Barefoot Way

Barefoot Way is a beachfront estate house on the gold coast section of Captiva Island. Fully remodeled in 2018! Follow the delightful path through tropical plantings, past tall palms, whispering pines and the beachside gazebo, to the amazing beach: baking white sand, refreshing Gulf water – and it feels like it’s all your own, in this sparsely-populated area.

The large heated private pool is ringed by a sun patio and shaded outdoor dining areas. Opening onto the pool deck is the lower level recreation room with games (air hockey and ping pong) and a kitchenette.

Vacation Rental Reviews

• Our home away from Home

  Stayed 7 days ending in November, 2021

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  a guest from Teton Village, WY recommends this vacation rental

  This is our 5th year visiting this home. It is our favorite vacation spot. The home has everything we need with beautiful views and a wonderful beach.

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• BAREFOOT WAY Captiva Vacation 11-6-21

  Stayed 7 days ending in November, 2021

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  Alan O from Manitowac, WI recommends this vacation rental

  Our family has traveled to Captiva Island four times since 2013 and this stay was one of our best. We stayed at the Barefoot Way. This beautiful home was able to accommodate all 10 of our family members with room to spare. The pool and the lower game room was used extensively by all. The few questions that we had were immediately answered by the AMRC staff. We would rank this property a 6 on a 1-5 was beyond our expectations.We will rent this property again the next time we stay on Captiva Island.

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• Beautiful view with ideal beach location

  Stayed 7 days ending in July, 2021

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  a guest from Salem, SC recommends this vacation rental

  Couldn’t be a better on the beach location and lovely home; lovely home but for the money kitchen not well stocked. No pot holders and no decent can opener. Could use more large pots/ pans for cooking. Only 5 bedrooms so small for money spent. Refrigerator smelled bad. Place needs a deep clean.

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• Beautiful home right on the beach

  Stayed 7 days ending in May, 2021

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  Mark R from Coral Gables, FL recommends this vacation rental

  What a perfect week we had in Captiva at Barefoot Way. The house is amazing. Right on the beach with a huge pool, big rooms with comfy beds and great common spaces — den, great room, breakfast nook and kitchen are all perfect. Sonos speakers throughout made listening to tunes easy and enjoyable. Elevator was critical throughout stay, including rolling our full cooler to the beach every day. Local rental agencies have all delivered to the house before, so dropoff and pickup of paddle boards, golf cart, baby equipment and initial groceries was a breeze. Would recommend this house for any group, including families with kids. Game room downstairs was a lot of fun. Equipment is a little beat up, but as to be expected given its a rental, and it all worked so OK. American Realty was super responsive to any inquiries. One negative surprise was that the retractable screen controls on the main level back porch aren’t accessible to the renters so there was no way to have the porch screened in, which at night was an issue. We basically couldn’t sit on the back porch in the evenings despite citronella candles and bug spray as the bugs start swarming around sunset and continue into the night. This isn’t something to not rent the house over, but good to know going in, and maybe something the owners could reconsider.
  
  Overall an incredible stay and we would love to go back!

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• Great beach house

  Stayed 7 days ending in April, 2021

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  Kay S from Shawnee, KS recommends this vacation rental

  Our stay in Barefoot way was great. The house was clean and very spacious. The pool and spa were excellent. I would definitely recommend this property. It was so beautiful.

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• An awesome spring break experience!

  Stayed 7 days ending in March, 2021

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  a guest from New Hope, MN recommends this vacation rental

  We had a great week at Barefoot Way. During a time when social distancing was encouraged the amenities made staying at the property very enjoyable. The pool and outdoor area in general was great and the proximity to the beach was wonderful. The sunsets were gorgeous! The home was clean and well stocked with towels which was helpful. We loved our stay in this beautiful home.

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• Good but could be Great

  Stayed 7 days ending in March, 2021

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  a guest from Baden, PA recommends this vacation rental

  Overall a great trip at a great house in a great location. My only advise is that for a house of this size and price point, the fact that they locked one of the main master bedrooms on the water view, and the workout room is simply crazy. Also, the place is stark and requires just about everything except bed sheets to actually stay there for a week.

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• A wonderful, updated , place! Sunsets were spectacular!

  Stayed 7 days ending in December, 2020

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  a guest from Carbondale, CO recommends this vacation rental

  A Wonderful, relaxing holiday! We only had 1 problem , the coffee pot died. Someone delivered a new coffee pot within a few hours . The location is in the middle of Captiva and Sanibel. ( a car ,golf cart or bikes are needed) The beach felt like our own personal private beach. We would definitely book this beautiful place again. It felt like an exclusive resort, you won’t want to leave.
  

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