340W - 340 Whittley [1]
- Std 4 Passenger
- Ocean View
- New Listing
- Wireless Internet
- Deck/Balcony/Patio
- Movie Channels
- No Smoking
Unit Node
- Avalon
- Catalina Island
- Oranj Palm Vacation Homes
Unit Type
- CI Avalon
Convenience
- Wireless Internet
HA / AirBNB Specific
- Museums
- Restaurants
- Shopping
- Walking
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Adventure
- Essentials
- Cable
- Beach Combing
- Sight Seeing
- Wildlife Watching
- Beach View
- Hospital
- Massage Therapist
- Cycling
- Fishing
- Fishing - Bay
- Para-sailing
- Sailing
- Skiing Water
- Snorkeling
- Away from it all
- Private Entrance
- Garden or Backyard
Property
- New Listing
Outdoors
- Great Mountain View
- Ocean View
- Tennis Court
- Deck/Balcony/Patio
- Sun loungers/Lounge Chairs
- Enclosed Yard
- Grill/BBQ
Golf Cart
- Std 4 Passenger
CASAMAR - wrap-around bay windows [4]
CASAMAR - Avalon Home [5]
CASAMAR - wrap-around Avalon bay windows [6]
CASAMAR - Living Room View Window [7]
CASAMAR - Living Room with Fireplace [8]
CASAMAR - Open Living Room Space [9]
CASAMAR - Dining room area [10]
CASAMAR - Kitchen [11]
CASAMAR - Front Patio view [12]
CASAMAR - Front Patio w Mountain Views [13]
CASAMAR - Front Patio Table [14]
CASAMAR - Front of House [15]
CASAMAR - Front area [16]
CASAMAR - Entrance [17]
CASAMAR - Entrance area [18]
CASAMAR - Living Room TV area [19]
CASAMAR - Living Room Tv [20]
CASAMAR - Open Living Area [21]
CASAMAR - Living Room Area Views [22]
CASAMAR - Fireplace - Catalina tile [23]
CASAMAR - Living Space open area [24]
CASAMAR - Over Dining Table [25]
CASAMAR - Open Living Room with TV and View [26]
CASAMAR - Dining Table [27]
CASAMAR - Dining Room [28]
CASAMAR - Kitchen to laundry room [29]
CASAMAR - Kitchen area [30]
CASAMAR - Kitchen to Solarium [31]
CASAMAR - Dining room into Solarium [32]
CASAMAR - Front Patio into house [33]
CASAMAR - Front Patio Area [34]
CASAMAR - Front Patio Views [35]
CASAMAR - Solarium with extra bed downstairs [36]
CASAMAR - Solarium w extra bed into backyard [37]
CASAMAR - Downstairs Bed head on [38]
CASAMAR - Solarium Breakfast Table [39]
CASAMAR - Solarium w Breakfast Table [40]
CASAMAR - Backyard [41]
CASAMAR - Bathroom 3 with Tub Downstaris [42]
CASAMAR - Bathroom 3 Shower Downstaris [43]
CASAMAR - into Stairs to Bedrooms [44]
CASAMAR - Stairs to Bedrooms [45]
CASAMAR - Red Room into Primary Bedroom [46]
CASAMAR - Primary Bedroom with Desk [47]
CASAMAR - Primary Bedroom Head On [48]
CASAMAR - Primary Bdr into wrap-around bay windows [49]
CASAMAR - Primary bdr Wrap-around bay views [50]
CASAMAR - Primary bedroom vanity [51]
CASAMAR - into Primary Bedroom Closet [52]
CASAMAR - Primary Bdr Closet Vanity area [53]
CASAMAR - into Primary Bdr Bathroom [54]
CASAMAR - Primary Bathroom 4 [55]
CASAMAR - Primary Bathroom w Tub [56]
CASAMAR - Purple Room into Bedroom 2 [57]
CASAMAR - Second Bedroom [58]
CASAMAR - Primary Bdr wrap-around bay windows [59]
CASAMAR - Circular room into bedrooms [60]
CASAMAR - Purple Room - Second Bedroom [61]
CASAMAR - Second Bedroom Dek View [62]
CASAMAR - Bathroom 2 Upstairs shared [63]
CASAMAR - Bathroom 2 Upstairs [64]
CASAMAR - Bathroom 2 shower Upstairs [65]
CASAMAR - Green Room into bedroom 3 [66]
CASAMAR - Green Room - Bedroom 3 [67]
CASAMAR - Blue Room - into Bedroom 4 [68]
CASAMAR - Blue Room - Bedroom 4 [69]
CASAMAR - Front of House [70]
CASAMAR - Entry [71]
CASAMAR - Front Door [72]
CASAMAR - Entrance [73]
CASAMAR - Telephone Room [74]
CASAMAR - Backyard Area [75]
CASAMAR - Laundry room [76]- Avalon Homes
- CIVR Monthly rental
- Deck/Balcony/Patio
- Golf Cart
- Grill/BBQ
- Internet
- New Listing
- Ocean View
- Premier Property
CASAMAR - Avalon Home
Welcome to your sabbatical home or writer's retreat!
Monthly rentals only (30-night minimum)
"Casamar" is a dreamy four-bedroom art-deco home, overlooking the Pacific Ocean on Santa Catalina Island. The home includes four beautifully furnished bedrooms, three full bathrooms, private in-home clothes washer/dryer, a gorgeous back yard with fruit trees, an open plan living-dining space with panoramic ocean views, and a gorgeous chef's kitchen covered in Talavera Mission/Deco tiles. The home includes a second-story circular writing studio, with wrap-around bay windows.
Catalina island rises out of the sea, just an hour ferry-boat ride or 15-minute helicopter jaunt from LA or Long Beach or San Diego. Catalina feels like a Greek Island, a world away from the hustle and bustle of Southern California. The place has been a retreat for novelists and academics, as well as actors and artists.
This home was first owned and decorated by Lena Schwab, who ran Schwab's Drug Store, the glamorous Hollywood hub and place where stars were "discovered" in the 1930s. Since the 1940s, the house passed on to my great-grandmother who was Lena's best buddy and was married to the president of the Port of Long Beach. Many of the art-deco furniture pieces, in perfect condition, date back to this period. The home was designed by William Kesling, the Bauhaus influenced "Streamline Moderne" architectural master of Southern California whose style adorns many Noir films. The home's kitchen appliances, plumbing and electrical, were thoroughly modernized in 2007.
The beautiful small town of Avalon, where the house is located, includes a wonderful fish market, great seafood, a high-end Vons supermarket, unparalleled dolphin and whale watching, a scuba dive park, kayaking, beaches, and golf. All within five minutes walking distance of the house. 99% of the island is a park -- the Conservancy -- for fantastic hiking, running, cycling and camping. Wild buffalo roam there, and bald eagles are easy to spot. The quiet, and the natural beauty are perfectly conducive to writing. Of course, the house also has high-speed wireless internet, and Netflix, etc.
Maximum Occupancy: 6 people / Sleeping Arrangements: Bedroom 1: Queen Bed | Bedroom 2: 2 Twin Beds | Bedroom 3: Queen Bed | Bedroom 4: 2 Twin Beds | Extra Bedding Downstairs: King Bed
Amenities
- Golf Cart Std 4 Passenger
- Convenience Wireless Internet
- Property New Listing
- Entertainment Movie Channels