| Things to do Beaches Eating out Shopping Days out For children Wildlife History & the arts Sport & the outdoors | South west Florida's beaches are lovely. The sand is fine & white, and the water is warm for most of the year. The shells are spectacular too. We think the best shelling beaches are Lovers Key and Lighthouse Beach, especially after a storm out in the the Gulf. Our favourites are Lighthouse Beach, on the southernmost tip of Sanibel island; the beach at the end of Captiva (just drive as far as you can!), and Lovers Key at the bottom of Estero Island (beyond Fort Myers beach). A new beach we found at Christmas is Barefoot Beach, at the southern end of Bonita Beach. These are wild beaches, with no organised activities. But great for building sand castles, swimming, and just hanging out. There are beach umbrellas, chairs, a cool box and beach toys aplenty in the house for you to use. If you want a livelier beach, perhaps with more organised activities, then Fort Myers Beach may be more for you. It has all sorts of things going on at holiday times: volleyball, parasailing, windsurfing, etc. Just about any form of water-based activity is catered for. You get great sunsets from almost any beach in the area, but our favourite is Bunche Beach, at the end of John Morris Road, on the way to Sanibel. The sun sets over the tip of Sanibel, with the lighthouse and Fort Myers Beach in view. And if you go at high tide, you'll have some spectacular seabirds for company. |