359CA: Charming Family Home, 3 Blocks to Beach, Restaurants and Shops Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026

Q: Is 359CA: Charming Family Home, 3 Blocks to Beach, Restaurants and Shops pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Q: Where is 359CA: Charming Family Home, 3 Blocks to Beach, Restaurants and Shops located?

Situated by the sea, this holiday home is within a 10-minute walk of Catalina Island Medical Center, Catalina Island Visitor Center and Catalina Island Museum. Avalon Pier and Three Palms Avalon Arcade are also within 10 minutes.

10/10 Excellent

James S.

26 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Birthday stay

Great place with a lot of history. Would stay here again.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Doug B.

28 Mar 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Island Cottage

Lots of space with 6 beds, more than enough for 6 adults. Decor was homey and comfortable. Gas fireplace was a plus!! Having a golf cart would have made it ideal, but the walk to town was easy. Vons supermarket at the end of the block was also great.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laurence S.

2 May 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Communication

Loved the home

Perfect setup for us. My daughter and her husband loved the “outside” shower and private downstairs room and the upstairs for us was perfect. Clean and nice!

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Kimberly T.

29 Aug 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Catalina house

We had a marvelous time . The house was clean and had a beautiful patio perfect for our size group (6). The neighbors were very loud in the late evening though.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna H.

28 Sept 2024

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great for Families

This house was perfect for our family. Our two sons and their families joined us for a milestone celebration. We had six adults and four children. As most places in Catalina, it is an older home and the entire structure is somewhat rickety. We were able to make breakfast and dinner with a relatively large kitchen - with all he kitchen tools you would need. Best of all, the patio table and indoor table fit all of us. For the price, it's an excellent choice.

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Somjai C.

20 May 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house!

This house is in a great location. It’s on the flat ground, no walking uphill from the port and is close to Vons grocery store. The description of the house setting & amenities are as described. We have 8 people in our group & the house is big enough and we feel comfortable to share our space. The kitchen is fully stock. One evening we got to use the BBQ grill & had dinner on the patio. We consider to stay here again when we visit Avalon.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jane K.

13 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

What a delight!

Avalon was a wonderful experience and our home away from home was perfect. we had four adults and one granddaughter (8) and me (84), grand mom staying. we all loved our beautiful home. The flower bower front and side was a lovely plus, we could sit and read and watch the passing scene from the side patio surrounded by golden yellow hibiscus! .We had lots of dining space, the kitchen VERY well appointed with every imaginable cooking tool,and spices galore, beds very comfy, baths very modern and attractive, I could go on...but in short an ideal spot to spend a week in and enjoy its convenient location, walking distance to Vons a great grocery...just like home and all the local attractions and there are so many things to see and do on the island!!!

Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Jack H.

8 Sept 2025

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Amazing location and history in this house.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rob W.

14 Sept 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Had a great time and good location down the street from the main part of town. We have stayed closer, but it gets noisy during the later hours, especially on the weekends. This was close enough and quiet enough to enjoy all the amenities. Check in and check out was a breeze. Thanks for having us!

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth S.

18 Aug 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

It was an amazing stay , house very comfortable but could use more wash clothes, very comfy & only 2 blocks from the beach from town , around the corner is Vons , the house was clean and had everything we needed, pots pans dishes , water toys. Chairs for the beach

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stacy A.

9 Jan 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great island getaway.

Safe location, great house with tons of character. Would definitely stay there again. Lots of room for a big group.

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Arnulfo M., CANYON LAKE

24 Mar 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our Stay

Excellent location, close to business area, easy access to port, beach, and night life. Enjoyed our stay, house was comfortable, clean, and roomy.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lyn

15 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

The house and views exceeded our expectations.

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lauren S.

10 Oct 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Reunion

Perfect house for our group of cousins. So easy to access and quiet part of Avalon. Loved all the fun family memorabilia!

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nazo S.

17 Apr 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Weekday Getaway!

This Catalina beach home was perfect for our family, with plenty of space for both group activities and alone time. The home is close to the market (Vons), restaurants, bars, donuts and ice cream! What more can you ask for?

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jenna M.

7 Oct 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing Catalina weekend trip!!!

We absolutely loved staying in this quaint bungalow that had a cozy feel but plenty of space for our group of friends. The house location was perfect, close to Vons and walkable to everything. Inside was very clean and all amenities worked great. We will definitely be back and recommend this rental to anyone looking for a fun Catalina getaway. Cheers!

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

GREG T.

21 Oct 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Decent

Sofa needs upgrading. More info on the shower downstairs. We didn’t find it until the 3rd night.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Carol J.

8 Aug 2024

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Cleanliness

Needs cleaning

The cabinets and carpet were extremely dirty. This property needs a good cleaning.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Frank D.

14 Jul 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Vacation

Such a great house and picturesque. Everything we needed and all of the features we wanted. Liked the house, tvs and of course the fully equipped kitchen. Super close to Vons and more quiet than being close to the beach, even though it’s still close…Don’t think about it. Just book it! Catalina is awesome. Btw, loved all the decorations and pictures inside the house. Such a rich history!

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Abel R.

28 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Help I need toilet paper

The property was just as expected except for the zero toilet paper @ the house . And after traveling for 4 + hours the ladies in our group were agitated . I had to walk to the vons store for TP .

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

heather h.

10 Oct 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic Catalina

We enjoyed our 2nd year at Catalina Island. This house was great, big kitchen, nice patio with good BBQ. We enjoyed all the historical and family photos around the house.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Larry N.

23 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice family vacation house

Overall nice stay, only one shower was a challenge the downstairs bathroom has a tub. Also be sure to buy a couple of bars of soap if you stay more than 1 day because the micro-soap provided only lasts a day. Buy toilet paper too because you only get the roll on the holder in each bathroom, same with paper towel, 1 roll so if you stay for a few days and have kids, better stick up too on that. Upstairs very hot if the weather is over 75 during the day outside.. fans only do so much. Very noisy from very busy street corner, trash truck, street sweeper, golf carts and fire trucks/ambulances all pass by (so close to firehouse and city yard). Our family is easy going so all this was overlooked when we just enjoy each other on vacation.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

10 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Charming Family Cottage

We thoroughly enjoyed staying at the Johnson Family cottage on Catalina. There is a lot of history in this house that we appreciated and tried to respect. Reading the binder about the cottage and it’s occupants really made us feel as if we became apart of its history. We especially liked the outside shower attached to the downstairs bathroom, ample sleeping quarters, and the proximity to the grocery store and other Avalon businesses. If you are a light sleeper, you might want to choose one of bedrooms in the back of the house to avoid the noise of golf cart traffic. I would definitely stay here again.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Karen D.

2 May 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved staying here

We had a great experience here. We arrived early on Friday and was told the house was ready and we could go in now. Wonderful news for us with all our luggage. The house is really cute with lots of family photos all over and sits on the end of the street so there is a patio to sit outside and watch all the carts of people passing by. A little loud but very nice to sit outside. It’s an old house so some of the dresser drawers were broken and we had an issue with the garbage disposal but over all a great place to stay. Checkout morning we were all running behind and was able to get a later check out. Again awesome news!!! We didn’t have to carry all of our stuff around all day and some were able to sleep in. We had 7 adults and 2 children and had plenty of room for all.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Janae R.

21 Mar 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Spacious and Charming-Highly recommend

We rented 2 houses for 14 people for the weekend…we had plenty of room to bbq and play card games at the huge dining table and patio area. The location was perfect- close to everything it not so close that we couldn’t have some quiet time too. The house has so much history and was so cozy…we enjoyed figuring out from the book they have and all the pictures that a beautiful captain and his family must have lived there. It felt like we got to stay at our grandparents family home. Kitchen was the best stocked kitchen we ever have rented and the heater and fireplace worked great There we’re plenty of clean towels, blankets, games, movie and music cd’s. We’ve rented many house over the years in Catalina and this was by far the best house yet. We definitely will be renting this house again when we have a large party because the house was very spacious and accommodating for our group and our 2 handicapped veterans as well.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

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