Sandcastle Blog

Even as you may be looking out your living room window at gray skies and unexpected mid-spring snowstorm, thoughts of summer help you dodge the blues, and we at Sandcastle Condominiums often find that planning a beach vacation will help bring you even closer to summer joy. Memorial Day Weekend has often been considered the kick-off to summer, and now is the perfect time to plan an escape to the...

When you just can’t stand staying home another moment, we at Sandcastle Condominiums are here to tell you that the beaches of Port Aransas await and the Easter holiday is the ideal time to explore their wonders. Easter may not be the most popular of traveling holidays, but we are already near the end of the first quarter of 2024, and life is too short to color inside the lines....

You had the best intentions when you booked your Valentine’s Day Texas getaway to Port Aransas and your stay in our Sandcastle Condominiums holiday hideaways, but as February 14th draws ever closer, you may be getting a bit nervous over what you can do while you are here. Fortunately, your ace in the hole, our staff at Sandcastle, understands your possible predicament and we have prepared this guide to the...

You’ve packed away the last of your Christmas decorations and the house is looking a little, well, desolate and plain, but that’s ok, you have plans for 2024 and they don’t involve staying at home staring at blank walls. The new year is all about what you can do for yourself, discovering all the ways to bring peace, serenity, and a little extra fun into your life, and your first...

Somehow, over the years, Christmas has become a major production, filled with too much food, too many gifts, and far too little peace and joy, the exact opposite of what the holiday used to provide. And as we all start to pull back, to find ways to rekindle its magic, more and more of us are choosing to enjoy a Christmas at the Beach, with a visit to the sandy...

Thanksgiving 2023 is going to be different for many travelers. Having tired of the chains that bind them to their homes this holiday, they have learned from recent lessons that the old traditions are not necessarily the best ones and are choosing to think of themselves and their immediate families for a change. Getting on planes and traveling to places they have never seen before, taking road trips to cabins...

You came to Port A this holiday season for Texas warmth, fun, and the sand and water at the beach along the Gulf of Mexico. There is an array of indoor and outdoor activities, as well as year-round top things to do in Port Aransas and special events for the holidays and winter season. You’ll find something that fits everyone’s vacation activity needs and style – and it’ll be just...

Just like that, summer is nearly half over, and if you are like most of the nation, you aren’t ready for the carefree days to end! Fortunately, there is still one last chance to celebrate the wonder that is summer, with Labor Day Weekend offering fun, excitement, and the feel of eternal summer. And if your holiday journey is bringing you to the shores of Port Aransas, now is the...

Oh, how we love summer at the beach! Offering days filled with sun, sand, and surf, lazy nights, and multiple ways to celebrate the summer holidays, we at Sandcastle Condominiums practically get giddy when the solstice arrives! If you are of like mind and you are starting to begin your upcoming annual 4th of July vacation (smart travelers know how to make the most of their vacation days, starting by...

Even those who live in colder places don’t need to look at the calendar to realize that Memorial Day is arriving soon. The sun sets later, the trees (even under a layer of late season snow) are beginning to show tiny green buds, and there is a noticeable warming trend happening, as you almost never have to scrape the ice off your windshield! This lead up to the lazy carefree...