Yes, Idle Awhile is on the beach.They do have one room across the street but the rest is on a great beach location. Stayed there last summer and loved it! It's now my second favorite place on the beach.(first choice continues to be Couples Swept Away). Have you ever stayed at Nirvana? Its one of the places on the beach that I"ve considered staying but havent yet.I love the look of it and the location is good but I was turned off by the chain link fence fencing it in but,if I"m not mistaken, last trip I think I noticed it was down. Hope that was a permanent change.
And I don't think you can do much better than Tensing Pen for the cliffs. I"ve been lucky enough to have stayed at some great cliff locations. Rockhouse, Tensing Pen, Catcha Falling Star and most recently The Caves. And for me, all things considered, Tensing Pen is at the top of the list.