We were shocked when we entered. It was so much larger than we expected. The layout is great. You can cook and interact with others, perfect. The furnishings were really nice and very comfortable. We only had 3 in our group, but could have easily had 6. The walk to town was very easy, no huge hills like other places we've stayed. Easy to the dock, Safeway and town. It's on the 3rd floor, so great view of the hills at night and partial water view. They have an elevator!! Yay!!

The only drawback is that it's on the front of the property and the golf cart tour path can be a little active, at times. But not a deal breaker. Honestly, you if your enjoying your company, watching tv etc, you don't really notice. We would stay there again for sure. It would be perfect if it came with a golf cart (like Hamilton Cove), at least if the rental is longer than a weekend. That would be a huge value.

Oh... the onsite pool was VERY clean and the overall environment was peaceful, made us feel like locals.

This unit is pretty much exactly as it appears in the pictures! The main condo complex it is in is an older complex, but this unit is newly remodeled, really clean and modern. The bathrooms were really well lit. The location is great - less than 10 minutes walk from the beach. We were deciding between this unit and units closer to the ocean, but we read a lot of reviews of the places that were closer had more noise. This unit is on a quiet street and removed from much of the bustle, but still close enough to walk to get around, and just a few blocks from the main Vons where we ran a lot of errands. Catalina Island Vacation Rental office was really easy to work with - both check in and out were super quick and the team was friendly. I lost an item and called them later and they were very quick to check the unit and follow up. The one small nitpick was I had no idea how to change channels on cable TV, but honestly that was probably for the best anyway!

All in all a great experience for us!!