The Hamilton Cove villas are SO close to the Descanso Beach Club (our fav) and the rest of downtown Avalon, but we felt as if we were on a separate island on Italy's Amalfi Coast. The community is quiet and peaceful and this unit has awe-inspiring views of the ocean. We enjoyed our sunsets and sunrises immensely, but didn't have an opportunity to spend much time on the property otherwise. We spent our days on the zipline, rope course, descanso beach club cabanas, boating, and getting ice cream at Big Olaf's. In a future visit, we will be sure to bring our putters for the putting green!
BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: This villa isn't particularly updated, but then again, not much in Avalon is updated anyway. The three bedrooms are as pictured and the wrap-around deck is amazing. The linens on the beds are weathered and worn, but we slept fine. Our sons chose to sleep on the living room couches to have a better view of the ocean; the extra linens in the closet were plentiful. The bathrooms came stocked with plenty of toilet paper, but be sure to bring your own shampoo & conditioner because the sample packets provided would only accommodate one person's shower once.
KITCHEN: The kitchen was well appointed with standard mismatched dishes, utensils, pans and other essentials. If you go fishing and catch anything worth keeping, take note: the knives are the dullest knives we've ever handled! You will need to bring your own knives to prepare any food items that require chopping. Additionally, there are no cleaning scrubbers / sponges, which makes clean up more challenging. The grill comes with plenty of propane and the kitchen was stocked with Cascade to run the dishwasher. Be advised: you will have an ant infestation if you leave ANY food on the counter, even sealed packages. We found out the hard way when we'd left an unopened box of donuts on the counter overnight. There is ant killer spray underneath the sink to take care of this problem.
OTHER: Taxi transfers to/from the ferry are very easy and each way costs about $20. The golf cart is an appreciated and necessary perk. Our golf cart struggled to gain speed with two adults and four children, but none of the other drivers on the road seemed to mind. We used the golf cart for at least 3 roundtrips to/from town over the course of 4 days and per the rental agreement, we topped off the gas on our last day; we needed about 0.8 gallons at the gas station.
We absolutely loved our stay in Avalon!
