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Pura Vida at the Beach

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A modern kitchen with a central island, stainless steel appliances, and pendant lighting.
A dining room with a long wooden table, white curtains, and a woven pendant light.
A modern kitchen with a central island, stainless steel appliances, and pendant lighting.
A covered porch with wicker furniture, a dining table, and chairs.
A two-story house with a covered porch, a front yard with a wooden fence, and a paved driveway.

Reviews

9.8 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area

Highlights

  • Room to spread out
    Enjoy spacious layout that give everyone more room to relax.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near Lake Erie

Popular amenities

  • Patio
  • Dog-friendly
  • Air-conditioning
  • Refrigerator
  • Internet
  • Washing machine

Explore the area

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Fort Erie, ON
  • Place, Bay Beach
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Place, Crystal Beach Waterfront Park
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Place, Fallsview Casino
    ‪29 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Loft Kid's Room (Twin over double bunks)

2 Single Bunk Beds

Main Floor Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Primary Bedroom with Ensuite

1 King Bed

2 bathrooms

Main floor Bathroom

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Primary Ensuite Bathroom

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Garden

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About the area

Fort Erie

Located in Fort Erie, this holiday home is on a lake. Fort Erie Historical Museum and Roselawn Centre for the Arts are cultural highlights, and some of the area's attractions include Buffalo Zoo and Fountain Plaza. Market Arcade Building and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame are also worth visiting.
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Map
Fort Erie, ON

What's nearby

  • Bay Beach - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Crystal Beach Waterfront Park - 2 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Clifton Hill - 28 min drive - 38.8 km
  • Fallsview Indoor Waterpark - 29 min drive - 39.5 km
  • Fallsview Casino - 29 min drive - 31.6 km

Getting around

  • Buffalo-Exchange Street Station - 25 min drive
  • Niagara Falls, NY (IAG-Niagara Falls Intl.) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Tim Hortons - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Tim Hortons - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Brimstone Brewing Co - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Green Acres Family Restaurant - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Il Gelato - ‬10 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Pura Vida at the Beach pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 1 total).

How much is parking at Pura Vida at the Beach?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Pura Vida at the Beach?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Pura Vida at the Beach?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Pura Vida at the Beach located?

Situated on a lake, this holiday home is within 1 mile (2 km) of Lake Erie and Crystal Beach Waterfront Park. Fort Erie Historical Museum is 1.9 mi (3.1 km) away.

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 28 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 28 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 28 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 28 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 28 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Overall it’s a great property. Schooley can be a bit busy on the weekends but nothing insurmountable. Only con for me was the garbage can area outside. Very difficult to open the container to get the garbage can out for pick up. Otherwise a wonderful walkable area and close to whatever you might need. I would rent it again!
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Family vacation

We love Crystal Beach!! Hope to be back soon
Stayed 7 nights in May 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great Location

Excellent property with short walk to the beach and a beautiful porch and spacious interior when you need to cool down in the AC. Will stay again!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Beautiful home

We had a wonderful stay! The house was immaculate and beautifully decorated with high quality furnishings. The beds were very comfortable and the wrap-around porch lovely for sitting outside. It’s just a short walk to lovely bay beach and small cafes and stores. A perfect vacation stay!!
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Perfect hometown visit

Beautiful home! Clean, comfortable, and relaxing. Absolutely loved staying here. It went too fast!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 6 October 2023
Thanks Lesley, you were a wonderful guest and very easy to host. Hope you can visit again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Crystal Beach Family Vacation

We had a wonderful vacation at this beautiful, spacious, welcoming cottage in Crystal Beach. With many different places to sit and just be with family at this cottage, we played games, read books, caught up with our family member’s lives, and even made s’mores on the fire pit in the backyard. We highly recommend staying at this wonderful cottage.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Comfortable beach house

Very nice and clean beach house. We loved the front porch -spent a lot of time out there. Comfortable beds. We have been coming to Crystal beach for many years. We would love to stay again next year.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great Trip!

House was great. Loved the yard and the porch. Short walk to the beach and boutique shops / eating establishments. Highly recommend.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Lovely Stay!

I’m reluctant to say how great this house is because I selfishly want to be able to book it again! Very comfortable (including the beds, which is hard to find in a rental!). Front porch is just perfect and you’ll find everything you need in the kitchen. Top notch accommodations.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

10/10

Second time staying here and loved it again! Great house and awesome neighbourhood. Looking forward to coming back in the Summer!
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 5 January 2024
Thanks Joshua, was a pleasure to host you again as well. Happy to have you back anytime.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Wonderful stay

The house was wonderful. Beautifully decorated, the beds were comfortable, the bathrooms and kitchen look brand new. The upstairs area had additional couch, tv n table with plenty of area for eating and games. The area was quiet since we were there off season but it had everything near by, grocery store, pharmacy, restaurants, etc. It was a easy drive to the falls. Also walking distance to bay beach. I highly recommend this house.
Stayed 29 nights in Apr 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great Family Vacation

This home was beautiful, lots of decorative details to make it feel like home. Kids absolutely loved sleeping in the loft room. Front porch was also amazing for relaxing in the afternoon or later in the evening. We walked to and from the beach 2-3 times a day. Teri was great to deal with! Really enjoyed our time here!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Fun!

Everything as stated. Great communication.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Summer Vacation

Had a wonderful time with family. The unit was set up well for our family size. Really enjoyed the front porch. Our only issue was pet hair. I'm sure if we were pet owners this would not be an issue but we are not. A little more care in the vaccuming would have been appreciated. We would stay again on our next visit to the area.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 11 August 2022
Thanks Pete, appreciate the kind review and very happy you enjoyed your stay. Being a pet friendly home our cleaning staff do their very best when vacuuming and washing the floors in between all the stays but with the A/C and furnace running it is difficult to have it completely gone. We change the furnace filter often as well. I hope it does not detour you from staying again but if you would prefer a pet free home we manage several of them as well. Thanks for being a great guest and we hope you can visit again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Lovely home!

Pura Vida was a lovely rental. Very clean, well stocked and plenty of room. A nice layout with two bedrooms on the main floor and a spacious loft with 4 beds. Washer and dryer were handy. Smart TVs in living room and loft. Fenced-in yard. 1/3 mile to Crystal Beach, an easy 10 minute walk. Plenty of stores and restaurants around. Teri, the rental manager, was extremely helpful and answered questions immediately, even on the weekend.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Gorgeous home & great location

We love this home. We’ve stayed in another property by the owner before and I’m pleased to say this home was clean, cozy and well equipped like the other home. We liked that this home allowed dogs and we brought our newly rescued dog with us. We didn’t want to leave her for a week and I think she enjoyed it too. With a gate at the front steps we could let her out on the porch with us, she could roam to the back and had lots of space to explore. The bedrooms were a good size and the beds were comfortable. And the ‘kids’ loft (our name for it) was perfect for the kids. They had a space of their own to hang out while the adults had our main floor space as well. Overall it was a great week and we would definitely book this home again. The location is fun as well. The beach is clean and the neighbourhood is very friendly. There are a lot of good places to eat and a number of grocery stores in the area to shop at as well. And if you are looking for more than a beach while on vacation Niagara Falls is only 20 min away.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Highly Recommended

We booked this cottage for 7 nights and had a terrific experience and thoroughly enjoyed the ammenities and the proximity to the beach. Myself, my 2 teenagers and my parents stayed here. The decor is lovely, the kitchen was well stocked, the beds were comfortable and the beach passes saved us a lot of hassle and expense. The decor is lovely and “beach” inspired and the spacious covered porch was where we adults spent a lot of our time. There are also real plants in the cottage which gave it a homey feel. The kids loved the loft space on the second level. They were so pleased with the variety of board games and their own TV with Netflix. We also enjoyed the backyard fire pit in the evenings and had a great time making s’mores. Some places I’ve rented didn’t allow use of the washer/dryer or provide any linens, so this was a major plus for us. My mom and I loved the fire table for early morning reading with a cup of coffee on the front porch. Teri, our host, stopped by the day after check in and delivered extra propane for the BBQ and was full of suggestions for dining options in the area and things to do that weekend. She was extremely friendly and helpful. We made a few minor suggestions by email after we left - just small things we picked up on during our stay - there were holes in the main bathroom walls from towel racks that once were hung there - and now missing. But we had no complaints at all. We highly recommend this cottage and Teri was a pleasure to deal with.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
3rd time staying here and will be coming back!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
What a gorgeous house !! we had a wonderful stay! Everything inside was beautiful —even to the cotton sheets and beds very comfy. The location is perfect. Only a short 10 minute walk to the best Bay beach and lots of lovely quiet residential streets to wander around.Large front porch was amazing -we spent most of our time there and in nice fenced backyard. Host was very responsive to our questions.Only a slight concern with tricky smart tv not working but has since been reset apparently. As well the smart thermostat “Google nest” a bit finicky. But overall I would highly recommend this house lots of room and very bright beachy feel to it! Enjoy!!
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2026
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication
Disliked: Location

priced too high

for accommadations costing almost 500.00/night I expected better. Stained porch sofas, worn and torn on family room sofas. towel bars torn out of wall in main bathroom. shower in main bath appeared to have mold in front upper right corner and there are no safety bars in shower/tub area making it unsafe for seniors of our age (70 and 73). final day clean up to much work having to even put away clean dishes from dishwasher (what did we pay cleaning for?) and having to dispose of garbage too. For that price I wanted better and less work. The grass was unevenly cut, ditch area in front untouched, garden had weeds and no landscaping in back at all.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

great place

this place was really nice everything you need was there. the only thing i would chang is a light out back buy the fire pit so u can see. and a dresser up stairs for the peolpe up there is no place to put clothes. this place was reallu easy to get to and had a great time would do it again.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Therapy with peace and tranquility at Crystal Beach

My kids and I spent a week at this cottage and it was amazing...peace, tranquillity, and just pure relaxation. The cottage was stunning and well kept; and the property contact, Teri Lyn, was so kind and accomodating to our needs. I actually really valued my communication with her most of all. She was very easy to connect with and willing to be flexible. The locals were kind and welcoming, and the beach itself was lovely. Just what we needed, to be honest! Would highly recommend!
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Beautiful home in a great location

Lovely home, in a great location close to everything you need. Very comfortable beds and living spaces. Less than a 5 minute walk to the beach. A great vacation getaway in a great location.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Very beautiful place

It was like a magazine.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great location and amenities

Love the location, nice back roads drive to get to both Niagara Falls and Niagara on the lake, and explore the various beach areas nearby. The beds are very comfortable and clean, loved the two large bathrooms, Terri was very helpful and quick to respond to our few questions.The property matched the description on the site.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2021
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