Villa Island Getaway

Q: Is Villa Island Getaway - BEACHFRONT with BOAT INVCLUDED on North Captiva! pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Q: Where is Villa Island Getaway - BEACHFRONT with BOAT INVCLUDED on North Captiva! located?

Within easy reach of Alison Hagerup Beach Park, North Captiva Island Beach and Jungle Drums, this Captiva villa is located by the ocean and set on the beach. Local attractions also include McCarthy's Marina and Captiva Chapel By the Sea.

10/10 Excellent

michelle r.

8 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect

It was a great location, perfect house for our family . We could boat and fish on either ocean or sound. Kids loves it.

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

John C.

14 Dec 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful location

Loved that there were not a lot of people and the beach was beautiful.

Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Minot F.

31 Dec 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome Experience

Our family had a wonderful Christmas at this North Captiva house. The spacious property perfectly balances beachfront seclusion with modern comforts. While its remote location means weather-dependent check-in times and slightly sulfuric groundwater, these are minor concerns. The management team excels at storm recovery, provides grocery delivery connections, and includes boat access. Special thanks to Lars and Dan for maintaining this amazing property!

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Danielle S.

7 Apr 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Beach, amazing view

Note that this is a solar powered home.

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

John C.

13 Jan 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Island Getaway

This has been my 3rd time staying at this property. Each time has been great. Great beach and house. Hard to find anything like it in the United States.

Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

chuck l.

18 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Island paradise

Where do we start your own private island oasis. We caught all the fish we could possibly want, including redfish, snook, sea, trout and sheepshead. we had the Dolphins feeding out of our hand great place and the host is excellent deal with! Great place with plenty of room.

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

John S.

30 Mar 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great spot. Super host!

The house has been all fixed up from Hurricane Ian. We are very grateful to Lars the host for all the hard work he did this winter. Wonderful premium location in Florida!!!

Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony S.

21 Aug 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

North Captiva

This property is amazing and big enough for multiple families. We enjoyed it and Lars was amazing. Would highly recommend

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jay M.

19 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Summer Trip

This place is amazing! We discovered North Captiva last summer and returned this year for our annual family trip and would highly recommend this home. The house was extremely nice and has everything you need for your stay. Lars the owner was wonderful. He met us the day we arrived and got us to the island and ensured we had everything we needed. He was very accommodating and welcoming and went above and beyond to ensure we had a wonderful time. We will definitely return. After many years of vacationing in the Destin area we finally had enough of the overcrowded beaches, terrible traffic, and packed restaurants. If you want a relaxing secluded vacation this place is for you. North Captiva is beautiful. The water is just as good as Destin. We had the entire beach to ourselves and swam with dolphins and manatees everyday. Can’t wait to go back again! Thank you Lars for everything!!

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

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8/10 Good

Lyn F.

12 Feb 2021

We had a great time at Villa Island Getaway. As stated in the information, this is a VERY remote location.There are maybe 6-7 houses in a row on the beach. The beach is BEAUTIFUL - we saw dolphins everyday. We walked about 45 minutes up the beach until it isn't passable on foot everyday and found amazing shells. Lars met us at the marina on Captiva and loaded all our luggage and groceries on the boat and delivered us to North Captiva. The boat that is included with the house is pretty primitive - just a flat bottom boat. It got us around fine but a nicer boat is shown in some pictures online. We took the boat to Captiva and to the more populated area on North Captiva for lunch. You can't have the boat out at night and the waterways take some education to avoid sandbars, etc. You WILL get wet while using the boat so keep this in mind when venturing out to eat, etc. The house is very nice but does have some wear and tear. We LOVED the screened in porch - it has dining for 8, another table for 4-6 and a seating area for 4. We spent all of our time on the porch if we weren't on the beach. This house has very limited wifi and electricity (including a/c) is operated by solar panels. We never had any issues but we only ran the a/c at night if needed. The drip coffee maker did not work but there was a Keurig (we had to take the boat to get pods), kitchen granite is cracked by the sink. The washer and dryer were great. Master bedroom upstairs is huge with a soaker tub and king bed. 4 bedrooms downstairs - one jack and jill bathroom for a king bedroom and a queen bedroom. Two other downstairs bedrooms - one king and one queen share a small bathroom (not jack and jill). The house next door is under renovation and is a bit of an eye sore. No one was working on it while we were there so it didn't bother us.

10/10 Excellent

Kristofer S.

25 Apr 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Spring brake off the grid

It’s on the beach. If you love eating fish and hate crowds this is it. Booked the house from Saturday to Saturday- we went to publix on Monday and that was the last time we left the house. More manatees than crystal river and more fish than an aquarium.

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Loren H.

2 Apr 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beach getaway in an outstanding place

A unique experience to say the least! First we agree most every prior review…. Especially the kindness and communication with Lars. He and his wife tried to ensure our stay was memorable and offered advice which was great. The location, location, location…. Is what makes this a special getaway. The island has 10 houses nearby with each neighbor we met nicer than the previous one! The view and beach and shells and wildlife was unforgettable. We heard screech owls and whippoorwills at night and watched the osprey and shore birds all day. The beds are ok, furniture ok but none of it really matters when you have such a great off the grid spot to enjoy. Most of our friends thought this adventure was a bit nuts but we really had a wonderfully unique time. Definitely would return!

Stayed 12 nights in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Daviid M.

13 Mar 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The house in need of TLC and the generated stopped working two nights abs we lost power. So no air

Beautiful beach

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laura D., Westwood, Kansas

28 Feb 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Shells, seafood and fun!

This was such a fun getaway! The house is great for large groups. There were 9 of us and plenty of room! All the amenities were just as they were listed. The only thing we had trouble with was the TV. The internet streaming is tough on the island and especially at night for some reason. Just take DVDs. The initial grocery order from Jerry’s was messed up but they met us at the marina the next day and brought what they had forgotten to give us. I highly recommend going to the Timbers seafood market before going to the island. Their selection of fresh seafood was amazing and well worth it! Lars was nothing but helpful if we needed him and the property was amazing! Definitely going back!

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rachel L.

26 Feb 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very relaxing

The house was spacious, well supplied, and comfortable. The wildlife was phenomenal with nesting osprey, cranes, dolphins, snook. Sheephead, manatee, sand dollars, starfish, and hermit crabs. Boating to Captiva for more groceries or dining took pre-planning (Doc Ford's Restaurant offers scrumptious meal options) because of not being allowed on the water after dark but it also added a fun twist to the week!) The owner (Lars) was very easy to work with! We'd love to come again!

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Roger J.

20 Feb 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great isolated get away

Front yard beach, backyard mangroves and a dock with a boat. What more can I say?

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ashley B.

13 Apr 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful!

We had the best time on our vacation. The location was perfect and so peaceful. The property manager was so helpful and on call 24/7 to answer all of our questions. If you are looking for a place to relax while enjoying to s of Florida wildlife, this is the place for you. Highly recommend.

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

jennifer j.

4 Mar 2021

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Cleanliness

Castle in the sand

Ignore the lack of charm on the interior of this secluded 5-bedroom getaway (think: someone unloaded a castle full of heavy, dark furniture) accessible only by boat from your own private dock. Find your bliss in the sunrises, kayaking, fishing or swimming, miles of walkable beach with collectible shells and soul-filling wildlife sightings — eagles, osprey, thousands of shore birds and rumors of bobcats. View sunsets stretched for miles from the generous-sized screened porch perfect for cocktails and family-style shared dinners. Such delights blur memories of the abandoned house next door, boaters congregating on the sand bar in front of the house (visit the sandbar at sunrise for your own private shell tour), the wonky dishwasher, and the need for a deep cleaning. If dust bunnies and random hardware implements rolling in drawers disturbs your ability to absorb the peaceful setting, then search for a more sanitized locale. The privacy, wildlife, sunsets, sunrises, moonrises, and beach walks outweigh the downsides of this unbeatable off-the-grid property. Before you book: Check with the owner about possible construction next door and potential nearby dredging work.

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Melanie N.

28 Jul 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location and property

Had a very nice stay. Everything was nice and as expected. The house and beach were great. The availability of the boat made getting around easy. Would stay again in the future.

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Tim I.

24 Jun 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location

mosquito's and construction

The house, beach, and view is amazing. The boats that anchor on the beach, the mosquito's, and major construction to the home next door is not.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Michael L., Fargo

17 Mar 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Absolutely beautiful!!!

To say that this place is one of a kind is an understatement! If you want pure beauty right on the gulf this is the place. Only way to get here is by boat. You are on an island where you see very few people and the people that are here are awesome. I was worried that my kids would get restless, but I was wrong. Every morning walks on the beach, and playing all day, fishing off the dock, swimming in the ocean, my kids had a ball. My family will be back. If I could give this property more than 5 stars I would.

Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Roger J.

17 Feb 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Southside of North Captiva Island.

We had a great vacation at this home. The south side of North Captiva Island is very quiet. In fact, it is almost isolated. It is easy enough to travel places to go to lunch, but you cannot go out to dinner from this house. Boating at night is treacherous.) The beach front at this house is exquisite! And there is a wonderful screened in front porch that you can sit in the shade and enjoy looking out at the beach. And of course, the sunsets are awesome. however, the house lacked places to hang up clothes. There was only one closet the entire house. Also, many of that cabinet drawers and spaces are in the house were filled with spare parts, and hardware materials. The underside of the house was also filled with building materials. It’s seem like the house would be a lot more comfortable if it wasn’t used as a storage place for all this construction materials and hardware. We would return to this home. It worked well for our family. However, it is not a “five star” Destiination based on the price.

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

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