From Sunrise to Sunset: Pool, Hot Tub, Ocean views

Our family comprised of four generations, 9 months to 81 years had a fabulous time. The house accommodated all of our needs. In fact we plan on doing this again next year

This is a review of the Currituck Club, solely as a place to stay while in the Outer Banks.It is located in Corolla, North Carolina and in the absence of traffic is about 25 minutes north of the Wright Brothers Memorial Bridge, but it balloons to 1-2 hours of traffic on the busiest weekends of the summer. If you don't arrive before 10:30 AM on a summer weekend, it will take up to an hour to get through Duck North Carolina. (On the other hand, if you were simply driving to the north end of Duck itself, it might take nearly as long to get there. Getting through Duck is the problem, and the Club really can't help that.) Once north of Duck, traffic tends to move. The community is beautiful. All of the houses are beautiful. Most houses are no more than one house away from the golf course. Shopping facilities are located at the entrance and include donut shops, ice cream shops, a Harris Teeter grocery store with beer and wine, and sundry while-you're-at-the-beach shops. Wild horse tours originate there. There is a fitness center and a well maintained pool. Unfortunately, there is no reasonable beach access for the entire community. The Club solves this problem by offering a continuous trolley to shuttle you to a public beach 2 1/2 miles south. This lack of beach access is a deal breaker for a family whose primary reason to come to the Outer Banks is to go to the beach. We had to rely upon a trolley to take us 2 1/2 miles south of our home, though the distance may be less depending on where you are located in the club. We attempted to simply walk to the beach utilizing existing roads (and about 10 yards of golf cart paths). We managed this successfully getting to and from the beach in about 15 minutes for 3 days. On the 4th day we were accosted by security and advised that we were not permitted to take these paths to the beach. We took public roads and roads maintained by the community on the fifth day but were again advised against going to the beach that way. Presumably the Currituck Club employees were looking out for the Ocean Sands South community across the street. Once, my children were told that to simply walk the streets of the community necessitated wearing a green wristband, provided at check-in. The house was beautiful and well maintained. Unfortunately, water pressure in the master bedroom was virtually nonexistent, even if no one else was using water. We loved the community and the house. A good home for golfers, not for beachcombers