Longboat Key Club and Resort: Oceanfront with Resort Amenities
The AAA has rated Longboat Key Club and Resort four diamonds for its service and amenities, but it is truly the location that sets this resort apart. The resort offers fresh, Gulf breezes and a beautiful wide and sandy private beach for guests. There are five buildings and more than 200 rooms located in the resort, all of them newly renovated with high-speed internet, 42-inch plasma TVs, wet bar and private balconies to watch the beautiful sunsets on the Gulf. With a heated Gulf-front pool and Jacuzzi, huge Island House Spa, championship golf, famous tennis center and the Mind & Motion studio, your recreation options are endless, even if you never leave the property. Talk with the concierge and they will give you the scoop on all of the best things there are to do on Longboat Key and the surrounding area. The resort has heavily discounted its pricing in the slow 2009 economy, and rooms average about $200 per night.
Longboat Key Club and Resort
220 Sands Pointe Road
Longboat Key, Florida 34228
(941) 383-8821
longboatkeyclub.com
Sand Cay Beach Resort: Condotel on the Water
Sand Cay Resort is a Gulf-front condominium-hotel complex with 60 nicely furnished two bedroom units and a choice of garden view, Gulf view, Gulf-front, or poolside lodging. Each unit is more than 1000 square feet and has two bathrooms, a full kitchen, dining and living room area, as well as a patio or balcony. The resort offers great views, beautiful and peaceful white sand beaches, a heated pool, barbecue and picnic area, tennis and shuffleboard. Pier fishing, boating, golf and chartered deep-sea fishing expeditions are all within easy reach of the resort. Rates generally average just over $180 per night in 2009, with only weekly and monthly stays allowed, but discounts of up to 30 percent are being offered during slower periods.
Sand Cay Beach Resort
4725 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Longboat Key, Florida 34228
(941) 383-5044
Sandcayresort.com
Sun 'n' Sea: Gulf-front Private Cottages
Sun 'n Sea is a spacious property with a collection of one- and two-bedroom cottages and efficiency and suite apartments set on a nice direct Gulf-front lot filled with pine trees. Cottages have screened porches and carports and are all uniquely decorated. The resort is owned by a group of families who purchased the property a generation ago and still vacation here with their children and grandchildren. Each unit has a fully equipped kitchen, free wireless Internet access and cable TVs with DVD players, but you'll be spending most of your time outdoors fishing, swimming, relaxing on the beach and engaging in water sports. As of 2009, comfortable accommodations can be had in the $100 to $150 range, depending on the size accommodation you choose. Sun 'n Sea
Sun 'n' Sea
Cottages and Apartments
4651 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Longboat Key, Florida 34228
(941) 383-5588
Sunnsea.com
