For all our summer guests - you may be interested in putting your children into the very awesome summer camps at Mote Marine on the key. Its a true unique opportunity for kids to learn about marine life right on the ocean.

For more information, pls visit: 
https://mote.org/education/kids-families/summer-camps

For all of the public beach accesses, please see here:
​http://www.longboat-key.net/beach.shtml

There are some beach loungers and sun umbrella at our garage for your use. Please return them, so other guests can also enjoy them. 

thanks to my former french teacher from high-school i just recently discovered this gem - www.thecortezkitchen.com. Thanks Lucie aka Mrs. Schneering :-) I don't know how I did not know about this. So if you are into casual dining with an old Florida style, you will love this place. You can see the fishermen come in with theirs boats, white pelican while having delicious food. My phone was out of batteries, so no pics but here are a few from their website. They even have live music. Its just a few minutes from our townhome in Longboat Key and worth the drive.

When staying with us do not miss going to the Old Salty Dog (http://theoldsaltydog.com/) across the Mote Acquarium. It's old style casual Floridian dining at its best with great views seeing boats and wildlife flying/swimming by while eating a hot dog on a frisbee-dish :-) They have great oysters and lobsters in season.
But it just got even better as they started also serving breakfast. For more info -visit  http://theoldsaltydog.com/ & http://www.snntv.com/…/old-salty-dog-learns-new-breakfast-…/
See you there soon!