Our Favourite Shops

Beach Stuff – Village Square Captiva Drive
The outside of Beach Stuff, is just what you would expect of a beach shop, the porch is home to hundreds of water floating objects of all shapes, sizes and colours. As you step inside you realise that you have entered an Aladdin’s cave, this shop has everything you will need for the perfect holiday, beach toys, beach shoes, swim wear, T-shirts, shorts, sun and after sun lotion, beach bags, snorkelling equipment, toys, post cards and many souvenirs and gift items. Kids just love this shop.

Jungle Drums – 11532 Andy Rosse Lane
This wonderful art gallery has the most fantastic selection of ceramics, glass, jewellery and much more.

Traders Store and Café – 1505 Captiva Drive
This is my perfect idea of bliss, not only do they do wonderful food, and wine, but you can shop at the same time, spectacular handcrafted jewellery, ceramics, paintings, plus many more things.

Seaweed Gallery – Andy Rosse Lane
A small art gallery filled with a mixture of good priced jewellery, ceramics, and furniture many items by local artists.

Confused Chameleon – Andy Rosse Lane
Again a wonderful assortment of ceramics, paintings, sand pictures, nautical items, furniture, T-shirts souvenirs and gift items, once again many by local artists.

Beach House – Chadwick’s Square across from South Seas
A wide choice of men's, women's and children’s swim wear and accessories.

Footloose – Chadwick’s Square across from South Seas
An extensive range of shoes for all the family.

Grocery Stores

Village Store – Andy Rosse Lane
This is a convenient store where you are able to buy most basic items you need. However we do find for more general supplies, i.e. fruit and vegetables, we do have to visit the larger supermarkets, on Sanibel Island.

Chadwick’s Market and Deli – outside South Seas Resort
This lovely little deli, has a wide selection of fresh fruit, salads, grocery items, fresh seafood, bakery goods and hot and cold deli items. And if you are not buying too much you can walk from the house.

Stores in Sanibel

The following stores are a drive away on Sanibel, they are comparable with a supermarket in the U.K. Both stock a reasonable amount of organic produce.

Bailey’s 2477 Periwinkle Way
This store carries everything you will need, groceries, fresh meat and fish, deli, bakery, alcohol, pharmacy, magazines, and hardware.

The Bailey’s centre is located at, 2477, Periwinkle Way, on the corner of, Tarpon Bay Road and Periwinkle Way.

Open Monday to Sunday from 7a.m. to 9p.m.

Also located at the Bailey’s centre is a cinema, beauty shop, hairdressers and gift shop.

Jerry’s 1700 Periwinkle Way
A wonderful super market, where you will find, fresh meat, seafood, hot and cold choices of deli to take away, rotisserie chickens, bakery, fresh produce, Alcohol and sundries including batteries, sun cream, barbeque grills and charcoal.

Open Monday to Sunday from 6a.m. to midnight

Also located at Jerry’s is a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, a Gallery and gift shop, Surf shop with everything you will need for the beach, Footloose shoe shop, plus many others

The kids love Jerry’s as outside you will find exotic birds like Babe the African Grey and Willie the Cockatoo.

Phone Cards
You may find that you do not receive a signal on your mobile phone, buy a phone card (Speak Out World Card) from 7-11, for $20 you will get about 200 minutes of calls to the UK. The 7-11 Store can be found opposite the Baileys centre in Sanibel.

ATM Machines
An ATM machine is located at the parade of shops in Chadwick’s Square. There is plenty of parking here, or if you are feeling energetic you can walk. Plenty of banks can be found on Sanibel.

Post Office and Bank
The post office is located just past Chadwick’s square, if you carry on walking about 200 yards you will come to the post office, carry on walking and you will find yourself at the bank.