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Family-Friendly Fun Just 1 Block from Downtown Cape Charles

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A marina with boats docked, a crowd of people on the pier, and a building with a red roof in the background.
A gazebo with a sloped roof, a concrete pathway leading to it, and a grassy area with tall grasses.
A marina with numerous boats docked, a pier extending into the water, and buildings in the background.
A living room with a ceiling fan, a sofa, a coffee table, and a patterned rug.
A two-story house with a gabled roof, a front porch with columns, and a symmetrical facade.

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Highlights

  • At the centre of it all
    Stay in a top rated central location, steps from the best attractions, dining, and entertainment.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Close to Chesapeake Bay

Popular amenities

  • Patio
  • Barbecue grill
  • Air-conditioning
  • Pet-friendly
  • Washing machine
  • Refrigerator

Explore the area

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Cape Charles, VA
  • Place, Central Park
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Chesapeake Bay
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Cape Charles Beach
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Airport, Norfolk, VA (ORF-Norfolk Intl.)
    ‪68 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 11)

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathroom 2

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen

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About the area

Cape Charles

Located near the beach, this holiday home is in Historic Downtown Cape Charles, a neighbourhood in Cape Charles. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Chesapeake Bay and Kiptopeke State Park, while Cape Charles Museum & Welcome Center and Barrier Island Museum are cultural highlights. Discover the area's water adventures with jet skiing and kayaking nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with cycling and ecotours.
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Cape Charles, VA

What's nearby

  • Central Park - 1 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Chesapeake Bay - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Cape Charles Museum & Welcome Center - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Cape Charles Beach - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Oyster Farm Marina - 12 min walk - 1.1 km

Getting around

  • Norfolk, VA (ORF-Norfolk Intl.) - 50 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Hardee's - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Shanty - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Small’s Smokehouse - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Oyster Farm Seafood Eatery - ‬19 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Family-Friendly Fun Just 1 Block from Downtown Cape Charles pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Family-Friendly Fun Just 1 Block from Downtown Cape Charles?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Family-Friendly Fun Just 1 Block from Downtown Cape Charles?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Family-Friendly Fun Just 1 Block from Downtown Cape Charles?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Family-Friendly Fun Just 1 Block from Downtown Cape Charles located?

Located in Historic Downtown Cape Charles, this holiday home is within a 10-minute walk of Central Park and Chesapeake Bay. Cape Charles Museum & Welcome Center and Cape Charles Harbor are also within 15 minutes.

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. 35 out of 54 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 54 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 54 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 54 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 54 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.4/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

8.4/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Archival

10/10 Excellent

Great town, peaceful and relaxing! Everyone was so friendly!

Beautiful home, tons of room! Had a great stay there!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2017
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Mar 2020
That's how we feel about Cape Charles too! Life's A Beach is the perfect home for large families who need room to spread out. Conveniently located to town and the white sand beach. We're pleased you enjoyed your stay and hope to help you again with your vacation plans. Our Best, Cape Charles Vacation Rentals
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Life's a Beach

Great place to stay. Not too far from the beach and very close to a great little town with great shops.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Wonderful

Loved the property and the location!! Definitely recommend staying here!!!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Family together again

3rd time staying there and everyone was happy that we came back.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 18 Jul 2023
Hi Alfie, Thank you so much for your kind review. This is a wonderful home for a large family. You're close to everything in town. We hope to help you with future vacation plans. Regards, Kathy Cape Charles Vacation Rentals
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great place for a large group. House is not fancy but very comfortable. Cape Charles has a good vibe. With a little updating house would be perfect
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

House was very clean and had everything that we needed f

Very easy to book and keys were ready early which was great!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Good space but tired interior

Big rooms and a good location, but dirty carpets and tired, worn furnishings.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Nice large house with great location.

The house was everything we were expecting and hoping for. Just a block or two from everything downtown, close to the park, and a short cart ride to the beach. Plenty of space around back to park the cart or an extra car if needed. Great neighborhood.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great place - needs some updating and many more mirrors!
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Large duplex in a great location

The duplex is very big--more space than our family needed, but the extra space was great to have. We loved that the home is dog friendly. The duplex is in a great location, close to the park, the bakery and the main street with shops and restaurants in downtown Cape Charles. Corrina/the property manager was very responsive to my questions.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Nice location. Not well maintained home.

We were underwhelmed by the home. On the positive, lovely historic home in great proximity to everything. Negative, house smells of pet urine, carpets had urine stains, kitchen floor was disgusting, utensils needed to be washed before using, dishwasher had food in the bottom. No dish washer detergent was provided. The back porch needs power washing and repair. There is no hot tub or jetted tub as advertised. It is a duplex… not a single family home
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Vacation 2023

No toilet paper when we arrived. Beds in master bedrooms were hard. TVs in bedrooms didn't work. (Remote batteries exploded). Bathroom sink sprayed water everywhere. We couldn't use the 2nd story balcony because it was unsafe and moved when we walked on it. Need a blender. 18 guests and not enough towels for the week at all. Other than the few little things, the bay was great for littles. The beach with waves (Virginia Beach) is an hour drive, and you have to pay tunnel tolls everytime. 14$ during the week and 18$ on weekends. That would have been nice to know... but we did enjoy the stay. Quiet town. Great ice cream and brewery was a bonus.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Jun 2023
Hi Holly, There were not enough towels because you exceeded the maximum # of persons (15) allowed for the property, which we are just finding out. We are here to help you. If there was no toilet paper, our apologizes. You just needed to call us and we could have rectified that. The same with the TV's. We can't solve issues if we do not know about them. We will make sure there is a blender. Thank you for letting us know. I would have given you mine for the week if we just knew. We're happy you did enjoy the area and the town. It is a wonderful place to vacation and live. For others reading this, we are local property managers and can supply items that we advertise as part of the rental fee, if they are not there.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We are more than pleased with the booking hosts (Chip and Corrina) and the property--even enjoyed getting to know the neighbors. This property is one of those situations--the more you know the more you like. It has charm and good attributes. Nice front and back porches. Bedrooms are roomy, cool, and comfortable. Bathroom on every floor, which is so helpful. Right?! Good kitchen, and living areas are comfortable and practical. Location is excellent as well. We would book this house again, for sure.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great town, great house, great location! A
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Great large house

6 adults, 5 children, and a dog...and there was plenty of space! We had a great week. Wifi worked great, kitchen was pretty well stocked, and there's no place better to stay than in Cape Charles! The house is close to the main street, but a little bit further from the beach. Be sure to look into renting a golf cart for the week (well in advance, because they sell out). The house is a duplex so you share the front and back porch. Walls were thick though so we didn't hear them at all during the trip. Great house overall (no bedrooms on the main floor, so be prepared to walk up lots of steps. Not an issue for our group though.) Would definitely consider staying here again.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022
Verified review

6/10 Okay

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

Nice location but house needs work

The pictures represent a well maintained house. That is far from accurate! No hot water in kitchen, kitchen floor has major slant, peeling paint through out house, nothing has been updated. The house is in a great location though.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great duplex with plenty of space

Our group had plenty of space to enjoy beautiful Cape Charles. Lovely home!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Perfect for our spring break getaway

We had a wonderful stay in this older, historic property. It was clean, spacious, and had everything we needed for a few days away from home. We loved the proximity to downtown with shops and restaurants, and the walk to the beach was not far either. It was great to be able to bring our dog with us and she loved getting to explore Cape Charles! Communication with the owner was great and check in was very easy. The only criticism I have is that the listing wasn't specific that the house was a duplex and that the rental was for one side. We found out after we booked. This was not a problem at all, but would have been nice to see that specified in the listing. We were looking for a quiet place to rest during our teenagers' spring break, and this was absolutely perfect!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Love Cape Charles

Our group had a wonderful visit in Cape Charles. The rental is spacious, well equipped kitchen, very clean, and fabulous location. It is in need of updating and renovations of furnishings, especially the dining and living room. There are not enough dining seats, nor living room seating, to accommodate the number it sleeps. Operating the tv’s was challenging too. The 2nd floor balcony is unsafe to use as it is not attached to the building. It shakes with any movement. With improvements, this will be a jewel of a rental.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Long Weekend

Thoroughly enjoyed stay at a large house, in town, at Cape Charles
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Great place to stay in Cape Charles!

This was a really nice house, with plenty of room and privacy for all the friend couples on this trip. The AC was great...took no time at all to get the third floor down to temp. Ample parking. Breaker tripped when we tried to plug in golf carts, so we couldn't use the microwave, and the house smelled a little musty when we first got in, but once the AC kicked in it was great. Overall, this was a great place right in the middle of the town and walking distance to everything! VRBO has the wrong address listed, but that appears to be a VRBO problem, not an owner problem. I would definitely stay again!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Wonderful house for a family

Very good. The icemaker in the freezer was not connected, and so we had no ice. Everything else great.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Amazing getaway

We brought our family to Cape Charles for the first time and fell in love with the town’s beauty and charm. The property was in a great location convenient to shops restaurants and beach. The house had plenty of space for our family of 6 adults and 2 small children and was comfortable. The kitchen is quite small and needs updating which made it a little difficult to prepare meals. The house could use some updating but suited our needs. We enjoyed our first stay in CC and are sure to return.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Best vacation ever!

We had the best time and cannot wait to go again. We didn't know Cape Charles before the trip but the town and the place were great! Friendly, safe beach town. You can walk everywhere (less than a mile) or rent a golf cart, even an 8 seater! Beach was great, outside shower at the place was great. Minor rental home issues: back door lock was tricky, kitchen sink sometimes randomly switched to the spray gun (shooting the victim in front), and some beds were wonky but the kids didn't mind. Overall just what we were looking for: three families, 7 kids.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

perfect spring break

We had a great stay in Cape Charles. The location of the house was perfect, easy to get anywhere by foot, bike, or golf cart. The house was large, plenty of space to spread out and the beds were comfortable.
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