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Colonial Pointe is the perfect location for a very flexible holiday on the south west gulf coast of Florida. There is so much close at hand, you can make it as quiet, peaceful, busy or exciting a vacation as you want. There are wonderful beaches, wildlife, shopping, sport, food, theatres, history and culture. There is plenty for young, old, and every age in between.
Colonial Pointe itself is a gated development of 70 houses in the south of Fort Myers. The neighbourhood is quiet and secluded. The only road is a loop around a lake, and houses sit around the loop, many with lovely views across the lake which is regularly visited by various heron, terns, ibis, anhinga, osprey and more.
It’s the beaches, the golf, the wildlife and the ocean that bring most people to Florida's gulf coast. Glorious Sanibel and Captiva Islands are just 10 minutes across the Sanibel causeway. Fort Myers Beach with its silver sands and lively atmosphere is just as close. The wildlife is stunning. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, the Ding Darling wildlife reserve on Sanibel, Lovers' Key on Estero Island, the manatees in the Caloosahatchee River in the cooler months: these are just some of the places you could spend a long afternoon. And then there's pelicans and osprey dive-bombing into the water, the birds scuttling up and down the seashore, following the waves, alligators in the Everglades and swamps, and the dolphins swimming into the surf breaking at the edge of the beach on Sanibel ... whatever turns you on, it's here and it's fantastic.
There are 2 grocery stores within 5 minutes of Colonial Pointe, one of which is close enough to walk to. There's a 24 hour convenience store and gas / petrol round the corner. And for the fun side of shopping, the huge Miromar Designer Outlets, Tanger Outlet Mall, Bell Tower Shops and other shopping malls are all within a 15 minute drive. Bell Tower also has a large multiplex cinema. Wal-Mart is 5 minutes away.
If you want to go further afield, Naples is thirty minutes down the road, with the Everglades just beyond. Tampa & Busch Gardens are an hour and a half north, and Disney is only 2 hours away.
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