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Emerald Coast Get Away

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Front of "Keepsake"
"keepsake" pool
panoramic view from top of beach access stairs
Gulf view from top balcony
view from top of stairs of beach access.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
6 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 16

Popular amenities

  • Private pool
  • Onsite parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Washer/dryer
  • Air-conditioning
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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Santa Rosa Beach, FL
  • Place, South Walton Beaches
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Blue Mountain Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Seaside Beach
    ‪14 min drive‬
  • Airport, Fort Walton Beach, FL (VPS-Northwest Florida Regional)
    ‪55 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

6 bedrooms (sleeps 16)

First floor bedroom 2

1 Double Bunk Bed

First Floor bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

First floor living room

1 Double Sofa Bed

Second floor bedroom 1

1 Single Bunk Bed

Second floor bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Third floor bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Futon

Thrid floor bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Futon

3 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet

Bathroom 3

Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet · Hair dryer

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Dining area

About this property

Emerald Coast Get Away

This comfortable, family friendly home is located in a quiet, residential community. This rustic beach house features a downstairs apartment with fully-equipped kitchen, living/dining area and washing machine and dryer plus two bedrooms and one bath. The upper two floors makeup another complete unit with four bedrooms, two baths and living, dining, and kitchen areas and washing machine and dryer - great for two families sharing a vacation.

Large porches, a private fenced-in pool, easy beach access and wonderful gulf views make this house a perfect family vacation spot.

In order to avoid the crowds, we offer a convenient and quieter, Sunday to Sunday check in/check out. This allows you to avoid the traffic on Saturday when other vacationers are traveling.


The house is also located 2 miles from Grayton Beach and 4 miles from Seaside and Water Color. There are sidewalks the entire distance to these locations, so a family bike ride is a perfect get away from the beach.

**Please note: During the off season months the house may be rented as either a 2 bedroom one bath, 4 bedroom 2 bath or full house of 6 bedroom 3 baths. The rate will be adjusted accordingly to reflect the reduced house size during these three months.

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About the area

Santa Rosa Beach

Located in Blue Mountain Beach, a neighbourhood in Santa Rosa Beach, this holiday home is near theme parks and near the beach. Shoppers can check out Baytowne Wharf, while everyone can enjoy the natural beauty of Grayton Beach State Park and Blue Mountain Beach. Sundog Books and Eden Gardens State Park are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with jet skiing, kayaking and snorkelling nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with cycling.
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Santa Rosa Beach, FL

What's nearby

  • South Walton Beaches - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Blue Mountain Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Santa Rosa Beach - 7 min drive - 4.5 km
  • Grayton Beach State Park - 9 min drive - 5.2 km
  • Seaside Beach - 14 min drive - 8.4 km

Getting around

  • Fort Walton Beach, FL (VPS-Northwest Florida Regional) - 51 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Black Bear Bread Company - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪South Of Philly - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Mimmo’s - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪The Red Bar - ‬6 min drive

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 31 out of 44 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 44 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 44 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 44 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 44 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

6/10 Okay

Margo H.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness
It was all fair
Stayed 27 nights in Feb 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 18 Mar, 2026
I’m sorry that you were not completely satisfied with your stay. I wish that you would have reached out to me if something was not completely up to your expectations. Although, only time you reached out to me was about the smoke detector beeping, which I immediately offered to have someone come correct. I also understand that you had to check out almost a week early, due to unexpected events on your end and you were hoping for a refund for that part of your stay. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds at that point in your stay, as we had booked the house for you months in advance and potentially forgo other rentals. Thank you for your understanding and business.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Carla H.

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

Great place

Everyone enjoyed the stay.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Krystal M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a fantastic time! Happy with the house, all of it!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Shelli W.

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

Family vacation

Great property! Beach was gorgeous and only a few steps away. Plenty of room for the entire family. The pool was greatly appreciated by the little ones! Would absolutely stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Family Beach Time

We had an amazing stay at the Emerald Coast Get Away. The location to the beach is great. Super relaxing quiet neighborhood, extremely clean sand and water. Great restaurants nearby. Thanks for renting your beautiful home
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Brittany R.

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

Great Family Vacation

This is our second year to stay here and we hope to continue coming back every year! This house is perfect for our family. It is the perfect walking distance to the beach and a short drive to stores and restaurants!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ricky K.

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

Santa Rosa in comfort

House was very nice slept all 11 of us very comfortable. Proximity to the beach and stores was great with out being very crowded.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Linda T.

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

Wonderful

This is our second stay at KeepSake and everything was great! Hope to go again next year!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kevin F.

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

Great location in Blue Mountain Beach

Stayed here for our annual guys' trip. Great location. Only one house between this property and the public beach access. Easy walk to Blue Mountain beach eateries and shops, including Red Fish Taco, Blue Mabel and Blue Mountain Beach Bakery.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Deborah M.

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

Fall Break

Great location to the beach! Quiet neighborhood. Walking distance to Blue Mountain Creamery and donuts. We enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Justin F.

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

Amazing Stay at Blue Mountain Beach

The stay here was GREAT! The beach was close and not crowded at all. The sand was amazing, as was the ocean. The house exceeded all expectations and was exactly as described. Host was great and easily reachable. We will be back!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Pat H.

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

Great location

Best location. Minutes from the beach. Comfortable beds. Our crowd of 14 family members cooked most of our meals there and had no problems from kitchenware provided. Kids loved the pool
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Denia G.

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

Family Vacation

Overall, the location of the house is exquisite. Everything was just like the pictures. Having 2 refrigerators and 2 washer/dryers was a plus!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

William sr

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

Great family vacation!

We had a great vacation. We loved the house. We had a total of 12 people. It was a great location, less than 1 minute walk from the beach. It was within walking ice cream, donuts, coffe, pizza, tacos to name a few. We had a great time.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Kinya B.

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect vaycay

We really enjoyed this property and the approximately to the beautiful beach. The house was perfectly stocked in the kitchen. The beds were surprisingly good. Communication was good. The only small glitch was house wasn’t ready on time and house cleaner complained about us ?????
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 5 Aug, 2023
Kinya, I'm so glad that you enjoyed your stay. I'm sorry that there was a misunderstanding on the check in time of the house (4:00 pm). The property is in the central time zone, which is one hour behind the eastern time zone. I believe that you were operating on eastern time so you mistakenly thought that the house should have been ready an hour earlier. Also, the maid did not complain about you, she just likes to have all people and items out of the house until she is finished cleaning so that the house can be properly cleaned for the guests. Again thank you for your business and I'm so glad you enjoyed your stay.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Linda T.

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

Family Fun at Keepsake

This was our 3rd visit to Blue Mountain Beach 2022, 2023, 2024. This property is so convenient to everything! We were concerned this year, about the “Beach Police” but had no encounters with them. No sharks or rip currents, thank God! Wonderful memories made this year as years past! Linda T
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

brandi f.

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

Good stay for the money

Overall the home was clean, very close to the beach and accommodated the entire family of 11. It was also nice that the home had separate levels for added privacy. Having two kitchens made it great for our family night of grilling. The only minor issues we had were the lack of trash bags, toilet paper, hand soap and dish cloths. Also there were no beach towels available and no lighting for back patio or front porch. We did have a good stay and I would recommend this home for a family vacation by the beach!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 5 Aug, 2023
Thank you for staying at our home. I'm sorry that you were unhappy that trash bags and toilet paper were not provided for your entire stay. As is the normal practice for rentals in the area, we provide paper and cleaning products for the beginning of your stay. The guest provides paper products and cleaning products for the remainder of the stay. There is a Publix and Walmart within 10 minutes of the house for your convenience. Bath towels are provided, but we are not able to provide beach towels. Both of these procedures/rules of the house are clearly stated in the description of the property. As far as the lighting, I wish that you would have communicated with me that there was a problem and I would have attempted to correct the situation. We had renters staying in the house immediately before you and they did not encounter any problems. This leads me to believe that a light bulb may have needed to be replaced.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Robert T.

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

Keepsake

We have been vacationing for close to 50 years in the Florida pan-handle and this experience was great. Great location, easy beach access. The home was perfect for our family. The view of the beach from the third floor was a bonus. We have a large family with ages that range from 1 to 73. We were thinking that it was going to be a little small but since it had a pool as we do at home we gave keepsake a try. I’m glad we did. The two staircases, front and back, provided easy access to the upper floors. The grounds keeping could use a little work but other than that we would stay again. Thank you for great time.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Cindy W.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Good for the Beach enthusiast

This is an excellent location to the beach and does have a pool. It was just across the road to beautiful beach access. Overall it is great and very quiet . The add said 2 Mike’s from Seaside, but it was almost 5 to city center. My mistake for not checking it out further ahead of time .There is a paved path all the way. The house is older and does have and older house smell on first arriving. We came during the off season so only had the bottom floor that only has 1 bathroom but it was large and the toilet area was separated with a door. My husband and I were very happy. The teenage girls were not. Since we thought it was closer to seaside we did not rent a gulf cart and of coarse there were none to be rented do to spring break. If we had younger children this would have been perfect.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 5 Aug, 2023
Cindy, Thank you for the feedback! Unfortunately you misunderstood the description of the location of the house. Under the location description we list: "Grayton Beach is 2 miles from the house and Seaside is 4 miles from the house." Our house is located 2 miles from Grayton Beach and 4 miles from Watercolor/Seaside. I did not specifically measure the distance to the "city center" in Seaside as the Watercolor/Seaside location is one continuous strip/restaurant area when you enter. Also, if you were not happy with the smell of the house upon arrival, I wish that you would have contacted me and I would have happily sent the cleaner out to correct the situation. We really take pride in the house and try our very best to make sure that our renters are happy, I just have to be made aware when there is a problem.
Verified

8/10 Good

Steven W.

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great family home convenient to beach

This was a wonderful home for our large family. It was convenient to beach boardwalk, ice cream shop, and restaurants, all within easy walking distance (even for out of shape elderly folks). It was clean, and the beds slept wonderfully. Be prepared to do without clear phone service though, and intermittent wifi. We had to purchase a mop, as there was not one provided, and be prepared to bring all toilet paper, hand soap, and dish liquids. The grass desperately needed cutting, which prevented us from having the kids play in the grass, and the outdoor furniture needs refurbishing. My daughter, holding her baby, collapsed backward onto the ground when a chair broke because the frame was rusty. There were ample chairs to pull into use, however, and the pool was PRISTINE. The grill was huge and perfect. The outdoor hot shower was great! We loved the porches, and would love to stay there again. 8 or 9 out of 10!!!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 5 Aug, 2023
Steven, I'm so happy that you enjoyed your stay! As far as the intermittent phone service, this is a result of the extremely high number of people vacationing in the area. This is not just our house, but is happening all around the area during the busy season. As far as the wifi, we have never had problems with intermittent wifi service, so I wish that you would have contacted me so that I could have communicated with the internet provider, Mediacom, to resolve the issue. I also wish that you would have communicated with me about the yard, as I would have immediately sent someone out to cut the lawn. Also, it is standard for rentals in this area to provide enough paper products and soaps to get you started for the week. To avoid any misunderstanding, we have clearly stated on the property description, that we provide these items only for the beginning of the stay. Again, thank you for staying at our house and I'm so happy that you enjoyed your vacation!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

joyce g.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Absolutely loved this place!! Can't wait to book again in a couple years
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ruth B.

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

Super location

This is our second year to spend time at Keepsake. The house serves our family well and is located SO close to the beach! We hope to go back again in 2023.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Tracy S.

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

Perfect size

Perfect size for our family... Perfect location to the beach
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Patricia P.

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

excellent location

Very satisfied with the location of the house, my family and friends had a lot of fun, we highly recommend this place
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Linda T.

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

Keepsake is for keeps

What a wonderful home!! Excellent location to everything! So well equipped with everything we needed for our family vacation! We will return!!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
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