May 2019 – Home & Condo Beach Rentals Blog

With plenty to do and amazing beach house rentals, Lincoln City, Oregon is a magnet for beach lovers on the Central Oregon Coast all summer long. Memorial Day is known as the unofficial start of summer, and with this holiday weekend around the corner, it’s time to start planning your summer fun in Lincoln City! There will be all sorts of activities to enjoy this weekend if you’re able to get away for Memorial Day and a host of reasons to visit as the summer continues. Here are a few top picks to get you started.

Stay 2 nights and get the 3rd free at Kristy’s Kottage.
Beach house with an amazing panoramic ocean view!
*Applies to a beach stay 5/1- 5/30

Bird Watching, Tide Pooling, and Hiking

There is much for nature lovers to look forward to in Lincoln City as the summer gets underway, such as the Lincoln City Audubon Society’s series of Bird Watching Walks. The next walk takes place on Friday, May 24 from 9-11 AM at The Villages Open Space and Road’s End State Recreational Area, and it should be a great way to start the Memorial Weekend. If you want to enjoy the beach to the fullest, you may also want to attend the Tide Pool Clinic on May 24 at 11:30 AM starting at the Northwest 15th Street beach access area in Lincoln City. Athena Crichton of the Hatfield Marine Science Center and Fawn Custer of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition will give a series of these free clinics throughout the summer and they’re a great way to better understand the landscape just beyond your beach vacation rentals. Lincoln City is also home to a rich network of hiking trails worth exploring on your own while enjoying everything the area has to offer.

Culinary Demos, the Farmer’s Market & More for Foodies

The culinary scene is thriving in Lincoln City, and the warmth of summer makes an excellent setting to enjoy it in. Eating out is always an adventure with a range of options including cafes, bistros, wine bars, breweries and gastropubs, fine dining establishments, and several restaurants within the Chinook Winds Casino Resort. The Culinary Center in Lincoln City also hosts cooking demos and classes throughout the year and is kicking off summer with a Japanese Demo on Saturday, May 25 from 11 AM to 1 PM that ends with an opportunity to eat the foods you’ve just seen prepared. Classes taking place later in the summer will also provide a more hands-on approach and often include a wine pairing. If you want to meet the growers and producers who put this delicious food on the table while sampling and shopping in a jolly atmosphere, you’ll also want to visit the Lincoln City Farmers & Crafters Market. The markets will take place every Sunday from 9 AM to 11 PM all summer long, including Memorial Weekend, and you can rest assured that everything for sale was either homegrown or handmade by the seller.

Special Holiday Celebrations and Glass Drops Galore!

Lincoln City marks its summer holidays in style from Memorial Day to 4^th of July to Labor Day. Numerous festivals also take place during the summer, such as the beloved Kite Festival on June 22. This Memorial Day (Monday, May 27) the city will host its 74^th Annual Fleet of Flowers Ceremony in Depoe Bay starting at 11 AM, which honors those lost at sea with a fishing fleet that sets sail bedecked with flowers followed by a festive reception. Special Glass Drops will also take place throughout the weekend to celebrate Memorial Day with 50 red, white & blue floats to be hidden along Lincoln City’s 7½ miles of public beaches for all you beachcombers to discover. These “hidden” glass floats are part of a tradition going back 20 years, when it started as a public arts project to celebrate the new millennium, inspired by the glass floats left behind by Japanese fishing boats more than a century ago.

There will be so much to do all summer and fine accommodations to suit your needs whether you’re looking for family-sized vacation homes or cozy beach condo rentals. Lincoln City is a top destination on the Central Oregon Coast, though, and beach house rentals are booking up fast! Make your plan now and start dreaming of summer fun in one of the most beautiful shorelines along this stretch of the Pacific Ocean.

With deals on select beach condo rentals and springtime fun in full swing, it’s a fabulous time to visit Lincoln City, Oregon. Just consider the fact that you can enjoy a third night free at Kristy’s Kottage if you book a beach stay of two nights or more between now and May 30. That’s quite a deal, considering the amazing panoramic ocean views that come standard! But there is much to be impressed by, regardless of where you stay in Lincoln City. Spring is here, the beach is calling, there are many beach house rentals to choose from, and there is plenty of fun for friends and families to enjoy. Now consider the possibilities.

Fun for Art Lovers

Art lovers always have plenty of great choices at their fingertips in Lincoln City, with a plethora of galleries, museums and shops featuring arts and crafts from local makers. Those who find themselves in town May 17-19 will be in for an especially artful treat as the ‘Art on the Edge’ Annual Central Oregon Coast Art Studio Tour returns. The Lincoln City Cultural Center’s Chessman Gallery hosts this annual event, which allows visitors to peruse the studio spaces of celebrated visual artists from Oregon’s Central Coast. Artists will be inviting the public into their private studios, demonstrating their creative processes, and offering work for sale between 10am and 5pm each day.

Fun for Beach Combers

If you are in town on May 20, you may also be lucky enough to find a piece of art right on the beach that you can take home with you! Lincoln City is celebrating 20 years of its unique Finders Keepers tradition, where colorful glass floats are “hidden” by float fairies along the city’s beaches between Roads End and Siletz Bay during designated times of year. As part of the celebration, an extra 20 floats decorated with the new Explore Lincoln City branding will be hidden along the beach on the 20^th of each month.

May 21 will also be a great day to explore the beach for crabs and possibly catch your own dinner! A free crabbing clinic will take place at the pavilion on Southwest 51^st Street, in the Historic Taft District, starting at 1:45pm. The clinic will begin with a brief orientation, then you’ll walk down to Siletz Bay to get the crabbing underway. No registration is required but you might want to visit the Explore Lincoln City website for more details.

Fun for Music and Movie Lovers

There are so many upcoming music performances at various venues around Lincoln City that it would take pages to list them all, so you can rest assured that whenever you’re planning on visiting something will be on. One popular recurring event will take place at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on May 19; the latest installment of the center’s Coffee Concerts series features local musicians with free pastries and coffee for all attendees. And if movies are more your thing, you also won’t be disappointed if you’re in town on a Saturday. The Bijou Theater’s Saturday Morning Cinema series features classic films every Saturday morning at 11am, such as the Sandlot on May 18.

Fun for Foodies

There’s always fun for foodies in Lincoln City, including events at the city’s culinary center, cookoff competitions and a variety of options for eating out, from gastropubs to fine dining. If you’re a foodie in town on a Sunday and you want to see the best produce and artisan products the Central Oregon Coast has to offer, then you simply must stop by the Lincoln City Farmers & Crafters Market between 9am and 3pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Every item for sale was either homegrown or handmade by its local seller. Don’t miss out! With spring weather emerging and great deals on beach vacation rentals, Oregon and its Central Coast is calling your name! Book your beach rental today and see what kind of fun you can get into.

Month: May 2019

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