About Sanibel Island and Captiva Island Updated for 2024

Updated: April 5, 2024

Welcome to Sanibel Florida, voted the #2 beach destination in America for families by US News and with good reason, miles of soft white sand beaches, some of the best shelling in the world and home to the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, which, at 5,200 acres, covers nearly half of the island.

It’s the largest undeveloped mangrove sanctuary in the U.S. Sanibel is kind of America’s inland paradise. It’s very similar to things you’d find in the Caribbean or Hawaii, or much more exotic destinations but it’s minutes from the mainland of Florida. It’s a great undiscovered treasure, I think of the Gulf Coast.

Sanibel has got some of the best fishing in the world, Sanibel is also one of the top shelling destinations in the world. People come from all over the world to take advantage of our shelling all along the beaches of Sanibel. Once people come to Sanibel and experience all that it has to offer the natural beauty, the sunsets, the shelling.

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Where to stay?  Try staying at the Harbor Marriott Resort and Spa which serves as the embarkation point for an array of adventures on the water.  The 85-acre waterfront at their resort features natural mangrove waterways that are perfect for ocean kayaking our luxury vulnerable hotel is situated on premier ISA a point of land where the Caloosahatchee River meets the Gulf of Mexico the natural Florida landscape creates the perfect backdrop for their Nature Preserve.[/expand] 

Enjoy the breathtaking views with honorable and Captiva islands at this honorable Harbor Marriott marina offering a private fishing pier and its own 100-foot yacht one of the unique amenities at their resort is the harbor princess their 100-foot private luxury yacht.