MAR SERENA
Be out of reach, not out of touch.
Mix business with pleasure in an executive-level setting you can be proud to share with business associates and family.
Enjoy the best of both Bay and Gulf: an adjoining private bayside beach for swimming, water-skiing, fishing or boating. Launch your boat at the community boat launching ramp two blocks away and store it in covered parking next to the house.
The Gulf of Mexico is a short walk across the Island. It offers wide beaches, sun and surfside fun.
Galveston Island is famous for its many vacation amenities, including the historic Strand district reminiscent of New Orleans; the aquarium, IMAX theater and enclosed arboretum at Moody Gardens; the eclectic entertainment at the 1894 Grand Opera House; golf at the Galveston Country Club; the tall ship Elissa at the Texas Seaport Museum; The Ocean Star Drilling Rig and Museum; bird watching at the 2,000 acre Galveston State Park. For further details click on "Galveston Amenities" here or below.
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The first thing to catch your eye is the sweeping view of the broad expanse of Galveston Bay from the shaded balcony decks surrounding the front of the house. The calm, shallow waters of the adjoining beach are ideal for safe wading, fishing, kite flying or paddling our canoe |
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Entertain in style or relax in comfort with bay views from every window and French doors. Enjoy cable TV/DVD and piped-in music or radio in surround- sound in the living room. Use the pull-down 8 ft.screen to present your ideas to a dozen people in a room darkened by electric blinds. |
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B&B guests will be served a cooked breakfast made to order -- eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles and more, or Continental if you prefer in the dining room seating 6 to 8. Our modern kitchen, overlooking a pristine bird sanctuary, has all the toys to satisfy the most exacting chef. |
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Exclusive occupancy guests will have the run of our gourmet's kitchen, B&B guests may arrange to use the kitchen for lunch and dinner for an additional $30/day -- provided they leave it in the same spotless condition! (Otherwise a cleaning fee will apply.) |  |
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Wake up to a stunning sunrise in the south- facing Parrot Room, or the Leopard Room. Each colorfully decorated bedroom has a queen-sized bed, cable TV, a ceiling fan, full bath, walk-in closet and private deck overlooking the Gulf of Mexico about 9 blocks away. |  |
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The master bedroom has a queen-sized bed and a bathroom with spacious shower-for-two and private deck overlooking the Bay. It also includes a 27" TV served by cable and a DVD player.Sleep up to 8 comfortably in three bedrooms each with queen-beds and a queen-sized hideabed in the living room. |
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Take care of business with the equipment you need to operate efficiently: Xerox copier, Fax, Compac computer connected to high-speed Road Runner Internet, wi-fi router, printer, scanner. Cable TV service includes major news channels, CNN, CNBC, BBC, ABC,CBS,NBC. |
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For exclusive-occupancy guests only, the cupola offers a place to transcend the daily routine whether to think, read, watch TV or listen to music in splendid solitude, or entertain guests in an intimate, casual setting. The cupola includes a full kitchen - range, microwave, sink, refrigerator, coffee- maker, toaster. |  |
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Your hosts, David and Elizabeth Smith look forward to your visit us at Mar Serena. David is an economist, futurist, author and lecturer, born and raised in Argentina, lived in California for 20 years. Elizabeth is a medical doctor, born in England, raised in the Orient and Mediterranean and, until she relocated to the U.S. a resident of London. |  |