Sand Dollar Cottage - Vintage - updated - flip flop walk to best Gulf Beaches

Can’t beat the location of beach access. The pool is great. Wonderful cottage. Our second time back.

The sand dollar cottage is a nice property with a great location on north Anna Maria island. The home is in good condition with a nice private pool that adds to the location across from the beach. While the home has the advantage of location, and appears to have been somewhat updated from a prior stay several years ago, we were disappointed with the bed in the primary bedroom - it was represented in the Vrbo listing as a Queen bed, when in reality it was barely a full size bed. The futon/sofa and side chairs were dated and very uncomfortable. The bathroom was remodeled/renovated from our last stay and was in good shape with excellent walk in shower and the lighting was good. One of the real issues with our stay is something the owners have little control over, but a heads up would have been nice. The property directly across the street is being re-built and the construction workers began making noise around 7am every day of our stay with the exception of Sunday. We understand the island was hit a couple of years ago and homes are being renovated and rebuilding is part of that process. The property manager could have communicated this fact with us in advance of our stay, and given the severity of the storms of 2024, we would have understood going in. Waking up to construction noise around 7am was very unpleasant and disturbing to our peace of mind. The sand dollar cottage gets high marks for location & access to the beach - but the home needs serious updating.

Construction noise from across the street was the only downside. Lovely house!

Perfect location. Nice place perfect for a family of 4. Everything you need and clean. We loved it. Owners seem nice via messages. Just beware the location to pick up your door code is not accurate and we’re not able to get into the home due to not having the code until 330AM! We literally had to sit in our vehicle for hours in the middle of the night waiting to get a code. Pretty much a the worst start possible to our trip.

Beautiful small pool. Easy walk to the beach. Only problem was the constant noise (VERY LOUD) from construction across the street. Still loved our time in Anna Maria

Great location and communication with the owner, clean property and everything worked! Loved our stay

Overall the property accommodated all of our needs, very clean, awesome location with just steps to the beach and easy walk to area restaurants. We enjoyed the nice quiet neighborhood and how the landscaping enabled privacy to relax in the well maintained pool. We often cook our own meals and appreciated the ample flatware and additions of fine china; perhaps the cookware and cutlery could benefit from being updated. (We have our own cottage and we are used to overcoming these minor challenges.) We are sad to leave and look forward to an expanded visit next time.

It was clean and close to the beach.

Beautiful house, close to beach, super clean, and the pool was fantastic.

The house was just a short walk directly across the street to the North Shore Beach. Was very clean and just the right size for the four of us. We will definitely be back!

We had such a great stay at this property! It was the perfect house for our family! The outdoor area and screened in patio was so nice to have bc we could still be outside (it rained a lot the week we stayed).It was right across the street from the ocean, doesn’t get much better than that! Can’t wait to come back!

This house is absolutely amazing! The inside looks just like the pictures, very accurate representation. Very clean. Very comfy. I’d say the pool is larger than it looks. The location is perfect. The walk to the beach took all of 5 minutes. We had some communication with the property manager, he was very nice and informative and prompt. It was only 2 of us in the home, and it was great. If we had our two adult kids, the bathroom situation would have been a tight squeeze. It is small, but nice and doable. We would absolutely stay here again.

It was better than we even expected, especially knowing that both Hurricane Helene and Milton had affected this property only a few short months before our stay. It was a very restful and comfortable surrounding for us. It was just a short walk to a beautiful beach. We would like to come back again.

We spent 3 weeks here. The house was very comfortable and clean. The host was available to assists us with even the smallest of details such as an inflater for our floats. The pool was very clean and heated which made it very enjoyable. I highly recommend this rental we loved everything about it and would not hesitate to rent again. The location was in walking distance to shops and restaurants and right across the street from the most beautiful private beach. Neighborhood was quiet. Can’t wait to go back.

Hi Kerstin, I just wanted to let you know that your home away from home has made our AMI visit our favorite. The location is so awesome. We used to stay about a half mile South of sandbar restaurant. The house doesn't feel across the road from the beach at all. The dining porch has been our favorite space. The fishing has been fantastic too, the pompano bite is definitely on at the beach.We will be looking for availability in the future for your home. We are checking out tomorrow night about 10 pm so the little one sleeps most of the drive. Thank you so much for opening up your place to us! Brandon