Neighborhood Guides
Port Aransas Neighborhoods
Port Aransas isn't one place — it's a walkable historic downtown, a planned beach village, a long barrier-island corridor, and an oceanfront golf community, all on Mustang Island. These guides map how each neighborhood feels, who it suits, and the businesses based there.
Old Town Port Aransas
Old Town is the original heart of Port Aransas — the walkable downtown grid where the island's fishing-village roots, its harbor, and its everyday life all still overlap.
Read the guideCinnamon Shore
Cinnamon Shore is the island's master-planned beach village — a walkable, New Urbanist community built around a Town Center, shared pools, and direct beach access on the Gulf side of Mustang Island.
Read the guideMustang Island
Mustang Island is the barrier island Port Aransas sits on — the long State Highway 361 corridor of beaches, condos, and open dune land that runs south from downtown toward the causeway.
Read the guidePalmilla Beach
Palmilla Beach is the island's oceanfront golf community — beach homes and resort rentals built around a links-style course on the south end of Mustang Island, next to Cinnamon Shore.
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