Loggerhead Cay 122 was clean, nicely decorated and gulf-front! The lanai is hard to beat with a full view of the gulf of mexico. We watched dolphins feeding right from the lanai. The sunsets on Captiva were breathtaking. The shelling is unbelievable and you better bring extra suitcases if you are a shell-collector. The restaurants were great and casual and reasonable - The Island Cow, the Captiva Cantina, the Mucky Duck, the Hungry Heron are some of the few you should visit. J Ding Darling Wildlife Reserve is beautiful and a must see. The Shell Museum is something all of you avid shell collectors must experience. You can walk on the beach forever at Sanibel. I would highly recommend you staying at Loggerhead Cay 122! It is roomy, the beds are extremely comfortable, the bathrooms are nicely done with a roomy tile shower and you have great privacy with a split floor plan on the bedrooms. There is internet access,cable TV, VCR, stereo, wonderful new appliances and all the comforts of home at a wonderful island retreat. The lanai is priceless! There is nothing like the peace and wildlife and shells on Sanibel Island!

My brother and I brought our families to Loggerhead Cay for a beach vacation and had a blast. The complex is almost exactly 20 miles from Ft. Myers airport and easy to get to - straight across from the stop sign when you hit the island. That let us miss the traffic on Periwinkle. We were glad for that, especially on Friday and Sat when that main drag was a crawl.
We rented both units together through VIP Vacation Rentals and their people were very helpful. We got a nice break renting both units together. They gave us tips on where to go and will help you print out your boarding passes if you want.
Unit 122 has a great full beach view and 572 has both an angled beach and nearby pool view so it was easy for us adults to keep a close eye on the kids in the pool. The condos are nicely decorated and steps to the beach and the pool.
We had a challenge getting tennis time til we figured out the sign-up sheet - if you like to play watch for when it's posted. We tried our hand at surf-casting and the kids had a blast and caught some pretty good-sized fish. Get bait at the grocery store at the main intersection before you head out to Captiva.
The beach goes for miles in each direction and we enjoyed our morning runs. You can go forever if you want. We rented four bikes (2 adult + 2 kids) for the ten of us. It worked out pretty well. The kids wanted us to rent a couple more kid bikes, but we wanted to keep an eye on them. We ended up keeping them busy most of the time.
Each condo has a kitchen with all the appliances and utensils you can use. We were told to shop at a grocery store off-island on our way from the airport, and that was good advice. We got stuff for snacks, breakfasts and lunch and ate out most nights. But we had a fine two-family dinner on the lanai in Unit 122 overlooking the water. The Dads & helpers grilled steaks on the outdoor grills and the Moms & other helpers set up stuff indoors.
For eating out, we all loved the Island Cow but when the island is busy, consider going early. There are a ton of other nice places. The adults liked the Timbers, the kids prefered DQ, which is close by. We found a neat breakfast place for the adults on Periwinkle down toward the lighthouse.
We biked all over, sat on the beach, splashed in the pool, rented kayaks one day, spent an afternoon up at Captiva, and had our own kite fight. There's a ton to do.
Oh, and check out the Sanibel Fitness Center. It's open to the public and you can get a family pass. VERY reasonable. We discovered it on Friday, but I would have gone every day had I known about it. It's after the school on the main drag out to Captiva. It's great for the fitness nut who wants to lift and get in some cardio. There's some awsome pools there too.
The adults took advantage of having the cousins alternate sleep-overs. It was their idea, but it was great to have a couple nights alone and sleep a little later.
We hope to make this a family tradition. Loggerhead is a great fun, family place and Sanibel is such a wonderful, unspoiled island. Next time I want to explore the Darling nature center and will bring my golf clubs. There are a couple courses on the island and I'm told there's another close by just off island.
The Moms and girls found got into the shopping at the shops on Periwinkle. Some of them had some nice deals, 0r so I was told. There are also plays and other live entertainment - just a ton of stuff going on that the kids were not too hot on, but something the adults will explore in the future.

We stayed in Unit 101 for the past week, 20 steps to the sand. The unit was completely fresh and updated, well appointed, and large. There were plenty of towels, supplied kitchen, and beach chairs and umbrellas. The first bedroom had twin bedrooms and a full bath, the second a king bed and full bath, there were three TVs. Sliders went to the lanai from the master suite and the living room. Our son could play on the lawn right in front and go off to the sand just steps away. The heated pool is great and there are restrooms at the pool. There is tennis and shuffleboard as well. We saw a number of kids there, no noise though. Ellington's restaurant is two doors down with great food and jazz. Everything we needed, no noise, no traffic. At $1900 for the week not inexpensive, but I will do it again next year with certainty. Upper units or one farther back wouldn't be the same.

We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on Sanibel Isl. We stayed at the Loggerhead Cay in rm. 502. It was absolutely perfect. We were about 100 ft from the Gulf, with a great view in our living room, or our wonderful screened in porch. It was immaculate, in fact the cleanest place we have ever stayed. Very comfortable. It was quiet and private. It was very hard to leave there, and had a little cultural shock coming home to Louisiana!! We will return!