My family of 10, all adults, enjoyed our stay at Casa Azul. The property was beautiful, clean, and so close to the beach. 5-7 minute walk. Having access to some bikes and a golf cart was cool and convenient for riding around to the shops nearby (very close to some souvenir shops, ice cream, and coffee), but you couldn’t actually park a golf cart at the nearest beach access point, so you were better off walking there unless someone could drop the group off and drive back.
There were 4 lounge chairs and 2 umbrellas set up for us at the closest beach access that was reserved with our name on the back of the chairs, and we were also able to bring a few extra of our own chairs which was plenty for us. Personal umbrellas were allowed, tents are not. Really though, all of the set up chairs along the beach were so close together that there wasn’t a ton of room to set up your own umbrellas anyways, everyone was very close to each other. We never ventured to one of the other beach access points, since the one closest was so nice and convenient.
The private pool was a great size, clean, but since there was no cover and not much shade from the trees, the water was very warm for our entire stay (we did not opt for heating), but that’s just the reality of the Florida sun.
Our only main issue was that the ice maker on the refrigerator was not working when we arrived. We contacted the management company and they sent someone out to fix it-which worked for 1 day, but then stopped again and we didn’t bother after that, just bought our own ice instead.
Toiletries were provided in each bathroom, along with plenty of toilet paper and more towels than we could every possibly use in one week.
Some minor suggestions we had to maybe add to the rental would be to have hooks by the front door for keys, and maybe a curtain on the front door (the whole door is basically glass and you can see straight from the street into the house). Also the upstairs bunkroom might be nice to include a dresser and a lamp, this room got messy really quick with just 3 people in it sharing the one closet that only had shelves. These things were minor but still thought we should mention it.
Overall we had a great stay. Casa Azul was a gem. Destin has really become (or maybe it always has been) an area with beautiful beaches, jam packed with rental homes, condos, tourist traffic, and very little infrastructural city planning, but that’s also sort of its charm.