“One of the best vacations ever!”
In June 2012 my wife and I stayed at Cabbage Key in the Tarpon Cottage. It was an absolutely fantastic time. We both agreed that we didn’t want to leave. Having never been there and not knowing if we would like it, I only booked 4 nights – Epic Fail! I should’ve booked a week. If you want to totally relax, this is the place to do it. There are only 7 rentals on this 100 acre unspoiled island. The Tarpon cottage has it’s own private dock as do several other of the rentals. We tied our boat up, unloaded to the cottage and 4 of the resident mallards showed up and for food. Every morning and evening 4 mallards and 1 white heron would show up for breakfast. It was also nice watching the ospreys and dolphins feeding and the manatees swim by. One even hung around our dock for 15 minutes. Neighboring Costa Cayo island is a state park and it is beautiful! Also, you can explore Gasparilla, Captiva and Sanibel islands.