Florida Car Rentals and Casa Ybel Resort Sanibel
Casa Ybel Resort on Sanibel Island will bring you back to the old-island spirit of Sanibel Island when you arrive with your Florida car rental. While more than 70% of Sanibel is home to nature preserves, Casa Ybel also has its own sanctuary where cormorants, ibises, ospreys, pelicans, sanderlings, and other birds love to come and feed and relax.
Sanibel was "discovered" in 1888 when Reverend George Barnes' boat ran aground on the island in 1888. He looked around and thought God had brought him to paradise and built the first church and cottage on the island. Over time, the cottage evolved into a 30-room inn that became a fashionable resort. Barnes' daughter married a guest at the resort and they built a grand manor named Thistle Lodge, which today will still greet you as you pull up in your Florida car rental.
While Sanibel is a little secluded, it is easily accessible with your Florida car rental, connected to the main land today by a bridge. Once on the island, you will also be able to travel to sister island Captiva. This island is world-famous for its shelling due to its unique geography in the Gulf of Mexico.
Casa Ybel features a spectacular beachfront location with access to 14 miles of white sand beaches. The hotel also has an olympic sized swimming pool and kiddie pool. There is a nature sanctuary with bird pond on the grounds and six hard-surface tennis courts as well. For exercise, you can get a bike rental that will take you over 23 miles of bike paths. There are also basketball and volleyball courts.
When you book a room at Casa Ybel to visit with your Florida car rental you can be sure that you are making a good decision. Travel + Leisure Magazine has listed in its Top 20 list of family resorts in 2002 and among one of the 500 Greatest Hotels in the World in 2003 and 2006. Conde Nest has also ranked it among the Best Places to Stay in the World.
Directions
Castle Ybel is located at 2255 West Golf Drive on Sanibel Island. Its seclusion makes it a great escape for people to get away from it all with a Florida car rental.
Sanibel
Sanibel is probably the closest thing to an island paradise in Florida that you can get to with your Florida car rental. There is no smog and little fast food. The Gulf breeze comes up the shore to keep you cool in the hot sun. The island is very green still, with many natural reserves for animals and minimal development. You may even see some bottlenose dolphins who play offshore, if you are lucky. And at night, you will be able to see all the stars in the sky because there is no light pollution blocking them.
The bottom line is that when you stay at Casa Ybel Resort, you get a secluded executive resort on a beautiful island.
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