"MerSea" Pirates Beach House in Galveston

Everything was absolutely wonderful… we didn’t want to leave!

Host was very helpful and timely. House was nice and kitchen well equipped. enjoyed the stay!

Fantastic location and beautifully presented house with excellent amenities

This is a lovely, spacious home, steps from the beach, with impressive decks and views of the gulf.When my two children were younger, we would typically rent condos for our Galveston vacations (The Dawn, Ocean Grove etc.) Now the kids are adults in college, each with significant others. It's a different type of family vacation. With a large home like this, you can be together on the elevated first floor or the enormous deck, but you also have the flexibility to split up, be alone, read a book, take a nap or whatever. You're never "on top of each other", and it would have been just as comfortable with eight people, rather than just six.The photos showing the view don't really do it justice. It's wonderful. The water view is very important to my wife, she's a morning person who gets up before the rest of us. She spends an hour or two facing the gulf, with a coffee and a book. Although there are some great-looking rentals without legitimate water views, we're just never going to rent one of those.I found the Pirates Beach neighborhood to be quiet, even in mid-July, a little more lively over the weekend but at all not crowded or noisy. In terms of contact with the hosts, the check-in instructions were clear, we had everything we needed, no problems came up. I was confident they would respond quickly if some issue arose. But, what renters really prefer to NOT have to reach out for anything, and that's the experience we had.We would definitely stay there again.