This is about the 5th or 6th time I have stayed somewhere along the gulf shore area for a week of vacation. This was by far my family's favorite stay of all of them. We were closer to the ocean than ever before, the beach was less crowded than any other place we've stayed, and the layout of the condo was awesome. My grown son, his wife and two boys stayed in the separate bottom apartment, while my husband and I had the master bedroom on the 3rd floor and our grown daughter and 7-year-old granddaughter shared the other bedroom on the 3rd floor. We would all meet on the middle floor for meals together. I loved that we had two separate balconies. We were able to walk to Alvin's Island for souvenirs, to Pampano Joe's restaurant and to the rolled icecream shop for a treat. Within a close drive was an outlet mall, several grocery stores and other shops. The only drawback to the experience was the very tight parking spots, which were hard to get in and out of, but there's really no way I can see for the owners to improve on that, so you just have to deal with it. All in all, this is the first place I've stayed at on a beach vacation in which I'd be happy to stay in again. I'm already missing the sugary white sand and the clear, clean blue-green ocean waves.