my husband and i visited casa thorn in february for 3 days ....what a wonderful surprise.the room and grounds were lovely....we positivly will return .....our hostess thorn was so warm and welcoming and also very helpful attending to our every needs.......see you soon thorn thanks for everything.......mark and mikki parece

calm place to stay...enjoyed the quiet mornings...breakfast was ok not great but very serviceable...rooms we rented were small but quaint and unique...gardens/outdoor areas around rooms very nice

Overall, I felt that this was a uniqe experience and good value for the money. We spent one whole afternoon/evening in Key West (about 2 hours from here) and I feel that we saved money by basing ourselves in Islamorada rather than KW.

We had two nights at Casa Thorn and we stayed in "Suite 3" on the ground floor near the pool.

I did freak slightly when I heard that there are no keys to that unit - you can't lock your room when you're not there. The only door is a sliding glass door. I got over it.

The bed is a "king" made of two twins with a bump in the middle. It was otherwise comfortable and the room is quite spacious. Bathroom is equipped with loads of towels and a nice skylight. Be sure you like mirrors if you're going to book this suite (enough said). There is a TV with a VCR. Thorn has a generous collection of tapes which she loans out for free. We couldn't resist borrowing "Key Largo."

Others have spoken of the interesting decor, which is very unique and unusual. All true.

One of the delights of Casa Thorn is that breakfast is served restaurant style to you on your patio. This is a treat that I have not experienced anywhere else. The food was hot and delicious. I recall french toast one day and omlette the other. The patio to Suite 3 is covered so one evening, even though it was raining, my husband and I had a nice relaxing glass of wine outside. The setting is lush, tropical, and quite private.

The proprietress is lovely and very helpful. Her name is Thorn. We also had "Ted" who is very pleasant and helpful with breakfast and various things. Thorn gave us a good recommendation for dinner. We wanted "outside" and she recommended Lorelei - a seafood/marina setting that fit our bill nicely. Thorn also gave us a pass to the local beach - it's somewhat small and shallow for swimming, but spotless and peaceful.

It was raining much of our time so we did not make use of the pool (quite small).

I should mention something about pets. I am an allergy sufferer and I always forget to ask about this. There are two resident pets, a dog and cat. I didn't go into the common area much because I hadn't thought to bring along my medicine. I should note that I did not have any problem at all in our unit with pet hair.

Given everything I now know, I would return. As we drove around Islamorada I didn't see anywhere else I would have preferred to stay.

Clean and nice decorated rooms, great appurtenant structures, Thorn and her team are helpful and quite nice, good and healthy breakfast, a great place to be-absolutely recommendable!