Coastal Chic Cottage "Sandpiper" minutes to the beach! Free bikes Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

About the neighborhood

Located near the beach, this cottage is in Tradewinds, a neighborhood in Sanibel. Key West Express and Castaways Marina are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Sanibel Island Southern Beach and J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation and Bailey - Matthews Shell Museum are also worth visiting. Spend some time exploring the area's activities, including wildlife walks.

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10/10 Excellent

Catherine B.

Mar 25, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Sandpiper my nivacation

Loved our stay at the cottage. It was a perfect getaway for 2. Short walk to a quiet beach. Convenient to restaurants and Ding Darling.We will be back!

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gunther

Apr 1, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

Enjoyed our stay. Perfect sized cottage for the two of us. Wish the bathroom had a shelf for cosmetic bags and dop kits, but we managed. Liked the beach access and parking pass even though it was a long walk from the parking lot to the beach. Communication with the owners was very was good. No dishwasher, no laundry facilities, no hair dryer but towels and beach chairs (too low for us old folks) were provided. Umbrella would have been nice. Lots of the island things to do were within reasonable driving distance. We would book again.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Jul 5, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, communication

Too far from beach. Still show signs of hurricane damage. Another 5years.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leigh H.

Jun 12, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Communication

Perfect Cottage in Perfect Location

We loved the size, location, coziness of the cottage. The proximity to the private beach was great. We even rode our bikes to Rosalita's Cantina on the days that we did not rent a golf cart. The property owner never responded to our questions about the parking pass that we found in the guest book, which, by the way, only works in the neighborhood. But parking at public beaches is only five dollars per hour. We will definitely return to this unit!

Stayed 6 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Gary U.

Mar 14, 2022

Liked: Communication, location

Disliked: Check-in, listing accuracy

Ok

$100.00 room at best, 2’ x 2’ shower, can’t even bend over to get water on lower back, mold on ceiling and 1995 small tv’s

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Billy C.

Jul 1, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

SANDPIPER

WAS NICE BUT NOT AS BIG AS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steven R.

Aug 25, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

August Stay

It was typical Florida HOT! Location and Cottage was GREAT. I do have one suggestion for you. I am 6'2" 280 and the shower in #2 Sandpiper was small. If you expand the shower to fit the walk-in area it would work out a lot better. I enjoyed the cottage and area a lot. The other people that stayed in the others at the same time were also a pleasure to have around as well. Get to know you neighbors. LOL We had a storm go through two nights in a row and it knocked out the internet. I called management and they had it fixed within a hour. Very pleasant to talk to on phone and Annie who came to fix the internet. Thank you all so much.

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Erika L.

Jul 15, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect-Everything we needed and more

My husband and I loved this property and appreciated the attention to detail and obvious care that went into this VRBO. The only critiques I would make is to upgrade the pillows as they were a bit flat and replace the beach chairs/umbrella as they were unfortunately broken. Those are just minor things though and would definitely not prevent us from staying again! :)

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Gary K., Wellfleet

Feb 4, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute cottage great location

Older place but awesome location- great beach, buking, the wildlife reserve!!

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2022

2/10 Terrible

Timothy

Dec 24, 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

Make sure you look at the property before signing any rental agreement, pictures are deceiving

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Terri I.

Nov 16, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute cottage!

We loved our first time at Sanibel Island, and this cottage was perfect for the two of us. It's an adorable little cottage with so much charm. We enjoyed our alligator friend every morning out back, and took advantage of the bikes to ride to Bowman Beach.

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Matthew F.

Oct 14, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quaint and cute beach cottage feel

There are four units on the property and I stayed in unit 2. The unit had everything we could need (fridge, stove, televisions, beach towels, beach bikes) and is in a quiet neighborhood and the other visitors staying there were very nice and mature. One very cool aspect is that a short bike ride takes you to an essentially private, neighborhood beach. We would stay again.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Dawn S.

Sep 17, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

EXCELLENT!!!!

Very clean cottage. Literally two minute bike ride to the beach. Multiple bikes to choose from. Nice laundry room. Boogie boards and other beach equipment available in the laundry room. Looking to book again for next year!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly F.

Jul 5, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very Cute & Comfy!

Overall the experience met or exceeded our expectations! The only issues were minimal (bedroom tv and living room lamp did not work, fridge leaked water inside and the hardware on the inside of the door to secure the blinds was sharp and cut our fingers). These issues did not take away from the trip at all, and we just wanted to mention so they could be looked at. We loved our stay and will definitely be back to the cottages!

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kevin W.

Jun 13, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect for us.

The Alligator in the backyard was perfect! Loved the location and the private beach. We did not want the large Hotel get away. This was the best vacation ever. We love nature and we was surrounded by it!

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Kristi S.

May 29, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute Cottage

Cute cottage. Had an issue with ants in the kitchen but the property manager took care of it and sent someone out that same day. Bathroom wasn’t super clean, there was long brown hair in the corners. The shower is about the size of a RV shower. So if you are a larger person, you will definitely have an issue showering. Overall cute little place to stay. And we did see the gator one day. The pond was pretty low as expected this time of year.

Stayed 5 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Apr 24, 2021

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Rich & Jewlie S.

Apr 20, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Cottage

Cute little cottage with all island amenities at your finger tips. Enjoy your secluded cottage with access to beach supplies and bikes. Perfect little getaway.

10/10 Excellent

Suzi C.

Mar 23, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Colville vjsit

The property was. Clean, environment was wonderful. I would suggest a pizza cutter, and a pizza pan for future reference. The shower was a little small for us, but over all very good. We will be back

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Bill B., West Palm Beach, FL

Sep 21, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Small clean bungalow. Enjoyed stay.

Small refrigerator was left unplugged in kitchen area for some reason. We pushed to the side and went about our business

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Terence M., Alton, Illinois

Sep 10, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun little getaway

Exactly as described and a fun little place! Walking distance to the beach...clean & cozy.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Debbie D.

Sep 10, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Just like being at home. Had everything we needed.

Perfect location and having bikes were a great bonus

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Michele R.

Sep 1, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to stay!

Great place to stay! Cute & cozy cottage, cute decor! Short drive down the street to park and a short walk to the beach! We found the most shells on this beach during our visit.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020

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