Southern Living ranked the top 50 beach towns in the south for 2025 and Sanibel was the top-ranked location in Florida.

From the Southwest Florida airport in Fort Myers, a one-hour drive via the causeway over Pine Island Sound and through the length of Sanibel Island brought us to the sprawling South Seas Island ...

SANIBEL ISLAND, Florida – We biked, we kayaked, we strolled the beach. We searched for shells, peeled shrimp and consumed copious amounts of ice cream. In many ways, my family’s trip to ...

Situated on the west end of the island, Bowman's is well known for having beautiful, abundant shells. Recent travelers ... Like all city of Sanibel beaches, there is a $5 hourly parking fee ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum expanded in 2020 with 11 ... National Wildlife Refuge occupies more than 6,400 acres on Sanibel and Captiva, plus offshore waters and islands.

According to Jorden Falker, Associate Director of Education for Sanibel Island’s Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & ...