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Southbay by the Gulf, 3 BR, Pool out Front Door, Gas Grill, 5min walk to beach

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Beautiful Sunset on the Beach
walk through parking lot to bridge over lake to south pool and beach
This Bridge you take over the lake towards the beach! You can fish off it too!
After you cross bridge to lake you go through gate to south pool and to beach
Sunset

Reviews

9.6 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area
3 bedrooms2+ bathroomsSleeps 8

Popular amenities

  • Private pool
  • Onsite parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Air-conditioning
  • Deck or patio

Explore the area

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Destin, FL
  • Place, Big Kahuna's Water and Adventure Park
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Destin Harbor
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Place, Destin Beaches
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Airport, Fort Walton Beach, FL (VPS-Northwest Florida Regional)
    ‪30 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 3

Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Dining area

About this property

Southbay by the Gulf, 3 BR, Pool out Front Door, Gas Grill, 5min walk to beach

Unit 20 is close to 98 so easy access to restaurants, several within walking distance. Park at your front door. Beach is and easy 5 minute walk to The white sands and Emerald Green waters with no streets to cross! Pool is right out your front door! 3 Bedrooms, King in master and Queen in other 2 Bedrooms. TV's in all Bedrooms! 2 Full bathrooms upstairs and half bath on 1st Floor. All Tile on 1st Floor and Carpeting 2nd Floor. Plenty of towels, blankets, and a well stocked Kitchen! Comes with complimentary Beach service 2 chairs and umbrella set up for you everyday on the beach for you. March 1st to Oct 31st.
Heated pool Feb. 1st to ? ( Depends on the weather)

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 21
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

Property # 2196561vb
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 fire extinguisher and a deadlock

About the area

Destin

Located in Destin, this holiday home is near a water park and near the beach. Shoppers can check out HarborWalk Village, while everyone can enjoy the natural beauty of Destin Beaches and Henderson Beach State Park. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at Preston Hood Athletic Complex or Fort Walton Beach Tennis Center. Jet skiing and kayaking offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and hiking/biking trails nearby.
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Destin, FL

What's nearby

  • Big Kahuna's Water and Adventure Park - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Destin Harbor - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • The Track Family Recreation Center - 1 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Destin Beaches - 2 min drive - 2.8 km
  • Jolee Island Nature Park - 2 min drive - 2.1 km

Getting around

  • Fort Walton Beach, FL (VPS-Northwest Florida Regional) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Chick-fil-A - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Pelican Beach Resort - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Waffle House - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Shrimp Basket - ‬15 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Does Southbay by the Gulf, 3 BR, Pool out Front Door, Gas Grill, 5min walk to beach have a pool?

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

Is Southbay by the Gulf, 3 BR, Pool out Front Door, Gas Grill, 5min walk to beach pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Southbay by the Gulf, 3 BR, Pool out Front Door, Gas Grill, 5min walk to beach?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Southbay by the Gulf, 3 BR, Pool out Front Door, Gas Grill, 5min walk to beach?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Southbay by the Gulf, 3 BR, Pool out Front Door, Gas Grill, 5min walk to beach?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Southbay by the Gulf, 3 BR, Pool out Front Door, Gas Grill, 5min walk to beach located?

Situated by the sea, this holiday home is within 2 miles (3 km) of Big Kahuna's Water and Adventure Park, Destin Beaches and Destin Harbor Boardwalk. Destin Harbor and Choctawhatchee Bay are also within 1 mile (2 km).

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 32 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 32 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 32 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 32 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 32 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Margaret B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We enjoyed our stay. Perfect for our family of 6 for a weekend getaway.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jay P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful home in the perfect location. Great communication with host. 10/10 would recommend
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

David B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The condo was clean and well furnished. We appreciated the large dining room table and family room area adjacent to it. The association property and neighboring beach were also very nice.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Mariah W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a great stay! And I would recommend other people to stay here!
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Jun, 2025
Thank you for your review. Hope to have you back soon!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Meghan A.

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

Fun weekend get away

We came out for an adult weekend trip. Beach was easily accessible, lots of shopping and food near by, and the rental was right across the way from the pool
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Anthony A.

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

Spring Break

Great location, close to lots of attractions and places to eat. Great for a quiet stay away from the hustle and bustle.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

CHRIS S.

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

Nice place

This place was nice, well kept and had all we needed.. Had a great weekend with our friends and it was close to a lot of what we were going to take in for the weekend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Glad you enjoyed your stay! Hope to have You back again real soon!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kellie R.

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

Perfect Destin weekend

Stayed in this lovely vacation home for 2 nights. Its by far the cleanest vrbo we have every stayed in! The home was perfectly equiped with high quality bed linens, towels and furnishings! Plenty of room for our family trip for our sons graduation. Wish we could have stayed longer!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Beautiful stay!

The check in was easy, the owner was very responsive and the home is beautiful. Very convient to shops, beach and pool. The kitchen is very well stocked with non food items. We enjoyed our stay very much!
Stayed 9 nights in Nov 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Randi J.

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

Family vacation 2023

Great place to stay at, great location and short walk to the beach. Pool is right out the front door.. This unit was extremely clean and comfortable! Will definitely stay here again!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Monica R.

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

Great Getaway

This house was just what we needed. It was nice and quiet. The walk to the beach was not that bad. We loved it so much that we are planning our trip for next year.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2023
Glad you enjoyed your stay! Hope to see you back again real soon! Thank You for taking the time to leave a review! Thank you
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Miranda E.

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

Awesome!

Nice place! Hopefully we'll be back sooner than later!!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Sept, 2024
Thank you and look forward to your next visit!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Angelica B.

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

Excellent

It was an excellent experience.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2023
Thank you for your review! Hope to have you back soon! Thank you Lynda
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Destiny E.

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

Very good

These condos are perfect for the whole family . Loved it
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Evelyn C.

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

Nice beautiful house

Everything is accesible
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2023
Thanks for leaving a comment! Glad you enjoyed your stay!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kim

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

Great place

Very convenient to stores and places to eat . Great set up with the condo . Beach is too far just be prepared to walk a long way with your stuff. Overall would go back
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2023
I am glad you liked the place. The beach is an easy 5 minute walk to the beach. You walk across the bridge over the lake which their are lots of turtles to see and then you go through another gate and around the south pool and through parking lot to the beach. Hope you will be back. Thank you for leaving a review.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gregory S.

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

Great property

It was a great experience. Just a slight miscommunication with the cleaning crew and the garbage was left in front, so I had to take to dumpster
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 7 Oct, 2024
Sorry about the Trash. It also could have been from another unit. The cleaner who cleaned doesn't clean over there a lot and she may have forgotten that they don't pick up the trash after 10am. This is something fairly new over there. Thank you for taking it to the dumpster. Otherwise I am glad you enjoyed your stay!
Verified

2/10 Terrible

amy l.

Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness

Dirty

Nice place just needs a deep cleaning.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2023
Wow! What were the issues? A 1 star really? It's is the end of the summer and deep cleans are done in the fall. But we usually try to keep up with things. I do the ceiling fans quite often. And a few other extra things.
Verified

8/10 Good

Donald C.

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

Overall,

Very difficult to find that part of the complex. Recommend searching map apps with the exact unit number. Turns out that the walk to the beach was very very weird and long. There was some miscommunication about access. I didn’t know to look for a different email. It didn’t show up in VRBO.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2023
I am sorry you had a hard time finding the unit. I always email to peoples personal emails. I messaged you on vrbo telling you it was coming from my email. The beach is an easy 5 minute walk. We should probably have more signs up helping people get to the beach. Sorry for those problems that you had. Call me anytime.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Scott O.

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

Destin Fishing trip

Great condo with plenty of rooms well stocked kitchen ! Easy acces to the beach pier food and stores!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

David B.

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

It was great

The whole state was great I loved it the pool the lake or Pond or whatever had so many turtles you couldn't really fish and the master bed was uncomfortable those were the only two things other than that the state was great
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Hong M.

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

Mini vacation

We had a lot of fun. Loved the location and privacy that was provided.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Maria M.

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

First time at the beach great time

Good and clean
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Steven O.

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

Great short weekend stay.

We were in town for a cheer competition in Fort Walton. This condo had the right combination of beds to fit my entire family. So many other listings have double beds listed as sleeping two people. Sure two small people can sleep in a double but normal sized people not so much. This had a king and two queens. Check in was simple and the condo was nice. You are given one parking spot for each unit that is marked with your unit number and other spots are first come first served. However, other guests did not abide by the marked spots and parked in our marked spot several times. Thought on our check out day that we were going to have to call the owner when we got ready to leave and my daughter could not find her car keys. After tearing all our bags apart and looking all over and only having 15 minutes to spare before we went past our check out time we found them in the couch under the cushions. All in all a good stay. Would stay here again. Thanks. P.S. my daughter’s cheer team won their competition so it was a great weekend.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Allen C.

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

Wonderful condo and host

Clean, adorable and a smooth process. Will stay again when the weather is warmer there
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2023
Thank you and glad you enjoyed your stay! See you soon!

About the host

Hosted by Lynda Tanner

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What makes this property unique

Complimentary Beach Service, Less to Carry to Beach, All you have to do is Tip The Guy at the end of your stay

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