BEAUTIFUL BEACH HOUSE ON THE SAND PREMIUM BEACH LOOP LOCATION

This house is everything that the ad says it will be--exactly. The living room and kitchen of the home are wide open to the Pacific Ocean and it served as a wonderful place for our family to interact, cook, use computers, read, nap--all in the same bright and inviting space. The fire-place is an awesome addition and it is often cold enough on the ocean to need one. Sitting almost at the sea's level, the property is private and truly on the beach. Bedrooms were big and included plenty of closet space. The house was clean and it had nearly everything that we needed to use, from cooking supplies to camping chairs for sitting on the deck, to outdoor grill. We really appreciated that the property was billed as having all these things and we were happy when in fact, it did, including reliable Wi-Fi. Interactions with the owners were fair and things handled quickly and professionally.

My husband and I flew into North Bend Airport, and stayed at the Sand Castle for a week in mid-May. We were amazed at all our fabulous experiences during a week in Bandon. The house is comfortable, well stocked and was perfectly located ON THE BEACH, where we walked out the door and had immediate access to the sand dunes without going down stairs or steep inclines. We were always on the beach first thing in the mornings looking for agates, jasper and petrified wood. We found some beauties!

The view of the large rock monoliths emerging from the water, framed by the sand, beach grass and Gorse, took our breaths away on a daily basis. Really!!! We travel a lot, all over the world, and this is one of the prettiest views I've seen, especially since it was "all ours." There were hardly any other people around.

So how did we spend our week? We rented horses about 1/2 mile away for a ride down "our beach." My husband played three rounds of golf at Bandon Dunes (two in one day) which he says he likes better than the Monterey courses (and we love that area, too). We visited the West Coast Game Park and played with a baby lion, bear and leopard, while also enjoying their other animals.

The State Parks in the immediate area are amazing with no fees to enter. We enjoyed seeing the light houses at Bullard State Park and Cape Blanco (the most western point in the continental US). There are three other State Parks just north of Bandon that were stunning - Cape Arago, Shore Acres and Sunset Park. We discovered the tide pools at Cape Arago at low tide and found dozens of purple and orange starfish and clusters of multi-colored anemone. There were giant redwoods near the water here, too. So peaceful and magestic. It reminded us of Big Sur. Shore Acres has gardens in the distance there's a small island with hundreds of sea lions barking and swaying with the waves. The main place we saw other people was at a swimming and picnic beach at Sunset Park. These three parks are all very close together.

We found ourselves eating breakfast and sometimes dinners at the Sand Castle just because we didn't want to miss the changing beach views. We otherwise ate at Bandon Dunes' restaurants, and in Old Town Bandon (5-10' away). The Alloro Wine Bar was the nicest upscale restaurant, but the Fish Market's fresh halibut fish and chips, and Tony's Crab Shack (nothing fried) was fabulous and on the Coquille River.

We plan to return to this fabulous place in the future!

This was my second trip to the Sand Castle, and it just gets better with every visit. I plan to make it an annual trip, and so do my friends ! A group of my friends and I had a "girls only get-away" a year ago, and we had an incredible week. Everyone wants to come back, so we are have already booked our get-away for next year.
Being in such a tranquil place renews my soul, and helps me go back to my busy life with a sense of peace. I have traveled to many ocean locations in my life, but nothing compares to Bandon, and this home is a treasure....it's not a hotel, or motel, it's a home, and the peace and serenity you will find there is priceless..