It is free to walk. The distance into town, however, is not short. I walked up that way once and it did take a while - and I stay at the north end of the town (Blue Tang, Paradise Villas). If you are only going into town once in a while that's one thing. If you are thinking of going into down daily, then, at least for me, walking it would would become real bothersome real fast. I am not in any way saying that your proposed location is not good. I am saying that there are things to keep in mind when you stay north of the river (or really south of the airport) and then want to go into town.