I cannot stress enough how beautifully located this condo is. It's a short walk to the pool and beach. It's also right across the street from some interesting stores, a few good restaurants, bike rental shop, post office, drug store, a convenience store, and a small grocery. The building is more on the southern end of the island, away from the village. However, we found it easy to bike into the village, or take some of the "free ride" cars around town. We found that we liked being on the more "quiet" end of the beach, significantly distanced from the public beach. The pool is also really nice. It wasn't very crowded, and it had great facilities and was well-maintained. The pool area has nice lounge chairs and tables, clean bathrooms, an outdoor shower to rinse off the saltwater and sand, and a hot tub.

This was a wonderful vacation. My spouse and I traveled with 2 kids. It was great that the condo had two bathrooms and a small kitchen, although there was no oven (we didn't really need it). The rooms had a very small outdoor space with a table (only suitable for 2) and a charcoal grill for guest use. The space in the rooms was tight with two kids sleeping on the pull-out couch, and not a ton of storage space for luggage or beach equipment. I would recommend that if you're with kids, this condo would only accommodate 1-2 children, but not two teenagers. However, we spent most of our time outside, so it wasn't much of an issue. (On the one rainy day we had, we drove over to Long Boat Key to check out some of the shopping and restaurants.) One thing to keep in mind is that the laundry facilities are shared between all the condos (about 6), and there's only one washing machine and dryer (coin operated).

The owner of this property was very gracious and quick to respond to emails. They provide a lot of the beach equipment that you'll need if you're flying, like chairs, an umbrella, small cooler, and flotation "noodles." We even left something behind on accident and the owner shipped it back to us right away.

We would definitely stay here again. It was a great value.