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Fort Myers Beach
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Chamber of Commerce
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Fort Myers Beach is comprised of San Carlos and Estero Islands. Estero Island (the main island) has seven and half miles of beautiful, white sandy beach
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14,000
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The area retains a Old Florida village atmosphere, with it's quaint cottages, rambling beach houses and bay front estates, while giving way to luxury high-rise condominiums.
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located only 15 miles south of Fort Myers
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I-75, US 41
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The waters around Fort Myers Beach and throughout Lee County offer some of the best fishing in Florida. You can fish from the public pier that stretches hundreds of feet into the Gulf of Mexico at the Beach's Lynn Hall Memorial Park. Party boats and charter boats abound at the many docks around the Beach. way to boating the big ones in the Gulf of Mexico.
Lee County boasts some 30 public golf courses, three of which are within 10 to 20 minutes from the Beach and one is at the Beach.
If you're into wagering, you don't have to travel to Las Vegas or Atlantic City to find it: You can make or break your bank right here. Several casino cruise boats sail from Fort Myers Beach twice a day, offering Las Vegas style gambling .
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Estero Island and its sister island, San Carlos, make up the community of Fort Myers Beach. It is a tiny bit of an Island, seven miles long and in no place as much as a mile wide. From the north-west point to the south-east tip, a gleaming white sand beach fronts the Gulf of Mexico.
Shrieking gulls and terns ride the winds, sandpipers twinkle-toe after the receding wavelets seeking tiny bits of luscious sea foods; stately herons, roseate spoonbille and a dozen other shore and water birds abound in the mangroves of Estero Bay. Porpoises rise and dip and roll as they play off-shore. The mighty tarpon whips the water and flashes his silver sides as he rolls and tumbles until the very ocean "boils." On the ocean floor are sand dollars, star fish and pricklv sea urchins. Palms, the trade-mark of the tropics, bougainvilleas, flaming royal poncianas, hibiscus and alamanda keep the island a-bloom the year around. Sea grapes hang in great clusters among huge golden-green leaves, and the tree (or sea) hibiscus glows with blossoms opening in the early morning, changing during the day from golden yellow to orange, then to russet and red until late in the evening they drop their now maroon flowers ready to start another golden day tomorrow.
A quiet town of friendly citizens, artists, fishermen and winter residents, with a healthy quota of welcome tourists, make up the island population.
Truly is a vacation paradise. Located in the very heart of southwest Florida, on the shore of the azure waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it offers everything one would possibly want. The balmy Gulf breezes keep winter daytime temperatures in the comfortable 70's.
Fort Myers Beach runs the length of Estero Island with beautiful white sand beaches for strolling, sunning, swimming, and surf fishing. Famous for its colorful and exotic shells that wash up daily, shell collecting has become a favorite pastime for many visitors.
Fort Myers Beach also offers every amenity. Shopping, fine dining, sport fishing, boat rentals, fishing pier, banking services, and a fine library are just a few of the many things enjoyed at the beach.
The beach is also home to a large shrimp fishing fleet. One of the many festivals enjoyed annually is the Shrimp Festival that begins with the blessing of the fleet. And many other nearby attractions such as The Greyhound racing track, Edison's Home and the Shell Factory provide continual entertainment.
Fort Myers Beach is a popular tourist destination. It is only 15 minutes from the greater Fort Myers area, on the Gulf of Mexico. Miles of gleaming white sand, broken only by an occasional sheltering palm or stately Australian pine. The beach is famous for swimming, since it has little or no undertow.
Population: 14,000; doubles during the winter months. The largest yearly event on the island is the Shrimp Festival. The Shrimp Festival is held each year in February. The first official Shrimp Festival was held in 1960. Before 1960, the event was part of the Fort Myers based Edison Festival of Light and it was called Beach Day. An election of a Shrimp Queen, shell and flower exhibits, fishing contests, parades and more make up the family event.
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