We usually stay at Aqua but waited to book and couldn’t find anything without carpet on a lower floor. I began looking at calypso but couldn’t find a master with balcony access. The afternoon I decided to give up & go somewhere else all together, 601 west tower appeared in my search and I was sold. It’s a 2/2 corner unit with wrap around balcony. Perfectly located across from pier park, we walked everywhere we needed & wanted to go. Our room came with chairs but we brought a canopy, which all have to be set up on the far west side of the beach. We found taking our stuff out through the front of the building and around was easier in the heat and sand. Therefore, I only saw the pools and tiki bar from My balcony, but both looked nice.
We will definitely stay here again and in this exact unit. The west tower seems to be the better of the 2 but the entire complex is well maintained.
The parking situation was a little rough. They require you scan in and scan out so other people can’t use your pass and you can’t buy guest passes. Some people tried getting in before their bar code was activated and held up a huge line of cars.
The carts- while there are many, people take 2-3 at a time and it’s not monitored 24/7. We always do Walmart grocery delivery so only needed one cart. I highly recommend that by the way. People were leaving them in the elevator breezeways but laziness is everywhere.
Calypso is great, Aqua is too. Worth the $ unlike places on the east end of PCB.
