Everything We expected and More
The reviews of this unit were almost entirely positive, so we expected something very nice. But our three-night stay exceeded our expectations. The screened-in Lanai was especially nice, exactly like the view in the promotion for the unit. However, we did get the impression that the restaurant (Doc’s) was in the middle of the action. In fact, Doc’s is the only thing on that stretch of the beach and other things you would expect (e.g. souveneir shops, etc) were a few blocks away. The food at Doc’s was OK as were the prices. The nearest convenience stores were about two miles away.
This condo is in unit #1 of the 5 tall condo buildings. The parking lot is huge and was mostly empty during our stay. A nice feature is that the café, which serves breakfast and lunch, is in building 1. It was a good place for breakfast with reasonable prices.
By way of comparison, my sister also rented a one bedroom. Hers was in building 3. Over breakfast, she was telling us how great it was. Then she came up and saw our condo. She was blown away. “Wow, what did you pay for this place?” As it turns out, since she had to pay a cleaning fee (we didn’t) our total was about the same as hers. And her view was nothing as nice as ours.
As advertised, Bonita Beach is gorgeous. Four of the couples from our group rented a 4BR beach house which was beautiful and right on the water so we were lucky to have a nice place to hang out. I’m sure that the beach in front of Doc’s was just as nice. However, the condo provided everything we would have needed for a day at the beach (chairs, coolers, towels etc).
We highly recommend this condo and doubt that you could do any better for a 1 BR.
Our few tours included the Pier in Naples (worth seeing), an excellent lunch in Naples (I think it was D’Amico’s – walking distance from the pier) and a trip to the car museum in Naples (Rev’s Institute for Automotive Research – worth seeing if you like beautiful classic cars). We also made a trip one evening to the Seminole casino in Immokalee (about a 40 minute drive). It was a large casino and much nicer than we expected with all the usual table games and slots.