WOWie & Germain

Closest Home to the Sea

This luxurious modern beach house sits a mere 29 steps from the water and is set up to welcome vacationers who are looking for ease, enjoyment, and luxurious comfort. With space for four couples with up to nine children, the home offers an easygoing luxury, local products in the fridge and baths, a sundrenched terrace lined with designer beach chairs and games—video, board, and vintage—for the kids.

A quick stroll from this luxuriously equipped Belgian beachfront home, and you, your friends, and all the kiddos will have your toes in the water. This vacation home rental in Belgium puts comfort and convenience at the forefront, not only offering an exclusive seafront location, but also quick access to the downtown shopping district and a seasonal car-free dike zone for security and quiet simplicity.

Wake up in one of the four modular-styled double bedrooms laid with cool, crisp white bedding, grab your clothes from the convenient cubby and utilitarian closet space and slip into one of four bathrooms, fitted with wide rain showers. There’s a bunk room for four children, a double bedroom with its own bunk and single bed built in, and a third bedroom with a bunk bed structure included.

Kids will love the toys and games, and kids and adults alike will appreciate the laid-back luxury found in two spacious, plant-filled living rooms and the long, sleek kitchen bar designed to host a crowd. It divides the professional kitchen from the cool, restaurant quality dining room. And cooking and food prep among friends will come easily inside the professional, industrial-inspired kitchen where a fridge comes stocked with local dairy products and ready-to-bake-on-site bread. An honor-system beverage bar offers local brews, wines, and non-alcoholic drinks, and there’s even the possibility to hire an in-home chef and or arrange for seasonal platter preparation and delivery.

Outdoors, a sundrenched, south-facing terrace soaks up the sunshine and is enclosed to keep little ones safe, plus there’s a chalkboard walled playroom for littles as well, when the 29 steps from the sea lead back home.

AROUND

This vacation home rental in Belgium was created for a comfortable coastal vacation, walking or cycling distance from most every service and site needed. The high dunes of Sint-André are nearby, and the NAVIGO National Fisheries Museum is worth a visit. The highest dune on the coast, Hoge Blekker, is worth scaling for the view from the top, and a greenbelt surrounds the town and includes a variety of ecosystems for gentle exploring, from a swamp forest to a dune massif. 

Cycling is a popular way to get around the dikes and polders, and there are beach and surf clubs offering watersports instruction up and down the oceanfront. Restaurants, cafes, and beach taverns with Belgian brews are all also available nearby for nightlife.

LOCATION

Oostduinkerke, Belgium. Nearest airport: Ostend-Bruges (10 miles).

BEST TIME TO VISIT: May to October, winter waves are best for surfing.