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Located close to Virginia Beach Boardwalk and Virginia Beach Convention Center, Spacious Family Retreat: Walk to Beach, Restaurants, ViBe, The Dome & Surf Park! provides a garden, a playground, and an arcade/game room. Active travelers can enjoy bicycling at this vacation home. In addition to laundry facilities, guests can connect to free in-room WiFi, with speed of 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices).

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Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washer
  • Dryer
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Outdoor Space

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About this property

Spacious Family Retreat: Walk to Beach, Restaurants, ViBe, The Dome & Surf Park!

  • NEW For 2026: Retro Pinball Machine!
    Prime Location!
    Just 3 blocks from the famous Virginia Beach oceanfront and boardwalk, this home is perfectly situated for those looking to enjoy sun, sand, and culture. Plus, you're in the heart of the vibrant ViBe Creative District, a hub of local art, boutique shopping, and dining!

    Even Better – Now Just 3 Blocks from the All-New Atlantic Park!
    Opening in 2025, The Dome at Atlantic Park is a brand-new entertainment venue featuring:

    - Live Nation's 5,000-seat concert venue, hosting concerts, comedy shows, and special events year-round

    - The first-ever Wavegarden Cove surf lagoon in the U.S., offering perfect, consistent waves for surfers of all levels

    - Over 100,000 sq. ft. of restaurants and retail, bringing new energy and excitement just steps from the house

    This exciting addition to the neighborhood brings world-class entertainment, food, and surf just a short walk from your front door.

    Room to Relax & Play:

    5 Bedrooms & 3 Full Baths – Perfect for large families or groups of friends. New for 2025, the downstairs bunk room includes a queen on the bottom and three total twins.

    Endless Entertainment – Pool table, ping pong, arcade games, and board games ensure the fun never stops. Plus, each room has its own TV for streaming your favorite shows.

    Sun Porch for Relaxation – Unwind with your morning coffee or evening drink while soaking in the laid-back beach vibes.

    Outdoor Paradise:

    Grassy Front Yard & Large Patio – Great for family BBQs or simply letting the kids play. Enjoy cooking on both propane and charcoal grills.

    Parking for 6 Cars – No need to worry about finding beachside parking!

    Bikes Available – Ride to the beach or explore the ViBe District with ease.

    Local Highlights:

    Walk to Old Beach Farmers Market – Every Saturday, enjoy fresh local produce, crafts, and more just a short stroll away.

    Explore the ViBe Creative District – Discover vibrant murals, artisan shops, coffee roasters, and unique restaurants that showcase Virginia Beach’s creative spirit. This district, known for its colorful murals and creative crosswalks, is home to local gems like Fathom Coffee, Three Ships Coffee, Chesapeake Bay Distillery, and the 17th Street Surf Shop.

    Book now to enjoy the perfect mix of beach relaxation, cultural exploration, and exciting new attractions at the heart of Virginia Beach!

    FALSE CLAIMS:
    Any unexpected issues found with the property (bugs, missed cleaning, etc.) must be disclosed to Host & will be addressed immediately to the Guest's satisfaction. If a professional diagnosis is deemed necessary by the owners after discussing the situation with the guest, a professional will be sent to the property with guest's approval. If the professional finds evidence to substantiate the claim by the guest, the owners will have the professional rectify the situation immediately and the owners will be responsible for all associated costs. If the professional finds no evidence to substantiate the claim by the guest, the guest will be charged for the professional's services and any other resulting loss. We do not tolerate scams — don't try.

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About the neighborhood

Located in Northeast Virginia Beach, a neighborhood in Virginia Beach, this vacation home is near theme parks and near the beach. Travelers eager for a bit of culture can stop by Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Sandbridge Beach and First Landing State Park. Consider The Dome for a night out or Atlantic Fun Park if you're traveling with kids. Jet skiing and kayaking offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with horse riding and ecotours nearby. Visit our Virginia Beach travel guide
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What's nearby

  • A bronze statue of a muscular figure holding a spear, seated on a rock with fish and sea creatures around it, overlooking a beach and the sea.
    Pacific Avenue
    3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • A busy pedestrian area with a statue of a figure holding a trident, surrounded by people.
    Virginia Beach Boardwalk
    6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • A wooden pier extending into the ocean at sunset.
    Virginia Beach Fishing Pier
    6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • 17th Street Park
    6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • The Dome
    7 min walk - 0.7 km

Getting around

  • Virginia Beach Station
    7 min walk
  • Norfolk Intl. Airport (ORF)
    20 min drive

Restaurants

  • Ocean Eddie's Seafood Restaurant
    8 min walk
  • Virginia Beach Oceanfront Sailing Charters
    7 min walk
  • Nami Nori
    9 min walk
  • Milk & Honey Southern Inspired Kitchen
    5 min walk
  • Dairy Queen
    7 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Spacious Family Retreat: Walk to Beach, Restaurants, ViBe, The Dome & Surf Park! pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Onsite parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Spacious Family Retreat: Walk to Beach, Restaurants, ViBe, The Dome & Surf Park!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Spacious Family Retreat: Walk to Beach, Restaurants, ViBe, The Dome & Surf Park!?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Spacious Family Retreat: Walk to Beach, Restaurants, ViBe, The Dome & Surf Park! located?

This family-friendly Virginia Beach vacation home is located by the sea, within a 10-minute walk of Pacific Avenue and Virginia Beach Boardwalk. Sandbridge Beach is 2.7 mi (4.3 km) away. Virginia Beach Station is 7 minutes by foot.

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Spacious Family Retreat: Walk to Beach, Restaurants, ViBe, The Dome & Surf Park! Reviews

10

Exceptional

9.8

Cleanliness

9.8

Location
Rating 10 - Excellent. 112 out of 121 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 121 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 121 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 121 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 121 reviews

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We loved our stay, great location , plenty of things for the kids to do and even the adults. More than enough space for everyone. Would definitely book again in the future.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Entertaining home in great location

We all enjoyed this stay and will be back! Plenty of things to do and great location near the beach and coffee shop/breweries.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The stay was wonderful! The property is beautiful and the home had everything we needed. It is very close to the beach. The owner was friendly, communicative, and responsive. Highly recommend staying here.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Location, location, location! This house couldn't have been in a better spot! We were there for an event at the convention center which was within walking distance. Groceries, 5 min drive. The best was the restaurants within walking distance. The kids had a blast with all the outdoor games, all of our rooms/bathrooms were clean and comfortable and our host was excellent! Highly recommend this property!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great house for our family group. Numerous games, both indoor and outdoor to entertain everyone and a TV in almost every room. Walking distance to the boardwalk, beach, shops and great coffee. Short drive to many great attractions. Thoroughly enjoyable stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place for a vacation

Owner was very responsive and the place was super clean. Had everything you’d need for the beach already stocked!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beach vacation

It was a great location for walking to things or riding bikes.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Very family friendly house and appreciated all the games to keep the kids occupied. Everything was very clean. Only negative was we had to walk through a bedroom to get to the other bedroom.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun Location for all

We stayed for the NHSCA National Duals Wrestling. Great location for all! Fun games, close to Boardwalk and Beach and Sports Complex!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Terrific Weekend

This was the perfect place for a multiple day trip. I personally appreciated that there was a charcoal and propane grill but everyone else in my group had other things they preferred (pool table, outside sitting area, outside garden)
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Home with all the amenities!

Our family of 12 had a great time with all the comforts of home. Great communication with the owner, beautiful home with everything needed for our stay, safe and quiet neighborhood with a quick walk to beach, stores and shops.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
My family and I had the most enjoyable, unforgettable experience staying in Emerson’s Cottage. The house itself wa. extraordinary: clean, beautifully decorated, with plenty of entertainment and amenities you could wish for. We had great communication with the owner for any questions or issues we had, they were help in fixing it immediately. Highly recommended this place in the future.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family friendly home

House had many things to make a family vacation enjoyable even on bad weather days. Tv in every bedroom board arcade and lawn games and pool and ping pong. Having the bikes was great as well.had a great time
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A+

Wonderful house, close to the beach, clean, good communication with the owner... what else could we ask for? A+
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
My family was here for my son's wedding. Although we did not have children with us, it is a very family friendly home. We appreciated all the TVs for Sunday football. There were ten adults, and at no time did we feel cramped. There was plenty of space to spread out, if desired. The beds and pillows were very comfortable. I cannot say enough about our host. Brandon was very accommodating and even brought us a new Keurig within an hour of calling him on our first day. I would recommend the Emmerson House without reservation.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect home for a nearby family wedding

We had a fabulous weekend! We used the bikes to ride up to the Virginia Beach Art Show on Friday. The home was the perfect size for our family as we prepared to attend wedding festivities both Friday and Saturday night. We actually walked to the wedding as it was only a few blocks away! We were also able to have extended family over for an impromptu brunch. Lots of room both inside and out for gathering. Highly recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Emerson’s Cottage is a winner

We had a wonderful mini-vacation at Emerson’s Cottage. It is a great house in a convenient location. The owners have lots of nice touches and amenities - modern appliances, Keurig coffee station, arcade and board games, lots of bikes, ceiling fans in all rooms, TVs in all rooms, etc. The outdoor space is well appointed too with a sofa, chairs, and a dining table big enough for 8. The yard is set back from the street so it is safe for little ones to run around. The communication with the owner was excellent. I highly recommend a stay at EC! DB
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Summer Get-a-way

Our family lives in different parts of the country. Each August we select a place to stay that everyone can get to so that the multi-generational family (ages 6-50) can reconnect and make memories. This property was perfect for us. There was plenty of room on the first floor to gather for meals and play games. The outdoor area offered shaded and sunlit options for seating and convening. The bedrooms were spacious and comfortable. The detail that was slightly unusual, but not an issue at all, was that out of the four bedrooms, 3 had direct hallway access and the other could only be accessed by walking through another bedroom. Once again, not an issue for us! The VIBE District was more than we expected! Short walk to the beach (perfect), quiet street, and just a street or two over there were plenty of coffee shops, restaurants, a farmer's market on Saturday, and quite a bit of night life. Something for everyone! I would definitely recommend this property!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We were a 3-family group with seven kids ages 7-20yo. Everyone loved the ping pong, pool table and pinball machine as well as the many other card, puzzles and table games provided. Cozy, loud and fun when everyone is in the living, dining/game area but that’s exactly what our annual family gathering is about. The covered/ac’d porch offers a nice retreat and when the weather was not too hot (and not raining) during our mid-July stay, the outdoor dining and Adirondack chairs along w the plastic axe throw lawn game gave our family additional space to spread out. One thing I did not gather from reading the space description was the configuration of the 3 (out of 4 total bedrooms upstairs. The aforementioned bedrooms are interconnected with one of the bedroom only accessible through one of the other 2, therefore compromising privacy—in terms of coming in/out of that bedroom. This made for an interesting “tetris” like room assignment specifically for the coupled adults in our group. House location is the Vibe Arts district of Va beach, where lots of independent coffee shops, cafe/restaurants and Kaizen Athletics (highly recommend btw) is within walking distance! Oh and so is the beach!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
There was everything and more with this property, Great place to stay!!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Beach House

This is a wonderful house, with plenty of room, lots of amenities, and located very close to the beach! We had a great time there and are already planning our return trip for next year.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Amazing stay! Loved that it was a couple blocks from the beach and also located in a fun area of town. House was well equipped. Owners were very responsive
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great for families

The whole property was great but the proximity to the ocean, having beach wagons available, and having a yard for the kids to run around was great. Brandon was very responsive and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Family and Friends Getaway

Fantastic!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family wedding group

Loved location, parking was great and so close to the beach. Outdoor area, games and bikes were a great plus!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023