Courtney's Place Historic Cottages

Courtney’s Place sits on Whitmarsh Lane, one of those narrow Old Town lanes you would walk past if you did not know to turn down it. Behind the gate is a courtyard of eighteen separate places to stay: eight cottages with full kitchens, three efficiencies and studios, and seven private rooms, arranged around a plunge pool that the owners cheerfully describe as small on purpose.

The cottages have names rather than numbers. The Bahamian, the Caribbean, the Gingerbread, the Cigar Maker’s, and the Shotgun Cottage, which is wheelchair accessible. Each has its own porch, which is where you will spend your mornings, because the continental breakfast is set out for you to carry back to your own chair rather than eaten at a table with strangers.

Bring the dog. Pets are welcome in every unit, not just a designated few, and this is a family-run place rather than an adults-only one, so children are welcome too. There is free gated off-street parking on the premises, which saves you the Old Town parking hunt entirely, and bicycles will get you to Smathers Beach.

You are a block and a half from Duval Street, which puts Sloppy Joe’s within easy reach and the Mallory Square sunset about a fifteen minute stroll away. The office is staffed from 9 to 5 daily. Check in is at 3:00 pm and check out at 11:00 am. Reservations run a three night minimum, or four nights and up for holidays and special event weeks, so plan ahead for the winter season.