This apartment is very close to the beach, restaurants and bars of Mission Beach, which is a fun area. You can turn up and be on the beach or having a meal or drink within minutes of arriving. However, the apartment is small with very steep, narrow stairs from the street to the apartment. If you have even a modest amount of luggage (we had two bags weighing between 15 & 18 kgs), it is difficult to get the bags to the apartment and then to store them out of the living area. Also, the apartment is very poorly insulated. We stayed in January and the evenings were cold and the apartment very cold. The fire provided was no where near powerful enough to keep the apartment warm.