Fodor's Expert Review Island Inn

Choose from your own cottage on the beach, or take your pick from six different styles of modernized hotel rooms at Sanibel's most established inn—built in 1895 as the home of Will and Harriet Matthews, whose love of entertaining turned this place into the sought-after resort that it is today. Value-enthusiasts will be happy here because there's no resort fee and most everything is included, like tennis, shuffleboard, a heated pool, free Wi-Fi, and beach chairs. If you want to spend some of your hard-earned money for dinner, do try the restaurant, Traditions on the Beach. It's worth it. The Matthews Lodge contains the Gulfview Luxury Suites—another splurge worth considering.