Is Ocean Retreat Beach Front Home--Great Beach-Dog Friendly pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total). Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

Ocean Retreat Beach Front Home--Great Beach-Dog Friendly - Latest Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Where is Ocean Retreat Beach Front Home--Great Beach-Dog Friendly located?

Nestled on the beach, this Butler Beach vacation home is within a 10-minute walk of Matanzas River and Butler Beach. Crescent Beach and Butler Beach State Park are also within 2 mi (3 km).

8/10 Good

Cindi S.

Mar 30, 2025

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Beautiful beach

We enjoyed our stay with beautiful view and easy access to the beach. Would stay again.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

James C.

Apr 30, 2025

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Beach Trip 2025

Beautiful property. Good Location. Direct beach access.

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

cheryl h.

May 20, 2025

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Great family vacation

5 adults, 2 dogs and a 16 month old baby-everyone had a great time! Really cool ice cubes made by the refrigerator and my grandson loved the hanging gong. The beach was less busy than closer to St Augustine so that made it so much easier with the dogs. The outsides hoses were also very helpful. Great family vacation!

Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lorelei S.

Apr 1, 2025

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Beach stay

The appeal for the property is the location on the beach, easy beach access, large useable deck, well equipped kitchen, barbecue for cooking in. House is spacious and pet friendly. Appreciated earlier check in, attention to detail in the house and great communication with the owner. Thank you, Gary!

Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steve L., marriottsville, USA

Jul 31, 2023

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Perfect…

Great location off the main drag… well done house… direct private beach access… great owner… will stay again.

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johnny B.

Jun 4, 2023

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Very nice week!

Enjoyed our stay. The views are amazing, and the home is well maintained. Home is very nicely decorated.

Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey S.

Jul 7, 2020

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Beach Vacation

We enjoyed a beautiful beach front home that was well-maintained & run by friendly & helpful staff. We had a great week!

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer C.

Apr 4, 2023

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Dog & human friendly

Fascinating museum like home, with gorgeous views and on a sandy beach with water perfect for swimming, surfing, boogie boarding, or even SUPing. Multiple gate enclosures to keep dogs safe & humans relaxing. We treasured our stay!

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Debbie H., Winter Garden

Sep 29, 2021

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Paradise Found...

We couldn't have asked for a more mystical, fantastic, slice of paradise...breathtaking views and a truly unique and fascinating home...we will be back...

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kerri L.

Apr 8, 2023

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Didn’t Want to Leave!

This home is nice and spacious, and is situated in an area where the beachfront is pretty much your own! Our family loved staying here as it has everything you need for the perfect family vacation and is a short drive away from downtown St Augustine and area attractions. Gary was a very responsive host and our stay here couldn’t have been better!

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathy D.

May 6, 2024

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A beautiful beach house

We had a wonderful vacation at Ocean Retreat House. It was everything we hoped for. Beautiful, comfortable house, excellent beach access, beautiful beach. The back deck is spectacular. We did not spend much time in St Augustine because we were enjoying the house and beach so much. It is a very dog friendly house and beach.

Stayed 10 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

James W.

Jun 1, 2023

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Sunrise Heaven

Starting the day with immediate access to the sunrise and beach, made our stay most enjoyable. The home was warmly furnished, comfortable, and in a great location. Check in and check out was a breeze. We will definitely return. Thank you Gary and Vanessa.

Stayed 10 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anne R.

Apr 26, 2023

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Reunion at Ocean Retreat

My family and I really enjoyed this property. Right on the beach and a beautiful house to stay in. Gary was very easy to deal with and made sure everything was working properly. We would consider staying again. Thanks Gary

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alexis W.

Feb 27, 2024

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Great place right on the beach

This property is a fantastic location. You can walk down the boardwalk right to the beach. The master suite has views from the bathrooms of sunset, and views from the bed of sunrise. Well equipped and spacious. There is one bedroom (master suite) on the top floor, and two bedrooms on the main floor. A quick drive into downtown and convenient for the sites.

Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Annette M., Fort Myers, Florida

Feb 18, 2023

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The week of R & R flew by ...

This is a picturesque hide-away with amazing views of the ocean and the sunrises are inspirational. Gary is truly a 'superior host' who is available and responsive! I wish the week didn't go so fast! I would highly recommend without reservation to everyone!

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Deborah R.

Mar 17, 2017

Best Ever

My family loved this home and we are eager to return. It was so comfortable and ocean views from the living, dining and two bedrooms. It is obvious that the owner puts a lot of love and care into this home. You literally step out the door onto the private boardwalk onto the beach. The beach is huge. The kitchen had everything we needed for cooking meals in. It is actually better equipped than my kitchen at home. The owner was easy to work with. We look forward to our next trip.

10/10 Excellent

Dan R., United States

Aug 14, 2021

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Beautiful property!

What a great place to stay! House was beautifully decorated and loaded with everything needed to make you feel like you’re at home. Location was perfect! Close enough to restaurants and shopping to make it easy to go out, but separated from the multi-unit properties making it feel like we had our own private beach. Gary was great to work with, easy to communicate with, and very accommodating. My wife and I stayed with our two adult sons and one of their wives, and we all had our own private space, but there was more than enough common space for us to visit and eat together. We will definitely be back! Thanks for everything Gary!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Melanie W.

Dec 7, 2023

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Unique beach getaway perfect

The property is unique in many ways as others reviewed. The art work is awesome. The layout and view of the ocean from 2 story windows is the center piece of the house with 2 patios along with the private walk way over the dunes to the beach. Expect stairs, thats the main thing walking up to the house, if course second floor master suite, and down to the beach. Kitchen has everything you need, plenty of space, ability to wash clothes, and grill out all you want. Also a fresh seafood market less than 3 minutes down the road. Truly loved being able to stay here! Hope to again one day!

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tania M.

Aug 17, 2023

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Paradise

This was our quick yearly staycation getaway before school started. This house is definitely our favorite. The views from all the windows and balconies were completely breathtaking. The beach was never overly crowded and it was so convenient to have your own walkway to and from the beach. PP were accurate when saying, this house is fully equipped with all you could possibly need. It was very clean, incredibly interesting with all the unique decor and I met the host personally who was very nice. Our 5 year old pug loved the house as well. Beds were super comfortable as well. My kids enjoyed having their own bedrooms. We take yearly trips to the St. Augustine area and would love to stay in this beautiful home again.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Penny D.

Oct 6, 2021

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Beach Paradise

What our family loved most of all was that there are no high rise resorts or condos near by! The beach felt like our very own private slice of heaven! The house was exactly as pictured and is very clean (noting - I am a clean freak)! The host/owners were so accommodating and communicated with us via text/email (and even left us their phone numbers) which was nice when we had questions. The yard between the garage and the house was beautifully filled with so many gorgeous plants that we felt like we were in a sanctuary for all the local wild life. We saw turtles, frogs, baby birds, bunny rabbits, possums, lizards (of course) and so many butterflies. On the beach there is a turtle egg nest being protected that was pretty awesome too! Another amazing beach family vacation. Thank you Gary!

Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Jennifer L.

Sep 25, 2023

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Nice Place

The owners are very easy to work with. There was a good amount of parking. The warning about the steps is something to consider with smaller children. There are a lot of steps to get into the house and down the boardwalk, but it was really nice that we had our own private entry way to the beach and there were two stations to wash off your feet and dogs. Fair warning to bring something to protect your dogs feet because the boardwalk can get pretty hot. The cleaning crew isn’t the best. We found a fry next to the couch and a couple of roaches, but overall the place was really nice. Beautiful deck and scenery and in a very quiet neighborhood. The section of the beach wasn’t too crowded either which was great. I also loved that we all had our own bathroom. The upstairs bed/bath combo is gorgeous and very spacious. I would recommend this place to larger families.

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Krutika S.

Jul 16, 2023

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Gem on Crescent Beach!!!

Wow! There are not enough great things to say about this property. We traveled as a family with our beloved pup. The house is like a museum, look in every corner, on every wall and there’s a new artifact, painting, or beautiful object. This property is steps from the beach and there are two decks (one off master bedroom and the main deck) that you can enjoy. You don’t have to bring a thing - the entire house is fully furnished and the kitchen stocked with all the things you may need! The beach was splendid!! We can’t wait to come again!!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Douglas H.

Apr 7, 2023

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Oceanfront Property

The house was right on the beach. It was great to hear the ocean waves hitting the beach and the view was spectacular.

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angela G., Louisville, Ky

Sep 10, 2022

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Amazing week at the beach!

Everything about our stay was Phenomenal. Met the owner of the home Gary he was very friendly and helpful and spoke with Vanessa she was very friendly and helpful. Everything we needed was all in one place. The beach was very clean. Hope to get to visit again soon.

Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Paul B.

May 29, 2022

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Great Beach House Getaway

We had a great time in St Augustine. Perfect house for direct beach access and bringing your dog. Beach was great and not overcrowded. Gary was very helpful during the entire process. Would definitely come back. 5 stars!! My only complaint was I had to leave and go back to work.

Stayed 5 nights in May 2022

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