The Dolphin Pool + Beach Home, (one unit in our Nokomis duplex) located a couple blocks from the coveted Nokomis Beach on Casey Key, includes a large 30x15 foot pool which gently slopes from 3 to 6.5 feet deep, along with a spacious covered lanai. You will find many comfortable seats poolside. An easy 6 minute drive from I-75, our Beach Home is a short walk from the popular white sands of Nokomis Beach (and Pelican Alley and Pops Waterside Grill), a few minutes from Venice Island, Venice Beach, Blackburn Point, Spanish Point, Oscar Scherer State Park, 180 Mbps high speed Internet, and the frequent shark teeth found at Casperson Beach! Enjoy walks on the beautiful white sand beaches of Casey Key while looking for shells and shark teeth. Boating, jet skis, kayaking and fishing are also available at the nearby marina. Golf, tennis, local restaurants, and shopping are only minutes away and just a short drive north is Sarasota, Florida where you can find music, theater, galleries, and more shopping.
The home includes an open layout with living room, newly renovated kitchen with quartz breakfast bar and countertops, a separate dining room, 2 large bedrooms with 5 beds and windows looking out to the covered pool and lanai. Outside you will find a net for a Pickleball or Badminton court as well as corn hole and a golf toss game. Many beach toys are available for your use along with a kayak, a paddleboard, many chairs, and kids’ toys (sand buckets, shovels, and life preservers).
Featuring a spacious floor plan, this beautiful coastal home near the Gulf of Mexico has been decorated to reflect the casual elegance of the area around the beach at Casey Key but without the high prices. Fishing, Sailing, Snorkeling, Shelling, Jet Skis - everything is at your fingertips. The cottage includes everything you need to make this your home at the beach.
Dine outdoors next to the pool on the lanai while the kids play in the large open area. Or enjoy the nice sunny dining room with western exposure to enjoy the sunset at dinner time. We also have a playpen and booster seat if needed.
Just bring your swim suit for the beach or pool and move right in for your short or long-term vacation enjoyment. Your vacation includes an outdoor grill, fire pot, bicycles, washer/dryer, parking. At the beach, you’ll find new pavilions, clean restrooms and showers, lifeguard monitored, great hunting for shells and shark's teeth, watch the dolphins play, breathtaking sunsets, surf fishing and enjoy our great drum circle every Wednesday and Sunday.
For those of you needing high speed internet, you will have access to our 90 MB per second download Internet speed.
Easy Day trips include: Tampa, Naples, Orlando, and Sanibel Island.
The Dolphin Beach Home has a mirror image duplex home that is called the Sea Turtle Pool & Beach Home (VRBO #1021417). You may be interested in this also for multi-family gatherings. The Sea Turtle and Dolphin homes are both beautiful with similar functionality and layouts. Most of the beds, furniture, TVs, Internet and appliances and are exactly the same for both the Sea Turtle and Dolphin. The Sea Turtle Beach Home is on the north side of the property so during the winter (November to March) it is a little more shaded while the Dolphin Beach Home is on the south side of the property that gets a little more sun and natural light coming in. Due to the position of the pool and lanai with the home and the driveway, the Sea Turtle has two bedrooms with direct views onto the lanai and pool while the Dolphin has one bedroom (master with king bed) with direct views onto the lanai and pool area while the other bedroom (guest/kids bedroom) looks out to the green garden area and driveway pickleball court. Otherwise, there are no substantial differences. The Pool, Pickleball Court / Badminton Court, and area to play Cornhole or Golf Ball Toss Game are the only shared areas. There are separate pool lanai seating areas and tables for each Beach Home, separate Grills, separate Fire pots, and nothing else is shared.
If you want to have a family reunion vacation or have friends close by with more folks, both Beach Homes add up providing the many amenities listed below.
• Complete privacy for the Pool, Pickleball Court / Badminton Court, and area to play Cornhole or Golf Ball Toss Game
• Sleeps 18 People (if 2 kids can sleep in double bed)
• 10 Beds including 2 King + 2 Queen Beds + 2 Queen Sleeper Sofas + 2 Double + 2 Single
• 4 Separate Bedrooms
• 5 Car Parking Spaces
• 6 HD TVs
• 4 Bathrooms
• 3,000+ square feet
• 2 Large Kitchens
• 2 Washers & 2 Dryers
• 2 Dishwashers
• 2 Outdoor Grills
• 2 Fire Pits with lighted palm trees and comfortable chairs
• 3 Lanai Seating Areas
• 4 Bikes for riding around the neighborhood including kid bike
• 2 Kayaks
• 2 Paddleboards
• 2 Air conditioning units
• Beautiful Large Enclosed Pool with large deck
• Pickleball Court / Badminton Court
• Large area to play Cornhole or Golf Ball Toss Game
• And much more...
There are separate entrances to both the front and back of the house for privacy from any family staying in the opposite unit. There are also 3 entrances to the pool area from outside.
Please see the listings on the VRBO website (using a slash and the listing number below) to see reviews from our properties:
977187 - Beach View Retreat - Anna Maria Island
557191 - Gulf View Retreat - Anna Maria Island
614098 - Pool Side Retreat - Anna Maria Island
933895 - Palm Isle Retreat - Anna Maria Island
1021349 - Dolphin Pool & Beach Home - Casey Key
1021417 - Sea Turtle Pool & Beach Home - Casey Key