Fort Myers

[Newbie74]

We are thinking of staying a few days around Sarasota at the end of our Disney trip... has anyone flown into/out of Fort Myers airport? What's it like?
TIA

[capecoralfl]

Originally Posted by Newbie74

We are thinking of staying a few days around Sarasota at the end of our Disney trip... has anyone flown into/out of Fort Myers airport? What's it like?
TIA

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Its a beautiful (although small) airport, but we love it. Modern, staff are lovely, easy to get in and out of from I-75 as the exit for the airport is right off the highway and the car rentals are right across the road.
No duty free, limited shops & eating places, not a lot to do in it but for us flying United most of the time, its a great route GLA>EWR>RSW (see their website flycpa).
You would be out of there and up to Sarasota in no time. Obviously Tampa airport is much bigger with more facilities but RSW is worth considering.
We are hoping they expand to do more international flights - they do a German route and a Canadian route and are expanding, so fingers crossed.

[Newbie74]

Originally Posted by capecoralfl

Its a beautiful (although small) airport, but we love it. Modern, staff are lovely, easy to get in and out of from I-75 as the exit for the airport is right off the highway and the car rentals are right across the road.
No duty free, limited shops & eating places, not a lot to do in it but for us flying United most of the time, its a great route GLA>EWR>RSW (see their website flycpa).
You would be out of there and up to Sarasota in no time. Obviously Tampa airport is much bigger with more facilities but RSW is worth considering.
We are hoping they expand to do more international flights - they do a German route and a Canadian route and are expanding, so fingers crossed.

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Thanks for the reply! That's sounds good to me
I'm looking at flights from London and only seems that virgin go with connection at Atlanta (1.5 hours layover) . I'll check out flycpa
Any advice on where to stay? I've been reading Anna Maria is lovely
TIA again!

[capecoralfl]

AA do routes from London, via Philadelphia into RSW, and also routes via Charlotte. United do this route as well (their US hub is Newark)
I am obviously biased but we love further south into the SW of Florida area - Cape Coral, Sanibel, Captiva, Naples, Ft Myers but I know a lot of Brits love Anna Maria Island but its been years since we stayed there (long before we bought our villa). There are four of us Dibb owners who advertise on here, three on Rotunda West and myself in Cape Coral if those areas appeal. Why not check out our ads!
Wherever you choose it will be wonderful.

[Newbie74]

Originally Posted by capecoralfl

AA do routes from London, via Philadelphia into RSW, and also routes via Charlotte. United do this route as well (their US hub is Newark)
I am obviously biased but we love further south into the SW of Florida area - Cape Coral, Sanibel, Captiva, Naples, Ft Myers but I know a lot of Brits love Anna Maria Island but its been years since we stayed there (long before we bought our villa). There are four of us Dibb owners who advertise on here, three on Rotunda West and myself in Cape Coral if those areas appeal. Why not check out our ads!
Wherever you choose it will be wonderful.

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Thank you so much! I have a dibbs villa booked for Disney ☺️
can't wait for our holiday...will check out the villas/flights.
Hope Irma didn't cause much damage although dibbers and villa owners have been saying all is fine 👍🏻

[anniee]

We are flying into RSW in February. Going from LHR with AA via Charlotte.

[Newbie74]

[QUOTE=anniee;12871782]We are flying into RSW in February. Going from LHR with AA via Charlotte.[/QUOTE

[dibdobber]

We are going with VH and have 4 days in a villa just really described as "Fort Myers Villas" at the end of our package. Am slightly nervous and know v little about Fort Myers - has anyone stayed with VH at one of these villas and what is Fort Myers actually like? i have looked at lots of travel guides, trip advisor etc but a personal view would be really appreciated?

[shoei]

If you want to stay in Sarasota, why not fly to Sarasota. There are great connecting flights and only 15 minutes from downtown!

[ChrisS]

I prepared the list below two year gone... some ideas on places to visit in SW Fl.

Depending on when, and where, you are in SW Fla, Cape Coral has a water park, Sunsplash. sunsplashwaterpark/

It's a lovely area down here, you'll have a smashing time. Plenty of beaches, watersports, fishing. Naples is a nice place to check out too - excellent soft white beach and long pier - naplesdowntown/naples-pier.htm
Naples conservancy - conservancy/
Tin City in Naples - tin-city/
Corkscrew Swamp - corkscrew.audubon/
Ding Darling on Sanibel (closed Fridays) dingdarlingsociety/
Edison Ford Estate in Fort Myers - edisonfordwinterestates/
Boat trips/dolphin watching/sunset cruises; from Captiva to Cabbage Key - captivacruises/
Casino Big M boat from Fort Myers Beach - bigmcasino/fort-myers-beach/
Everglades City Ranger boat tours - nps.gov/ever/planyourvisi...ided-tours.htm
Babcock Ranch, on SR31 between Fort Myers and Arcadia - babcockwilderness/#!home/mainPage

Octagon wildlife sanctuary, just off SR31 between Fort Myers & Punta Gorda; Lauri Caron is an incredible lady who provides home to a multitude of animals, from exotic tigers, a rare black leopard, lions, ligers, bears, wolves to donkeys, goats, chickens, ducks, racoons, gators et al - check out the website video. The citizens/local big & small businesses donate food, supplies, manpower to keep them all fed. All volunteers happily donate their time, some for 10 plus years, ensuring the majority of monies collected cares for the animals. Open Sat & Sun and by appointment Mon to Fri - octagonwildlife/

Fort Myers tourist website - fortmyers-sanibel/?gc...FdY8gQodTo8ACA
Visit Florida website - visitflorida/en-us/ci...ort-myers.html
Muscle Car City, Punta Gorda - musclecarcity/

Shopping anyone? Miramar Outlets with over 140 top designer outlet stores - miromaroutlets-px.smrtlnk/
Sanibel Outlets - sanibeloutlets/

If you like music then the top SW Fla band is Deb & the Dynamics - and they're really good. Take a look at their schedule - debandthedynamics/bandschedule.html
We winter on Pine Island and see them at Berts Bar on Matlacha Thursday nights but like to head for Doc Fords on a Sunday (under Fort Myers Beach Bridge docfordsfortmyersbeach/) as they play outdoors from 1 to 4pm - or on a Friday night 6 to 9pm at Pinchers @ Wyndham Hotel where they play on Estero beach. Extremely professional band, Deb sings like Janis Joplin, take a peek here - - the sax players wander into the audience when playing - there's no charge to these venues, eat, drink or drink, don't eat, nobody cares, just go, watch this excellent band and have a good time.