TRAARVTEL
PARADISE ON THE GULF
South Seas Island Resort
By Margaret Word Burnside and Aaron R. Fodiman
It has been awhile since my wife, Margaret, and I have traveled
due to COVID-19, so we looked for a favorite vacation location
within an easy drive to be our first return to the outside world.
We choose South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island because it
is only about a three-hour drive from the Tampa Bay area. We love
this classic Florida resort, which began as a fishing resort in 1946, after
serving years as a Key lime plantation. This 330-acre destination has
2.5 miles of white-sand beaches directly on the Gulf of Mexico in an
area known for world-class shelling and tarpon fishing opportunities.
Beautiful water views are seen
from every location at South Seas
Island Resort due to the resort’s
location at the north end of
Captiva Island.
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