Luxury Penthouse near Beach, Tiki Hut, Coligny

Summary:
Our spacious lagoon-view two-story penthouse condo is across the street from the beach, a block from the Coligny Plaza shops/restaurants, & adjacent to the Lowcountry Celebration Park. The Coligny area provides the best combo of a beautiful beach & the ability to walk to shops, restaurants, & beach bars. The complex has garage parking, elevators, a pool, & tennis/pickleball courts. Condo features a balcony, tennis/pickleball rackets, games, & all the pool and beach amenities you need!

The Space:
The location of this stunning Forest Beach Villas #426 3-bedroom penthouse villa is outstanding as it’s across the street from the beach, a block from the Coligny Plaza shopping and dining, and adjacent to the beautiful Lowcountry Celebration Park. Villa features a spacious 16 foot living room ceiling, kitchen equipped with everything you need to cook meals, a spacious lagoon-view balcony, upgraded WiFi, lots of beach/recreational amenities, and an underground parking garage with luggage carts and elevators to make unloading a snap. Villa comes with access to our tennis and pickleball courts and a wonderful pool for your enjoyment. The spacious master bedroom has a cathedral ceiling with a king-sized bed and direct balcony access. The second bedroom is located upstairs and features a twin XL over queen bunk bed unit. The third bedroom is also located upstairs and features two twin beds and a twin pullout trundle bed. The villa is 1,756 square feet and comfortably sleeps 8 people and offers guests a quiet place to enjoy their vacation, along with the convenience of being a short walk to shops, restaurants, and beach bars.

As owners we try hard to ensure your vacation is hassle free making sure the villa has everything you’ll need for a perfect beach getaway including beach chairs, umbrellas, cart, towels, pails/shovels/sand molds, kites, boogie boards as well as tennis/pickleball rackets & balls, rain gear, and more. Sometimes prior guests may lose or break these items, so they're not guaranteed to be available or in good condition, but you're welcome to use what's there!

While summer is a very popular season to visit Hilton Head Island, the Fall, Spring, and Winter are beautiful as well. Most restaurants and bars have outdoor heaters, so you’re able to dine outdoors if you’d like.

Guest Access:
Our condo has a numeric keypad that unlocks the door and, for your connivence, we have contactless check-in and check-out. 

We have one exterior camera near the doorbell that covers the exterior only.

You’ll be able to enter the condo at 4:00pm on the day of your arrival.  We cannot guarantee an early check-in and respectfully ask guests to patiently wait for our cleaners to finish.   In the event you arrive at our complex before the condo is ready, you can change into bathing suits in the pool bathrooms and enjoy some swimming.  The pool gate code will be provided with your check-in instructions.

The Neighborhood:
Our condo is minutes away from a some great places including the beach (3 to 4 minute walk), the famous Tiki Hut Beach Bar (5 minute walk), Coligny Plaza (5 minute walk), Sea Pines Forest Reserve (10 minute walk), Shiphard Golf Course (4 minute drive), Shelter Cove Harbour (8 minute drive), Palmetto Dunes Club (9 minute drive), Harbour Town Golf Links (10 minute drive), and Hilton Head Island Airport KHXD, (15 minute drive.)

Beach Access Directions
- Stairway or elevator to 1st floor
- Walk across lagoon bridge
- At bottom of bridge stairs take right on to short stone path & pass thru the black gate (code to be provided upon check-in)
- Head right & walk to end of the parking lot
- Walk across street & either enter the beach through the Beach House Parking Lot (4 minute walk from condo) or
take a left & walk a few yards & enter at the Coligny Beach Park Walkway (an extra 3 minutes).
- Note: If you’re using a cooler on wheels or beach cart and want to avoid stairs you should take the elevator or stairs to the garage level of the complex and then exit through the parking garage entrance that you drove through when you parked your car and then take a left on to the sidewalk on Pope Avenue. You’ll find the crosswalk to the beach a few steps away.

Grocery/Food Stores
- Piggly Wiggly, 1 N Forest Beach Dr, 0.5 miles from our condo (somewhat small grocery store)
- Publix, 11 Palmetto Bay Rd, 1.5 miles from our condo (large grocery store, excellent bakery dept.)

Restaurants/Other Stuff Nearby
- The Porch Southern Kitchen & Bar - ‪3 min walk‬
- Smokehouse - ‪3 min walk‬
- The Sandbar - ‪3 min walk‬
- Oceanfront Beach Rentals - ‪3 min walk‬
- Gringos - ‪4 min walk‬

Restaurants & Reservations
For summer bookings, dinner reservations are recommended. The following restaurants accept reservations, and the distance from our condo is detailed below.

Very Casual:  
  Aunt Chiladas, 0.4 miles, 69 Pope Ave
  Riley's, 1.5 miles, 7D Greenwood Dr
  Holy Tequila 1.5 miles, 33 Office Park Rd
  Hinchey's Chicago Sytle, 0.3 miles, 70 Pope Ave

Casual:  
  The Quarterdeck, 4.4 miles, 160 Lighthouse Rd
  Fish Camp on Broad Creek, 5.3 miles, 11 Simmons Rd
  Crazy Crab Harbor Town, 4.1 miles, 149 Lighthouse Rd
  Old Oyster Factory, 7.5 miles, 101 Marshland Rd
  Elas on the Water, 4.6 miles, 1 Shelter Cover Lane
  Poseidon, 4.7 miles, 38 Shelter Cove Lane
  Coast, 2.3 miles, 87 N Sea Pines Dr
  Black Marlin, 3.0 miles, 86 Helmsman Way
  Charlie's L'Etole Verte, 1.8 miles, 8 New Orleans Rd
  Pomodori (Italian Food), 2.2 miles, 1 New Orleans Rd
    Al Dente (Italian Food), 0.2 miles, 1 N Forest Beach Dr
    Michael Anthony’s (Italian), 1.3 miles, 37 New Orleans Rd

 Fine Dining:   
  Chez George Bistro & Bar, 1.5 miles, 37 New Orleans Rd
  Sage Room, 0.3 miles, 75 Pope Ave
  Alexander's, 5.0 miles, 76 Queens Folly Rd
    Ela’s On The Water, 5.6 miles, 1 Shelter Cove Lane

Getting Around:
You can choose to drive or rent a car (two parking spots are provided for normal-sized vehicles, no RVs or trailers, max height 6ft 2in) and park in our underground parking garage or in our surface lot. Uber is increasingly available and reliable, but you can also contact Don’s Transportation Service at 843-540-3399. Don has a Honda Odyssey Minivan that can accommodate himself + 7 passengers. If you wish to use Don for a ride from the Savannah Airport, the cost has typically been $80 + tip regardless of the number of passengers, but please contact him directly to confirm in advance of your arrival. In the past, he has accepted Venmo, though he prefers cash.  You can also call Don at any time during your stay for a ride.

Interaction with Guests:
Contactless check-in and check-out is provided using digital door codes and messaging in our app, but if you have a problem, we have a local representative that can help so please reach out! Contact information is in our house manual inside the unit.