Navarre Towers — Local services in Santa Rosa Island

We’ve been coming to Navarre for several years after just happening to drive through on a trip to Pensacola. Love the area. First time staying in the Navarre Towers complex. The area of the resort is great. Very quiet compared to Summerwind. After their parking boot policy…I’ll never go back.

As a first time guest, the signage could be improved. We spent a good 10–15 minutes trying to figure out how to get to our Condo. Not sure if this is same for all units but ours had no porch light. We arrived late and it was pretty hard to see. Also the shutter doors are sorta creepy and just kinda annoyingly in the way.

We stayed in NT 501 Pelican’s Nest. It’s similar to what I see here in Navarre overall. It has had some upgrades but there are things that were ignored. The cabinetry is pretty old and scratched up. The bath vanity is probably original and VERY short. The layout generally is good with lots of closets which you generally don’t get in rentals. The baths are REALLY narrow. The master shower was updated but a weird design with a step up into it with no door. I found the water to spray out everywhere. When you get out of the shower you can barely turn to dry it’s so close to the vanity. The second bath has a bath tub but it has doors on it making it not possible to easily bath my toddler. The room is also very dated and small. If we had brought our in laws or another family it would’ve been tight in the unit.

When we first checked in, the room had been sprayed with deodorizer EXCESSIVELY to the point our heads hurt. The smell was very overpowering. Not sure if there was an issue from the prior rental or this is normal. Maybe a less aggressive scent? Or spray less!

The microwave reeks of something burnt when we used it. I assume popcorn from the smell. Most of the units we’ve rented in Navarre are stocked a little better. Not even salt and pepper here. No beach toys, extra chairs etc. Not a huge deal breaker but it’s been nice in the past to save some money.

Biggest problem I have with this property is there is no ramp access to the beach. My elderly parents couldn’t get down the steps to the beach so they just had to enjoy the view. This is a simple thing to offer! Most other properties here have at least one. I see people damaged the dune to drag wagons onto the beach. If there were a ramp this could be avoided.

We’ll consider returning here but definitely a...

The condo itself was OK. Not sure about the rest of the layout but the units that end in "05", have a wall blocking the view to the left, so you can only see the beach in front of you and to the right. When we were there, they were doing a lot of loud construction on the building starting before 8:00 am, the water was shut off for many hours during the middle of the day (10 am - 4 pm was the usual time) for 4 of 7 days we were there.

The elevators were not a problem at all. There are 2 regular elevators and 1 for service. You're asked to use the service elevators when taking things in and out of the building. This made it a lot easier on the Saturday rush (when people were checking in and others checking out). We never had to wait more than a minute for an elevator. The waiting area is closed in and air conditioned.

The unit came with a set of chairs and an umbrella, which is nice. We never saw anyone out there to move any of them, but they were there.

There's a slotted storm door going into the condo that creates a barrier making it nice when you have the balcony open because the outside door doesn't slam.

It's definitely not the nicest place we've ever stayed and there were a lot of problems but it's clean. I'd give it a 1 1/2 out of 5 for our...

Updated 8/19/25: Just got back from another stay at NT. Still LOVE NT, however, I DO NOT recommend unit 303. The beds are horribly uncomfortable and the living room furniture as well. There was minimal utensils to cook with. The dishwasher is probably the original one placed when it was built and it does not work. Needs some updating definitely. The door lock was TAPED to the door. I did not feel secure at all and one day when we came back, the door did not even lock. I am including pictures of this as well. We booked through Southern Vacation Rentals. The unit was clean and close to the beach. That's about it.

I love Navarre Towers. We stay here when we go on vacation. I love it so much I want to move here. Can't say enough about how much I love this condo. Every unit has a view of the ocean from the master bedroom and a view of the sound from the guest bedroom. They are nice sized...