Coconuts 109, Holmes Beach Vacation Rental

First Visit to AMI
Coconuts 109 is a nice, extremely-beachfront location and was great for a girls’ trip with my daughter. You literally CANNOT get any closer to beach and oceanfront than the Coconuts beachfront rooms (this is one of them) and the view from the lanai was stunning. The unit was phenomenally clean when we arrived (praise coming from a clean-freak). The kitchen was well-stocked with all the tools we needed to make small breakfasts and quick lunches….we wanted to eat out for our dinners and we are glad we did because AMI restaurants are excellent. If you are SUPER picky, here is what you might want to know about the unit: The parking area is literally a public beach access road. This means two things: First, the beach is busy with public beach-goers. If you want an oceanfront spot for your chairs and umbrella, get out there and get it set up by 8:00 AM. The beach was especially busy on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Lots of kids, teens, families. Second, although there are parking spaces for the public beach-goers, they often ignore the Coconuts signage and park in your clearly-marked spot. Annoying, but not a deal-breaker. Also, note that you will enter the unit from the rear (not directly from the beach), up two flights of stairs. This was fine for us, but would be a challenge for an older person or someone with mobility challenges. Finally, the AC struggles to get to the bedroom. It is set at 74 degrees in the unit and it gets warm and humid in the bedroom. To be fair, it was 91 degrees outside most of the time we were there. I did not feel any of this was severe enough to make a phone call. Speaking for beach chairs and such, there are two nice Tommy Bahama low beach chairs in the unit. They were great! There was also an umbrella, but it was broken. We always bring our own sunshades though—a Shibumi or a Ninja. We bought heavy-duty pool noodles for the week and left them in the unit for the next guests. Four beach towels are in the unit, which worked just fine. I would return to this unit because it is what we like—-private, not a chain hotel, has a full kitchen, and you can literally roll out of bed and onto the beach. And no key was needed—-just use your keycode! Added note: Restaurants we loved were The Waterfront, Harry’s, Chart House (huge crab legs), Ventura’s (authentic Italian pies—much variety), The Porch, Isola Bella (pasta carbonara and duck). Also loved massages at the Aluna Spa. All of these are in EASY driving distance from this unit. From 5 - 25 minutes. And there were many more we could have chosen. The water at AMI was clear enough to see our shadows amongst the fish on the ocean floor and it was soooooo calm. A relaxing vacation of doing not much but enjoying each other’s company!

- Krista M from Garrett, Posted: 08/05/2023