If you enjoy a place close to town and the action, Carlâs Isle is the place for you. Nice dog friendly place with convenient doggie bags and containers in the dog walking areas for disposing of dog waste.
We usually spend the day under a canopy on the beach and itâs a bit of a drive past wooden posts that designate a car free zone before you can drive closer to the water to set up the canopy. Then if you want to drive back to the condo or town for lunch, your spot will be gone so pack a lunch if you plan to stay all day. This is a very crowded part of Mustang island, so finding a good spot on the weekend takes a little patience. In the past, we have stayed more in the center of Mustang Island where itâs not so crowded so this was a bit of a surprise. However, the beach at Port A is very clean with numerous trash containers and porta potties.
Carlâs Isle is a corner unit with a large deck for relaxing or eating a meal, so you get the ocean breezes even though you canât see the sea. It is only a short walk though. The kitchen has no mixing bowls nor strainer for pasta water that we could find, but itâs easy to make do and the kitchen is otherwise well equipped. Nice stove and microwave plus good coffee maker. The frig has no ice maker nor ice trays, so pick up a big bag of ice on the way there. Through our own fault we could not find some things in the kitchen like dish towels and pot holders and management immediately sent a woman from the cleaning staff over. We appreciated her friendliness and good humor as she showed us where the items actually were.
The doors to the outside are pretty difficult to open both leading into the house and out to to the deck upstairs. However every home has its quirks, even my own. All in all, youâll find Carlâs Isle both spacious and clean. We enjoyed our stay.