Delightful stay at Rita and Mark's home which was about a 25 min walk from downtown Manhatten Beach. We walked for miles along the Strand visiting nearby beach communities. Our room and bathroom was situated in a private second floor location. We found it to be very clean, spacious and bright. Loved sitting on our own balcony looking over a very quiet safe neighbourhood. We had plenty of cupboard space and a new comfortable mattress and linens. We were welcome to use their kitchen to prepare light meals and had use of their fridge to store our provisions. As we did not have use of a car, our host took time out of her busy schedule to drive us to a couple of destinations. Though the pool was available, the weather was a bit cool to tempt us. They have two lovely, old very quiet outdoor dogs whom we got to know as well. We were made to feel at home right away and would definitely return. LAX is a short $20 taxi ride away.