This place is close to the beach. The Beach is a dog friendly beach, so you could bring your dog and enjoy the beach together. This home is a large home and can accommodate a large family. It's location is close to the Zoo, Balboa Park and Sea World. You can view a spectacular sunset from the upstairs balcony, or a short drive to sunset cliffs. The beach is a popular beach, so parking in front of the house goes quickly. There is parking for 2 vehicles (depending on there size) along the side of the house. it is rather narrow parking, so we found it easiest to have the passengers get in or out before pulling into park. We found this home to have everything we needed to cook our own meals. There are bath towels provided and about 5 beach towels were also provided. There are games and book's available to use. All the rooms had TV's except one bedroom upstairs and the hide a bed off of the living room. The mother in law suite out back worked perfectly for our aging parent's they had their own small kitchen, bedroom and what worked really well for them was the walk in shower. This was a great place to stay. The only downfall, was the cleanliness of the place. the sheets and towels all appeared to be clean, but the floors and showers and some dishes all needed more detail to cleaning.