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Gumbo Bungalow: Private Heated Pool w/ Swim-up Bar, Volleyball, Ping Pong

Family-friendly holiday home in Pensacola Beach with an outdoor pool

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Pool
Interior
Interior
Private kitchen
Dining

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
5 bedrooms4 bathroomsSleeps 18

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Air conditioning
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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Gulf Breeze, FL
  • Place, Pensacola Beach Beaches
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Opal Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Santa Rosa Sound
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Airport, Pensacola, FL (PNS-Pensacola Intl.)
    ‪30 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 18)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 King Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

2 Queen Beds

Bedroom 5

2 Queen Beds

4 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 3

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 4

Outdoor shower

Spaces

Deck or patio
Outdoor shower
Kitchen
Balcony
Dining area

About this property

Gumbo Bungalow: Private Heated Pool w/ Swim-up Bar, Volleyball, Ping Pong

Gumbo Bungalow

Impeccably maintained & stocked with all the perks. This home sits on a large corner lot (130' x 105') adjacent to a 50' easement which offers great views & access to both Gulf & Sound. There is a sidewalk & boardwalk that deliver you the very short distance (approx. 100') to the emerald waters & sugary white sand of the Gulf.

Please note that the two levels of the home are not accessible with an interior stariway. You will find exterior stairways in both the front yard (driveway) and backyard (pool area) with doorways and easy access.
This setup does not work for all family dynamics, but we love it as it provides a separation of spaces, and places to escape, during a long comingling week at the beach.

The gathering area provides vinyl plank flooring, granite counters, plantation shutters, vaulted ceiling & a large flatscreen wall mount television. There is meal seating for 15 including both dining table & breakfast bar.

Stepping through the french doors from the family room onto the large balcony outside you are immediately wowed by the main attraction of this home. The large gunite saltwater pool allows enjoyment for all ages. There is a spacious 1' landing perfect for the toddles to play, two in pool staircases providing easy entry, bench seating as well as the swim-up bar provides multiple seating areas. Jump out of the pool and enjoy a game of volleyball or badminton on the grass court, or try your hand at horseshoes. Sunbathe on the pool deck, gaze out at the ocean views from the upper deck, or take shelter from the sun on the lower shaded patio which is great for hiding from the sun and playing in the sand with bucket and shovel in hand. This is also the spot to fire up the charcoal grill for the family cookout, which is adjacent to the homes additional recreation space with ping pong table.
. . . Simply amazing.

KITCHEN:
Coffee Makers (automatic drip)
Dishes, Glasses & Utensils
Pots, Pans & Cookware
Toaster
Griddle
Blenders
Mixer
Crockpot
Fryer

DINING:
8 Top Table Seating
7 Top Bar Seating
Toddler Highchair

5 BEDROOMS:
Bedroom 1 - 1 King Bed, 1 oversized Chase Lounge
Bedroom 2 - 1 King Bed
Bedroom 3 - 1 Queen Bed
Bedroom 4 - 1 Queen Bed, Twin over Queen Bunk
Bedroom 5 - 1 Queen Bed, Twin over Queen Bunk
There are 2 twin roll-away beds and 1 pack-n-play which can be used in many places.

4 BATHROOMS:
Bathroom 1 - 2 Single Vanities, Toilet, Dual Head Shower
Bathroom 2 - Single Vanity, Toilet, Tub/Shower Combo
Bathroom 3 - 2 Single Vanities, Toilet, Tub/Shower Combo
Bathroom 4 - Outdoor Hot/Cold Privacy SHOWER ONLY

Keywords: Beach House

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Amenities

Pool
Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Free WiFi
Air conditioning

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a deadlock

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts

About the area

Pensacola Beach

Located in Toilla Segunda, a neighbourhood in Pensacola Beach, this holiday home is near theme parks and near the beach. Fort Pickens and The Old Quina House Museum are local landmarks, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Navarre Beach and Gulf Islands National Seashore. Travelling with kids? Consider Water Warrior and Wall South. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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Gulf Breeze, FL

What's nearby

  • Pensacola Beach Beaches - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Opal Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Santa Rosa Sound - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Pensacola Beach Boardwalk - 4 min drive - 3.1 km
  • Fort Pickens - 18 min drive - 15.9 km

Getting around

  • Pensacola Station - 25 min drive
  • Pensacola, FL (PNS-Pensacola Intl.) - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Flounder's Chowder House - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Crabs We Got 'em! - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Hilton - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Dock - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Sidelines Sports Bar & Restaurant - ‬4 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does Gumbo Bungalow: Private Heated Pool w/ Swim-up Bar, Volleyball, Ping Pong have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool. Pool types include heated pools.

Is Gumbo Bungalow: Private Heated Pool w/ Swim-up Bar, Volleyball, Ping Pong pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Gumbo Bungalow: Private Heated Pool w/ Swim-up Bar, Volleyball, Ping Pong?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Gumbo Bungalow: Private Heated Pool w/ Swim-up Bar, Volleyball, Ping Pong?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Gumbo Bungalow: Private Heated Pool w/ Swim-up Bar, Volleyball, Ping Pong?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Gumbo Bungalow: Private Heated Pool w/ Swim-up Bar, Volleyball, Ping Pong located?

This family-friendly Pensacola Beach holiday home is located by the sea, within a 5-minute walk of Opal Beach and Pensacola Beach Beaches. Pensacola Beach Boardwalk and Santa Rosa Sound are also within 3 miles (5 km).

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 63 out of 98 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 21 out of 98 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 98 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 98 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 98 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

8.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Joe K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Awesome backyard area! Great for entertaining.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The property was great! Plenty of room for the 9 of us that stayed. The pool was fantastic! Quiet location with a very quiet beach which was great. We all had a great time
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

April M.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
House was good needs some tlc and security gate for pool we had small children and a gate on deck would have been great. Housekeeping could improve but not terrible needs maintenance repairs on small items but nothing that hindered our stay. There’s not much to do in the area so if you are looking for activities this area doesn’t offer much
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Scarlet B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
My family and I stayed August 2025. The house upstairs was wonderful. There were plenty of pots and pans and a coffee pot. The place was lovely. There were chairs and items to use for the beach downstairs under the covered area. The downstairs did have a bug spray smell when we got there and it finally did go away. I believe the downstairs does need another humidifier in the other room as well but my older kids/family did enjoy it. The Pool area was the BEST. We utilized it every day. When we weren't at the beach we were in the pool. You just walked out the gate and went right and straight on the path to the beach. It was great. I loved sitting out on the deck in the morning with my coffee and taking it all in. It was a Wonderful trip. Stephanie was the BEST host. She got back to me every time I had a question. Couldn't have asked for a Better Place to Stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joli B.

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

Great amenities and location.

Great house and location. The house was perfect for our large group.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Kelly R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The house worked well for our family. Eight adults and four kids. The pool design is fantastic. Easy access to the beach. The beach is great! The downstairs rooms are not as nice as the upstairs rooms, but hey when you’re accommodating a lot of people and kids, it’s fine. Appreciated greatly the pool toys and beach toys and chairs as we arrived by airplane. Towels provided are great. Beds are good.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Patrick B.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness

Camp Benvenutti

The kids loved the pool, once I got it cooled down. It’s directly in the sun and has to have some kind of shade sail and fountains to cool it down. Very inexpensive to to install, This allowed us to enjoy the big pool with all of the kids. Great location, right on the sidewalk to the beach and all of our family members, that we’re staying at the fancy houses on the beach front. We loved the vibe. Needs a through deep cleaning, not a deal breaker. Great memories were made.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Kerry M.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Gumbo House Review July 2025

The house has a great location and a decent pool. The house had not been cleaned properly when we arrived. In general the house is rundown. The area outside under the decking was dirty as well. There were a lot of bugs. The owner did call in an exterminator which did help. The owner did call in repairment to fix a plumbing leak and the HVAC failure. I would never rent this place again.
Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Melinda P.

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

Nice Place

We loved the pool and location to beach.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Conrad K.

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

Fantastic!!!!

We loved staying here. Our family gathered here from Florida, Texas, and Colorado and we all had a great time and have already started talking and planning our next vacation.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Cheryl S.

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

Best Christmas Ever

We loved our stay at the Gumbo Bungalow!Super easy to check in, lots of great things to do in the area.So close to the beach and plenty of amenities to make our stay comfortable. Even included everything we needed for our 1 year old grandson.The pool was fabulous, our grandchildren and young adults alike swam every day.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laurie & Mike S.

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

Great!

Loved Gumbo Bungalow! Perfect location close to beach with tons to entertain the kids. Pool was a hit. They all want to go back!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Samantha R.

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

Wonderful house

House was perfect for everything we needed for a perfect family vacation.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Heather H.

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

Gumbo Bungalow was fantastic - exactly what my family needed for Christmas!

Three days of family fun - definitely not enough time! Gumbo Bungalow was clean, comfy, and cozy and we hope to stay there again soon!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Graduation Weekend

We had a great family weekend for UWF graduation. The pool was a highlight for the kiddos and very nicely heated to allow for cold weather swimming! Downstairs did need some airing out due to misty smell but did not affect the trip or ability to sleep. I would definitely stay again!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicole C.

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

Great House

We have a lovely time swimming and visiting for my birthday celebration weekend. The house was plenty big to host everyone! Thank you so much!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cade H.

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

Gumbo Bunglow

Great place perfect location! The owner was fantastic about being responsive and answering our groups questions! Would 100% stay here again!
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Rachel R.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy
The location and communication with the owner was excellent. The amenities for the beach, pool,and baby was great. It was enough for 3 babies. The downside was the disrepair of some of the things on the property. Broken steps, broken faucets, doors missing, back door on main level and back door on bottom level is not able to shut completely without a lot of force, centipedes in the basement bedrooms (they did send someone to spray while we were here)along with a mildew smell. The basement bedrooms are more like a Sleepaway camp than nice bedrooms. A lot of lightbulbs like 10 were not working. They did quickly send out a plumber to fix the faucet issue and drop off lightbulbs, but there was also shower doors that weren’t able to open or shut, drawer fronts missing etc. anda smelly couch cushion. The owner was so great though that I’m sure that had she been aware of these issues prior she would have repaired them. Overall, we absolutely loved the location and it felt like a private beach with quick easy access. We didn’t have to hunt around to find a good opening spot to get to the beach. The kitchen easily was set up to feed our large family We just wished for the price that a few more things had been attended to.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lyne B.

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

Gumbo House

The host was helpful and quick to respond to questions. The location was great, just a short walk to the beach. The heated pool was a huge hit!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Valeria N.

Liked: Check-in, location
Disliked: Communication, listing accuracy

3 Bedroom only!

Listed as 5 br. Nope! Ur charged full price but the downstairs is bug infested damp no lights unsafe (doors not sturdy) unfinished GARAGE with yard sale beds. The bunk was so shaky the 4yo was scared it would collapse. No access to the house without going outside. Location excellent. Nice pool but heated by sun only. No reply from host except charging the card. Beware
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul B.

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

Florida vaca

The back yard was amazing! Loved the house!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tammy K.

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

Perfect

Everything was great, will be staying again. Hostess was fantastic.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Beth S.

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

Beautiful Location for A Relaxing Stay

This was a ladies retreat with mostly senior citizens The accommodation s were great, but we had some challenges with lighting and it would have been wonderful to have a rail for the pool. The host was amazing! She responded very quickly and the things we needed to know wete posted for everyone to see. It was a perfect location and the hpuse is beautiful!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dana B.

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

Great Spring Break!

We had a wonderful experience at the Gumbo Bungalow. Kitchen was well stocked, the layout of the house worked well for different members of the group, and the pool/yard was great. Thank you!
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Anita L.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Comfortable and close to the beach!

Overall we enjoyed our stay, house was comfortable and clean, besides some issues with bedding but it got worked out. Property manager was easy to communicate with. The outside could use some TLC. But close to the beach, pool was fun and clean. Definitely recommend and would stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

About the host

Hosted by Stephany Smith

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Gumbo Bungalow is more than a vacation rental as it is our vacation home! We want families to build memories during their trips to Pensacola Beach and Gumbo Bungalow. This is why our commitment matches that which we want our own vacation experience to be and our goal is to make Gumbo Bungalow THE vacation spot. We are always a text or phone call away.

Why they chose this property

Gumbo Bungalow is the perfect mix of Beach Life and quiet neighborhood that is simply hard to find along the Gulf of Mexico and it's amazing beaches. No busy hotel or hi-rise condo traffic along this stretch of beach. And Gumbo Bungalow is adjacent to a public easement allowing such easy access directly to the beach and over the sand dune that isn't found many places along Pensacola Beach.

What makes this property unique

An amazing backyard of family activities for those of all ages. A large gunite saltwater pool with toddler area, bench seating along the edges and the same depth at both ends provides the perfect opportunity for a game of volleyball the entire family can enjoy. The horseshoes alley as well as a grass Volleyball/Badminton court provide entertainment for the teens. There are decks to lounge and view the ocean, those around the pool for basking in the sun, and a lower patio for the ages who wish to hide from those bright Florida rays. On the patio is a recreation area with Ping Pong table and a variety of sand and pool toys. You will be amazed at how often you actually forget to make that easy jaunt to the beach because of all the fun to be had at the house. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT CHARGE EXTRA TO HEAT THE POOL, BUT WE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO HEAT THE POOL DURING JANUARY & FEBRUARY.

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