Guide
Biking Sanibel: The Shared-Use Path, Route by Route
The island chose a bicycle network over wider roads. Twenty-five-plus miles of separated paved path, flat end to end, and the better way to see almost everything.
8 min read
Rosa Villanueva
Family & Practical Editor
Beat: Family Activities, Beaches, Best Time to Visit
Rosa plans island weeks for people travelling with children and grandparents in the same car, which on Sanibel means bikes, shade, tide times and restrooms. She tests the things that fail quietly — the boardwalk that ends in soft sand, the rental with one parking space, the boat that will not take a pushchair — and reports them before you book.
3 guides · 2 news posts
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Long-form
Guides by Rosa Villanueva
Reported guides to Sanibel, each with its own publication and last-updated date.
Guide
Sanibel with Kids: What Works and What Does Not
No theme park, no arcade, no pier. What Sanibel gives children instead is a beach that hands them something new every twenty feet.
9 min read
Guide
The Best Time to Visit Sanibel, Month by Month
Temperature is the least useful thing to plan around here. What changes month to month is the tide line, the refuge and the price.
9 min read
News desk
News under Rosa Villanueva's byline
Shorter, dated pieces about what is changing in Sanibel.
How this was written. News published under Rosa Villanueva's byline was drafted by machine from primary sources — operator notices, government and municipal releases, published schedules — and every factual claim in it was matched to one of those sources before it published. A Sanibel Guide editor can change or pull any of it. Our editorial standards.
Closure
The Refuge Concession Is Closed Until 28 September
Kayak trails, tram tours and the rental dock are shut for a fortnight of maintenance. They reopen on Monday 28 September, without the touch tank.
Seasonal
The Island Is Dark on Purpose, and Turtle Season Makes It Darker
No street lights, no lit beachfront, and from mid-April to the end of October a set of rules that applies to your balcony as much as to the resort behind it.