Tips for a Sanibel Island Stay

09 Visit the Sanibel Island Lighthouse

What's a beach-y island without an atmospheric lighthouse? Sanibel's dates from the late 1800's and really looks like the rusting relic of the Industrial era that it is. Visitors are not permitted to climb the spiral staircase that rises 98 feet in the air to the now de-commissioned lantern room, but the grounds and a nearby beach are open to the public and picture-taking.

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