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Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts!

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Turtle Townhouse
Living area
Living area
Interior

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
2 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 61300 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Port St Joe, FL
  • Place, T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Beach
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Place, William J. "Billy Joe" Rish Recreation Park
    ‪2 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Living Room 1

1 Queen Bed

Master Bedroom

1 King Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Master Bathroom

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts!

The Turtle Townhouse is “vacation-ready”. With 2 bedrooms/2 full baths, a fully equipped kitchen with all-new appliances, living room with 40" Smart TV (Smart TVs in each bedroom), sunny spacious deck with gas-grill, table, chairs & umbrella, WIFI, pet-friendly (dogs, only); the Turtle Townhouse is waiting for you! Its location is 20 steps from the heated pool/100 steps from Gulf Beach/30 steps from Pickle Ball Courts. The beach dunes have been refurbished, as of 4/2023, and new walkway crossovers are completed. The beach is wide open and ready to be enjoyed.

Cape San Blas has its two convenience stores (oneis being rebuilt0 & gas station open, along with St. Joe Shrimp Company fish market (also serving lunch) open. Weber’s Doughnuts is open, now locat ed near Scallop Republic. Bicycle/ kayak rentals are operating. Nearby restaurants on the Cape include Longbills, Coneheads. The golf course is open.


In Port St. Joe, restaurants are open. The Piggley Wiggley and Dollar General supermarkets are open. The Turtle Townhouse is located on Cape San Blas, with the Gulf of Mexico on one side and St. Joseph's Bay on the other. Located in Barrier Dunes, a gated community with private beach access. White sand, emerald green water, dolphins playing near shore, make this pristine beach, 18 miles long, a wonderful stretch of paradise where you can walk to your heart's content. Many times you will be the only one on the beach.

Families will not only enjoy the warm sand and water, but also the two pools, stocked fishing ponds and the lighted tennis/pickle-ball courts in Barrier Dunes. Golfers will find the St. Joseph's Bay Country Club course (just a 15 minute drive away) challenging and scenic.

Barrier Dunes is located at the gate of the St. Joseph's Bay State Park which offers beautiful hiking trails along the bay, magnificent dunes, and outstanding bird watching. St. Joseph's Bay offers a wealth of activities including boating, kayaking, snorkeling, fishing and some of the best scalloping in the Gulf.

This townhouse has three balconies, two with views of the pond and its many turtles. The decks have outside seating, a patio table with umbrella, a gas grill, and great morning sun.

The master bedroom has a king-size bed, the guest bedroom has a queen bed, and there is a fold-out queen sleeper sofa. It comfortably sleeps six. Beds have 100% cotton sheets. The fully-stocked kitchen has many amenities including an ice maker, microwave, dishwasher, and all small appliances.

The master bedroom has a full bath with two sinks, garden tub and large separate shower. It has a large walk-in closet.

The guest bedroom has a full bath with tub/shower combination.

The living room and bedrooms have HD-TVs with streaming. DVD player is available in living room. WIFI is available(provided by Consolidated).

There are beach chairs, umbrellas, kick-boards, some sand buckets & toys available for use in the storage room off the carport. There is an outdoor shower with hot & cold running water. It's great for cleaning sand off or washing your dog. We have two new 26" adult bicycles (one male, one female) available for use by renters.

There are numerous turtles in the pond behind the townhouse, thus the name Turtle Townhouse. The turtles will come to see you if you come out on the deck, and they like to eat lettuce/carrot shavings, if you want to feed them.

Cape San Blas is a special place. It is relaxing and you will be glad that you found this place.
There are NO HIGH-RISES or cabanas on Cape San Blas.
Our prices include all fees. No hidden fees.

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Amenities

Pool
Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi

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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

Pets allowed: dogs less than 23 kg per pet (limit 2 pets total)
$100 Fee for Dogs, no cats
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Guests' Pet Liabilities/Responsibilities: for any pet inappropriate behaviors (such as biting, scratching, fighting, property damage, etc.).
Guests must have a conversation with hosts (either by phone or email) on their stay upon booking acceptance.
Guests must provide to hosts list of travelers, ages; pets, breed, sizes/weights, ages.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.
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 indicated that there are no carbon monoxide detectors or gas appliances on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

About the area

Port St. Joe

Located in Port St. Joe, this holiday home is on the waterfront. St Joseph Bay Golf Club and Port St. Joe Marina are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those looking for area attractions can visit Frank Pate Park and Port Theatre Art and Culture Center. Kayaking and power boating offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking and cycling nearby.
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Port St Joe, FL

What's nearby

  • T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Beach - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
  • William J. "Billy Joe" Rish Recreation Park - 2 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Saint Joe Beach - 34 min drive - 51.5 km
  • Mexico Beach - 40 min drive - 58.7 km

Restaurants

  • ‪Hunt’s Oyster Bar & Seafood On St. Joe Bay - ‬18 min drive
  • ‪LongBill’s on Cape San Blas - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Cape San Blas Coffee & Ice Cream - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Cape Trading Post - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Emerald Isle - ‬2 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts! have a pool?

Yes, this property has a pool.

How much does it cost to stay at Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts!?

As of 2 Apr 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts! on 10 Apr 2026 start from £156, 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 Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts! pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 23 kg per pet.

How much is parking at Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts!?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Pet-Friendly Beach Retreat Near Pool/Pickle Ball Courts With Weekly Discounts! located?

Situated on the waterfront, this holiday home is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park and 1.5 mi (2.3 km) from William J. "Billy Joe" Rish Recreation Park. St. Joseph Peninsula State Park and Pig Island are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 62 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Summer Grandaughter Trip

Property was as described and pleasantly clean. We love the Cape and enjoyed our wonderful week with our oldest Grandaughter.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Crystal S.

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

Wonderful!

Clean, well stocked, great communication, good location. We had a wonderful time!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Joyce H.

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

Great Get Away

This property had everything we needed and more!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Cheri E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
It was my 7 year old granddaughters first time to the beach. We had such a great time.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

William M.

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

Wonderful Cape San Blas townhome

We really loved our stay at this beautiful property. Very comfortable, close to the pool and beach. Perfect spot with great hosts!
Stayed 11 nights in May 2022
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Pettit N.

Clean, private, comfortable

Enjoyed staying here. Everything was close by swimming pool, tennis court and beach.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Avard W.

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

Escape to the Cape

I. Was a great place to be. Will definitely make a return. Absolutely beautiful !
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Douglas M.

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

Great place, great people.

We had a great time staying here. It was perfect for our family needs. Thanks to Barbara and Tom for everything.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Adam D.

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

Beach Trip

We had a wonderful experience and couldn’t have asked for a better place to stay!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sarah-Nell W.

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

Great getaway

The property was as expected and we loved having our dog at the beach :)
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jacob R.

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

Favorite spot on the cape

3rd trip to barrier dunes. Great location.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jeff M.

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

July 4th trip to the Cap

Another great stay at Barrier Dunes. Owners were responsive and available for everything prior to check in and during. Townhome was as described and would recommend and use again in the future. Thank you!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Wittmayer M.

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

Great condo and great beach

This is a super nice and clean condo equipped with everything one might need! Owners are super responsive and helpful!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kristi B.

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

Great area!

We enjoyed our stay! Great place to call our home for a week. It’s a short walk to the beach, and all the extra beach items we had to use was awesome. Barbara was fast to respond with any questions, and made the whole rental and check in process extremely easy.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2021
Archival

10/10 Excellent

George W.

Aside from the storm, simply awesome.

We really liked it. Owners made it as much like home as possible. Wonderful place. Hope to return.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2017
Archival

10/10 Excellent

POLLY O.

Absolutely love the Cape!

This was our second time staying at Turtle Townhouse, we really enjoy how cozy it is and love that the beds are so comfortable! It's so close to the beach and pools! Another wonderful week at the Cape! We will be back next year!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Dawson P.

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

Perfect Getaway

My wife and I stayed for a week and we had a great time. The property is clean and fits exactly what you need if you are a beach goer. We enjoyed our time spent in the condo, though we spent most on the beach. We brought our own chairs, but they provide some If you prefer to pack light.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ryan L.

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

Wonderful!

The property and area were wonderful! Very pet friendly and the beach is very close! The check in process was easy as was the checkout. We look forward to coming back next year! Thank you to the wonderful property managers!!!
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Robin C.

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

Perfect!

The property is perfectly located by the smaller pool and an easy, short walk to the beach. Barbara was great to communicate with, she checked in with us after we arrived and was so easy to work with. We will definitely stay here again. Very clean, lots of supplies for both the property and the beach available.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Isabel v.

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

Great Holiday home

This place is in very good condition, all is well maintained, very clean and well equipped with everything you need and can think of for a good, relaxing holiday and to feel at home. We appreciated very much the prompt responses by our friendly host and her helpful information to any question or little problem we had. We can highly recommend this place and would definately come back.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2022
Archival

10/10 Excellent

POLLY O.

Very clean and comfortable!

The townhouse was was very clean and comfortable! The master bedroom bed was the most comfortable one we have ever had in all the places we have rented! I also appreciated that some spices etc were there for guest to use! Barrier Dunes is a very pet friendly complex and it's nice and clean! We absolutely loved the beach, it was clean and the water is gorgeous.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2016
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer B.

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

Fall Escape

Turtle Townhouse was a great place to relax and unwind! The property was clean and bright. It had everything we needed and more! Lots of thought was put into what people might need and it shows! The community was also clean and well appointed. We love visiting the Cape and would absolutely go back to Turtle Townhouse!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2021
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Alex K.

Turtle Townhouse was very nice!

The Turtle Townhouse was better than expected. Everything was clean, newer, and in good working shape except for a few items, everything cant be perfect: dog hair in the carpet & ice maker didn't work. Otherwise we thoroughly enjoyed our stay, the facilities, and the cape overall. The location of Barrier Dunes is perfect, north on the cape, close to the State Park (awesome) and nice beaches and water. The owners were very responsive and helpful and we appreciated them accommodating us. I would stay at this townhome over again.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Nicole E.

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

Wonderful, more affordable Beach Townhouse!

We very much felt at home in the Turtle Townhouse! I was so impressed with how clean it was! I liked that it was not cluttered, but still had everything we needed and I liked the owners taste. Some considerations for dog parents: Our dog was afraid of going down the slippery steep stairs & is too heavy to carry, so we had to take him out on the stair case from the balcony, which has wood stairs, but are open from the back, so it was a bit of a challenge at first. The stairs to the upper master bedroom are covered with carpet though.
Stayed 9 nights in May 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sherry W.

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

Awesome place!

This was our first trip to Cape San Blas and it was a great experience. Most of the things you need are already available in this rental. We enjoyed the turtles that came out to sun and eat bread everyday. I was concerned about the walk to the beach and the stairs to the room for my 80 yr old mother but she made it fine morning and evening. The beach was not too crowded, we left our tent and chairs out all week. Everyone we encountered was friendly and nice. The things you do need you might want to pick up in Port Saint Joe on your way in. We ate at the Cape Smokehouse and it was good. Beach planet had some nice souvenirs. The owners are very responsive. We hope to return.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022

About the host

Hosted by Barbara Moskol

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We are retired couple from Maine(Tom is a Black Bear) & Wisconsin (Barbara is a Badger). We've lived overseas in Bangladesh & China, in our former careers in education.

Why they chose this property

We came to Barrier Dunes because of our hound-dog Penelope. We love that Cape San Blas is dog-friendly, and that dog-owners are responsible about keeping the beach clean. The relaxed pace here is to our liking, as it is not too crowded, has little traffic, and is not built-up. We love all the different birds.

What makes this property unique

We love the morning light on our deck. We loved seeing 17 turtles coming to say hello from the pond, and watch us, like we were watching them. Hearing cardinals and watching them fly back & forth, along with many other beautiful birds, is a special experience. The beautiful sunsets on the Gulf make us treasure the natural beauty here.

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