Our family of five had a wonderful week here. The owner had great communication with us, and that was reassuring. We felt welcomed as soon as we got there: the air conditioning was already blowing, the cottage was quite clean and the linens pretty and inviting! The cottage itself is positioned on a lovely spot at the mouth of the Potomac, but we were very much on the Bay. There is a lovely screened in porch in which to watch the sunrise. Every morning we woke up to Osprey diving for fish and dolphins going by! The little beach in front of the cottage is as pretty as the picture looks. It is a very quiet neighborhood. We felt like we owned the shoreline! There was only one issue the entire week and that was the jellyfish. They made it impossible to go swimming. We waded some, but this we did on high alert. This was a disappointment for sure. We got the impression that this is a fact of life if you live on the Bay. We went to a few nature preserves and a beach in the area and these were all populated with many jellyfish. We found plenty of other things to do, of course, but the kids had the snorkels and goggles ready to go. We did drive to Virginia Beach one day for the Aquarium and beaches. It was 2 1/2 hours, but we knew we were going to have one excursion. It was worth the trip. The highlights of our stay were creating memories playing croquet and board games with the kids ( no wifi or tv was perfect) and enjoying the sites of the shoreline. It is absolutely a perfect spot for a couple to enjoy a lovely time away. It looks like there were some wineries in the area, some antiquing, and only an 1 1/2 hours away from Williamsburg and Richmond. A family with children, who want to swim, maybe check into the seasonal trends of jellyfish on the bay? I would think it fluctuates.