, this property has a pool.

How much does it cost to stay at Island Gem- 4 BR! | Golf Cart Accessible Boardwalk?

As of Oct 26, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Island Gem- 4 BR! | Golf Cart Accessible Boardwalk on Jan 18, 2027 start from $471, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is Island Gem- 4 BR! | Golf Cart Accessible Boardwalk pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking?

Onsite parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Island Gem- 4 BR! | Golf Cart Accessible Boardwalk?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Island Gem- 4 BR! | Golf Cart Accessible Boardwalk?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Island Gem- 4 BR! | Golf Cart Accessible Boardwalk located?

This family-friendly Port Aransas vacation home is located by the sea, within 2 mi (3 km) of Mustang Island Beach and Palmilla Beach Golf Club. Port Aransas Beach and Roberts Point Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labeled.
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 82 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Very clean and spacious. Great location to the beach. We will rent here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Sep 28, 2026
Thank you for the kind review! We’re glad you enjoyed the clean, spacious home and its location near the beach. We’d love to host you again!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This was a great family trip and a great place to stay! The host was very prompt in their communication throughout our stay. The location was perfect to entertain the whole family, minutes from the beach and all the attractions. We will be back again and hope to stay here again. This home was perfect to bring together families with plenty of bathrooms and gathering spots outside and inside. What made it best for us is the accessibility and having bedrooms downstairs for grandparents.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 11, 2026
Thank you, Isabel! So glad our home worked well for your family — especially that the downstairs bedrooms helped the grandparents and that the extra bathrooms and gathering spots made things easy. Appreciate the shout-out about our quick communication and the convenient location. We’d love to host you again next time you’re in the area. Safe travels!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Plenty of space for parking. Nice & friendly neighborhood. Walk to the beach was easy. The house is cutely decorated, clean & spacious. We had 5 adults & 3 children & never felt crowded. The dining table was large enough to sit everyone. The covered back patio catches a breeze & also has 2 large ceiling fans, so sitting outside was quite pleasant, even on a hot July day. We used the charcoal grill 3 nights in a row. Very nice place to stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 13, 2026
Thanks so much for the great review! We're glad the parking, friendly neighborhood, and easy walk to the beach worked well. Happy the house felt clean and roomy for your whole group, the dining table fit everyone, and the covered back patio with fans kept things comfortable — sounds like the grill was a hit too. Hope to welcome you back sometime. Safe travels!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Need more towels. Great place. Kitchen well stocked
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Very comfortable. Plenty of space for the whole family with all the amenities. Great kitchen a a private backyard and patio.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay!

Enjoyed the house. It had everything we needed. Clean and nicely decorated. We will definitely be back.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

Beds not very comfortable but we knew that going in. Still great place to stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We loved staying here! We walked to the beach with our kiddos across the boardwalk. The neighborhood is really nice with a pool a couple of houses down. We appreciated the beach wagon and extra boogie boards. Waves Coffee shop in Port A is amazing. I love Seafood and Spaghetti works. Also Tortuga has delicious food.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome House

The house was perfect for our needs and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The beds were not the most comfortable but worked for a week long stay. Would highly recommend a golf cart for the distance to the boardwalk.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great

Clean and relaxed feeling
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Nice home in a good community

Rented this property with two other families, and had plenty of room. Everything was in good working condition and as described. Good location with a nice boardwalk that will accommodate golf carts. Overall, a great experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Girls weekend

The house was decorated beautifully, very clean, close to beach, & Port Aransas amenities. The downside is there were gnats in the kitchen, the water pressure wasn’t very good, & hard time figuring out the stove & oven. But all in all a great place to stay. Would go again!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family weekend

This was a great house large enough for our family. Having read other reviews, we did rent a golf cart to make it easier to bring a 2 year old to the beach. Loved the open concept and the backyard to hang out in the late afternoon. We used the neighborhood pool a couple of times and it was just down a couple of houses. We would stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house

Spacious and clean AC did not work and new AC unit was placed the day after we arrived (in a timely manner)
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very nice place!.

The process for renting the property was seamless. Check in and out were very easy! Very clean property overall. We were a little disappointed that the walk to the boardwalk was a bit longer than it was perceived in the listing. I would recommend a golf cart for aging adults. Thanks for the memories that we made!!
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great House

We all had such a great time staying here. The house was clean and in a great location. Plenty of room for everyone to be comfortable and not be bumping into one another. The walk in shower in the master was great, the only thing I would say was a downfall was the bed in the master bedroom was extremely uncomfortable. Everything else was absolutely amazing tho! The check-in/check-out process was very easy as well. We would definitely recommend this home and will be staying again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Feb 2, 2024
Thank you for the review and we are very happy you enjoyed your stay! We appreciate the notification for the mattress in the master bedroom. We have since replaced the master and second bedroom with brand new Therapedic mattresses. We look forward to hosting you once again!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful home!

Our family loved this home. It was close to the beach, offered plenty of space, & was in a quite neighborhood! You will need to bring some of your own supplies though as they only give you 1 of everything. Here are some things you will need.. trash bags, paper towels, laundry soap, & beach towels. The beds were not the comfiest & wish they had atleast 1 king bed in the house. Very clean home though!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Home!

The house is very pretty and clean. We would definitely stay here again! Just some notes for those planning to come stay: pack extra paper towels for sure and a few tall kitchen trash bags. There was plenty of dish soap and dishwasher pods were provided as well. There was a new sponge and several dish towels. There was an ironing board but no iron. The queen beds are comfortable but creaked - the guest bedroom downstairs creaked loudly every time you moved, and the master bedroom bed creaked loudly getting out. We had kids ages 5-15 in the bunk beds and they said they were comfortable. The kitchen is well stocked. If you plan to do a lot of cooking, you should bring some good knives. There is one steak knife, and a couple of larger knives but that’s it. The stovetop is great, but the oven is so confusing! It’s a convection oven and there are instructions but not clear at all. The management company is fantastic! We had several questions the first day and they sent someone over immediately 2 different times - were there within 5 to 10 minutes! Highly recommend this house!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
1st impression upon arrival was noticing the frontyard had not been cut in "a while", nor the backyard.Inside the property was nicely decorated.There was plenty of dishes in kitchen, but no instructions for using the M/W or oven.The pillows & mattresses varied in terms of being too firm or too soft.There was a total of 6 adults & 4 children which the property accommodated fine (bed-wise), but there was only 6 bath towels & no wash cloths avaliable. The cleaning committee delivered another 6 bath towels 24hrs after arrival.The washer/dryer/fridge worked well.The tvs were not easily usuable, as we had to log into our home services(apps), ... there were 2 tv remotes in the master bedroom (never got it to work), ...4 remotes in the den/living area, ...etc!The back yard was overgrown but didn’t have "goat-head" stickers as the front yard had, thus 'ouch' on bare feet.There was an outdoor shower on the side of the house that we didn't know existed until the 3rd day there. All in all?Accommodations were ok.The outside grill was charcoal vs propane, thus a bag of charcoal was provided but no lighter fluid.After using it to grill hotdogs & burgers I had to scrub it, ie, leaving it better than the way I found it, else being charged extra upon checkout.We might be back since we now know all the quirks.It would be nice to know the floor layout as well as the neighborhood layout, ie, where the pools are located, ...where the boardwalk to the beach is located, etc!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Home

The home was beautiful and clean. We loved how close we were to both the pool and the beach. We will be staying here again!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy

A great time at the Island Gem in Royal Sands in Port Aransas

A very nice house but just a few small issues - one of the big frying pan drawers in the kitchen was not connected to the drawer glider on the right side - there should have been an additional paper towel along with tissues and trash bags - the picture on your website leads you to believe the pool is right behind the house, however the pool pictured is in the adjacent community
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great fit for 3 families

The house was very clean and well stocked as advertised. Check in/church out very simple. The back yard is perfect for grilling and playing corn hole (both provided). The oven is weird and we didn't find the instructions until we were cleaning up the last day, but that's on us (look in the pantry). The house is very close to the pool and not a bad walk to the beach. However, I would highly recommend renting a golf cart for trekking all your things down to the beach - makes life a lot easier when kids are involved. Board walk is designed to allow golf carts. Overall it was a great stay. Look forward to going back.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good location, easy beach access

House was as pictured and in print. House was very clean. The decor was comfy, beachy. Not to cluttered! The kitchen had pretty much everything to cook a meal (blender was broken so no drinks). Small charcoal grill was adequate. The back porch was as pictured, little more worn but it is the beach! Furniture was ok. Bathrooms were nice. Only negative would be the upstairs beds. The queen bed was not comfortable at all and noise when you move! The bunk beds in kids room were also not comfortable. Metal pieces in middle made the beds hard to sleep on. We used blankets to pad them. Rest of house was nice and would book again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay

Fun time in Port A at this place. Went off of prior reviews and rented a buggy, brought extra toiletries, etc. Loved having coffee on the back patio in the mornings.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect family beach spot

The house was located in a great, clean, small neighborhood with easy access to the beach and the neighborhood pool. The house was perfect for large family / multiple families for several days. The downstairs was spacious, the kitchen was large and equipped and the kids bunk room was a perfect spot to let the kids hide out and chill! We will definitely book this beach house again!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022
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