Nestled in Melbourne Beach, this lovely house for $492 per night is a fantastic option for your next break. New to the market. Great beachside family home, up-dated with beautiful screened private patio and hot tub. Spend your morning with a cup of coffee and take a 6 minute stroll to the beach to watch the amazing Atlantic Ocean sunrises and hear the surf. This cozy home is great for a couple or a family exploring the area. We love our snowbirds looking for a winter retreat and this home is perfect. Close to golf, beach, tennis, resturants, and everything the Space Coast offers. Spend your day relaxing poolside or day on the beach. When your done with the day have your favorite beverage enjoying the relaxing hot tub that lights up in your favorite color and enjoy the hues and sounds of waves of beachside living. Our barrier island home is located in the quaint town of Melbourne Beach. This quiet beach town is nestled between the Indian River Lagoon and the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. One of the oldest beach communities in Brevard County. We are bless to be In this barrier island sanctuary, that keeps our natural environment safe for the plethora of seasonal nesting sea turtles and migratory sea birds! Our beaches are home to the highest concentration of nesting sea turtles in North America. Nesting season runs May-October, usually peaking June -August. It is the most amazing thing to witness, a nesting mother turtle, they are huge, weighing hundreds of pounds. The process of laying eggs over night takes 2 hours, as the mom slowly travels the beach, digs a whole lay the eggs, bury her clutch and returns to the ocean. The hatchlings emerge a month or so later. The turtles are protected and not lights can be used. They do have organized turtle walks at the Barrier Island Sanctuary and Turtle Preservation Society. A few blocks away is the heart of our small beach town Ocean Ave, where you will find a great array of restaurants, from casual to higher end Dijons Steak and Lobster House with a great piano bar! Stroll the pier to see the most beautiful sunsets over the Indian River Lagoon. We also have a gourmet super market with excellent variety of wines and deli, Beachside Pizza, Sunnyside cafe for breakfast and ice cream parlor. Catalyst surf shop and Black Dog bait shop for the anglers all nearby. There is also the Bikini Bar on the beach which doubles as a great breakfast place to watch the ocean, beachgoers, surfers and waves. Our town has parks, tennis courts, amphitheater, and our fishing pier to catch some of the best sunsets you will remember forever! Plenty of activities and restaurants nearby. Downtown Melbourne and Florida Tech are just a few miles away mainland. The small beach town offers festivals, art shows, triathlons with fun, food and entertainment. The quiet town of Melbourne Beach is the perfect location to relax from the busy theme parks (Disney/Universal) in Orlando, about one and a half hour away. We are also 40 minutes to one of the busiest Florida cruise ship centers, Port Canaveral. We also have one of the best small zoos in the country and 45 minutes from Kennedy Space Center, which means you can see rocket launches from the backyard frequently. We are pet friendly and love traveling with our dogs also. We allow 2 dogs for a pet non-refundable fee of $150, up to 50 pounds each, if bigger please reach out for apporval. The yard is fenced in, we do require you to pick up after your pet. Of course you must use a leash if walking the neighborhood. The county does allow dogs on the beach. They do have designated dog beaches a few miles away. We do have a beach towel, some beach chairs, umbrella and a cart to wheel to the beach if you want to walk. It's about a 6 min walk, if you prefer to drive there is Spessard Holland North beach park, with free parking and bathrooom, less than a mile away. We do have an option to heat the pool for $25 per day but with the hot tub 10 feet away you most likely will not need it.