We had a fabulous week in Marathon! The house is great, with just fantastic views of the gulf. Great location if you have a small/medium boat, or will be fishing. Central location, Easy to get to anywhere in the Keys!
We went to the beaches, Key West and Bahia Honda park. Sombrero beach is nice, with great facilities, but also very crowded this time of year. Honda park is crowded also, go early. We went to coco plum too, less crowds, but not as well maintained. Key West is almost exactly an hour away, so we went for dinner twice and shopping, also went snorkeling there (honest eco tour). We spent an evening at the doghouse bar around the corner which was a good time. Do not go to KiKis on Big Pine for dinner. This was our only bad experience while we were here. The Fish House looks good, but we could never get a table without a 3 hour wait, so we went elsewhere. Marathon Bagels are good, coffee mediocre. Great business that desperately needs a bigger space and redesigned. Great sunsets if you go into Key Colony Beach with the happy retirees.
The House, it was awsome that most all the little things you need are there... Laundry soap, dish soap, tp, garbage bags, towels, Coffee (thank goodness!) grill works great. I have stayed places that literally left one garbage bag and one roll of TP. Great that they don't skimp the small stuff. If I could suggest some beach chairs?
I assume they are getting to the end of the rental season... place does need some minor touchups, a solid cleaning, and maybe a new couch/bedspreads. But the view alone makes this place worth visiting!