We were so happy with the location of this unit. We have older children/young adults and they loved all the activities available everywhere they went. The market across the street, the pizza place, the taco place, the coffee place, the breakfasts options all around - all were utilized fully! We spent a week going off to other places around San Diego but all agreed Mission Beach was the perfect place for us. We could surf straight out from our home beach. My son, training for a marathon, ran all up and down the ocean walk on both the bay and ocean side - beautiful. We played volleyball. We had a fire on the beach. We bought cute souvenirs from the little stands along the walk. We got Bloody Mary's and margaritas from the nearby bars. The kids rode the bikes (included) all over the place. It was the vacation of a lifetime for a first time family from the Midwest. We hope to be back again.