Marriott's Fairway Villas at Seaview

What a big surprise! Great property for adults. Spa and pool area are excellent! Two great golf courses and practice area. Short drive to casinos in Atlantic City.

Fantastic resort - something for everyone!!

We stayed for our fifth time in early August 2009.

If you want a relaxing vacation and you like, swimming, tennis, golf or a beauty spa you never have to leave the resort. It has multiple tennis (and basketball courts), 2 world class golf courses, and excellent golf practice facility - driving range and several practice chipping and putting greens. Two outdoor pools (one for adults only) and an indoor pool, a fitness facility and an full service Elizabeth Arden spa. They also have plenty of kids and family activites and large gas BBQ grills available for use.

If you are willing to drive 15-30 minutes, you have all of the excitement of Atlantic City - casinos, restaurants, shopping, and boardwalk. For Atlantic Ocean beaches, there is Brigantine beach (15-20 min) and Ocean City beaches (25-30 min). There is also quaint shopping at Smithville (10 minutes) and the Renault winery with tours and another golf course (10-15 minutes).

The units themselves, are clean, updated and well maintained. Each unit has 3 flat screen LCD TVs plus one DVD player - the kids brought their Playstation to plug in and play as well.

We had two 2-bedroom units on June 21-28, 2009. We were in Units 1034 and 1035 (some of the older units, but you wouldn’t know it!). Units ending in 10-19 are first floor; 20-29 are second floor; and 30-39 are third floor. (If you have active kids, you may want to request a first floor unit, so that you don’t disturb people below you. We got a call from the people below us.)

The units were in excellent condition. Very nice! Included in each unit: washer, dryer, whirlpool tub (master bedroom), three TVs, on DVD player, full kitchen, queen sleeper sofa in the living room, king bed in master bedroom, queen bed and sleeper sofa in other bedroom, screened porch. Towels for the pool are provided.

There are three pools: an outdoors family pool, outdoors adult pool, and indoor pool. Additional towels are available at the indoor pool. The workout facility appeared to be good, with all machines working. My wife liked the spa. There is a driving range and putting greens at the resort. We were too busy to use the onsite golf course.

Everyone on staff was very helpful. The concierge quickly resolved an issue with the Elizabeth Arden spa. When the microwave stopped working, maintenance had a new one installed within two hours.

The nearest beach (Brigantine Beach) is 15-20 minutes away. It’s a laid-back beach. We only visited once, for dinner, and looked at part of the beach. The part where we were had limited facilities (14th Avenue, only portable toilets). I can’t speak to other areas. For beachtime, we went to Ocean City, which is 25-30 minutes away. Great place for families! Nice beaches, boardwalk with amusements, food, and light shopping.

Offsite Restaurants: The Rainforest Cafe in Atlantic City (15-20 minutes away) is fun, both for kids and adults. Good food. The enclosed deck of Laguna Surf in Brigantine has a nice view of the ocean. It’s casual. Pretty good food. We enjoyed the seafood stew. La Hacienda, just north of the resort on Route 9, has enjoyable Mexican food. We particularly liked the shrimp/fish/scallops in tin foil.

The Fairways are one of the nicest Marriotts we have stayed in and we have been to quite a few. The resort is quiet but very kid friendly with a nice camp program for them. There is the Elizabeth Arden Spa on the timeshare premises with its own quiet outside pool and a lovely indoor pool. There is also a nice spa lounge and small restaurant. The resort is adjacent to the Seaview Country Club also owned by Marriott. The Country club has its own indoor and large outdoor pool. So in total there are four pools for very few people. If you golf there are two 18 hole courses and numerous putting ranges and 2 driving ranges. What we loved were the great restaurants in the area, the mild temperatures in the Spring and summer, the proximity to the Borgata in AC and the way we are always treated by the wonderful staff at the Fairway Villas at Seaview Country Club.

We have been to this resort six times and cannot wait to go back each time. It is a classy vacation that is not presumptious. It is a great place for anyone, seniors, couples, kids, teens and young families. Go there you will not be disappointed.

Stayed here six times. The excellent amenities: driving range, putting and pitching green as well as the Nick Faldo golf school, golf course,tennis courts, Elizabeth Arden spa and swimming pool/jacuzzi are no more than a five minute walk. Electric carts run regularly around the well maintained property if you need a ride.

There's a bird sanctuary with viewing towers, Noyes art museum, restaurants, a pristine seafood market (Rafelli's) near the winery, and supermarkets within 10-15 minutes as well as excellent and less expensive golf courses within half hour.

We think the two bedroom, 2 bath unit is very comfortable and well equipped, especially with the recent renovations. The kitchen is fully equipped, though a salad spinner would be welcomed. Double sink is nice and convenient touch in master bedroom. Villa guests now have their own pool towels and relieves the unsightly problem of guests leaving towels on the chaises when departing the pool. Parking permits are now issued to guests. Adult activities are minimal: wine tour, Cape May tour, bingo and social wine tasting. We do miss the water aerobics and yoga classes. All in all we are upgrading the resort to five stars from our previous four and half in 2005 because of improvements to the resort. A computer in the Fairway Villas center and Brigatine visitor's beach passes would also be welcomed and if we had a choice of not receiving marketing calls during our stay.