longboat key, florida

LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA
Welcome to Casa Del Mar Beach Resort on beautiful Longboat
Key. We hope you have a relaxing time. If there is anything in
addition that you might need, please contact us at the office so we
can assist you right away. We want to make sure that you have
an exceptional stay here with us at our resort!
Mark Meador
General Manager
Casa del Mar Beach Resort
4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Longboat Key, Florida 34228
Phone: 941-383-5549
Fax: 941-383-7925
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.casadelmar.net
Emergency Phone Numbers
Before 5 pm, call the Casa del Mar office at 383-5549.
After hours, call 526-6678
Police/Emergency 316-1977 or 911.
(Our area code is 941)
CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT
Check in time:
Check out time:
3:00 pm
11:00 am
Our office hours are 9:00 to 5:00 daily.
If arriving after 5:00 pm, you will find an envelope containing your unit keys, clipped to
the board on our porch. Please check in with the office the following morning to register.
All guests must register.
Please be prepared to provide car license tag number.
Balance on your account is due upon arrival.
POOL AND BEACH
Pool is open 8:00 am to 10:00 pm
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For safety and enjoyment of all guests:
Pool Rules are posted by the pool.
No glass is permitted outside of unit.
Pool is for swimming – no rafts or toys permitted,
except baby floats/water wings.
No food or beverages permitted within pool fenced area.
Pool chairs cannot be reserved.
See enclosed Casa del Mar Rules/Regulations or check with office if questions.
Children under 12 using the pool must have adult supervision.
All young children in diapers must be in
snug fitting waterproof swim diapers.
CELL PHONES
Please make your calls private
As a courtesy to others, please do not disturb other guests
when receiving or making a call.
Thank you for your cooperation.
UMBRELLA RENTALS
Beach Umbrella rentals can be arranged in the office, they are
$15.00 a day, or $60.00 a week
Our maintenance staff will put them up about 8am and close them at
around 4:30-5:00 pm. Please note that we also take down the umbrellas when there
is high wind or a rainstorm moving into the area. Thank you for your cooperation.
TENNIS
Sign-up sheets are located on the porch next to the office. You may sign up for a
court one day in advance. Please limit to one court time per day. No one under 12 years
may sign for courts or be on courts without an adult present. Unassigned court time can
be used by any guest.
INTERNET
Wireless or cable connection.
Your ID is :CDM and your unit #. ( ex: 1ecdm), your password is the phone# of your unit
Visit our website at www.casadelmar.net
Other recommended sites: www.tripadvisor.com, www.longboatkeychamber.com ,
www.sarasotamagazine.com, www.floridasgulfislands.com
LINEN EXCHANGE
Thursdays
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Linens and towels can be exchanged (bed, bath, and kitchen) when you bring them
to our laundry room.
The laundry room is around the corner from the office in the F Building. Follow the ramp
to the sliding glass door. Housekeeping will be glad to give you clean linens.
Exchanges on holidays are not available – Check with the office for exchange day.
If you need to exchange linens on days other than Thursday, just stop by the office, we
are always here to help.
STARTER SUPPLIES
Your condominium is provided with a starter kit of supplies which include:
 One roll of toilet paper in each bathroom
 Dishwasher tablets (2) / dishwashing liquid soap
 Small box of laundry soap
 Bar of soap in each bathroom
 Garbage bag in each wastebasket
If you need additional supplies…
You may purchase them in our office or at PUBLIX,
GROCERY STORE which is located 3 miles south of Casa del Mar
- turn left at stoplight at Bay Isles.
PHONE USE
Long distance calls require a prepaid phone card.
You may purchase them in the office. $12.00 (tax included).
The is no charge for local and toll-free calls.
“Information” is 1-800-373-3411. (There is a fee to use 411)
Local Restaurants
(too many to list all...)
Sunsets (waterfront)
Sandbar (music) 100 Spring St, Anna Maria Is. 778-0444
http://www.groupersandwich.com/
Hilton Outdoor Café 2 doors north of Casa del Mar
http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/florida/hilton-longboat-key-beachfront-resort-SRQHIHF/dining/index.html
Beach House (music) 200 Gulf Dr. at Cortez light
http://beachhouse.groupersandwich.com/
Waterfront Casual
City Pier-Anna Maria (music) 100 S. Bay Blvd. Anna Maria Island
Mar Vista Bayside 760 Broadway St. North, Longboat Key (941) 383-2391
http://marvista.groupersandwich.com/
Star Fish Company Seafood market and dockside dining, 12306 46
th
St., Cortez, 794-1243
http://www.starfishcompany.com/starfishcompany/index.html
Old Salty Dog 1601 Ken Thompson
Parkway Sarasota 388-4311
http://www.theoldsaltydog.com/
Rod and Reel Pier, 875 N. Shore Blvd, Anna Maria Island. 778-1885 (also great breakfast!)
http://www.urbanspoon.com/cities/30-tampa-bay/restaurants/1281006-rod-reel-pier/menu
Dry Dock 412 Gulf of Mexico Dr. LBK
383-0102
http://drydockwaterfrontgrill.com/
Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant 800 Broadway Street, Longboat Key (941) 383-1748
http://www.stonecrab.cc/
Peir 22 1200 1
st
Ave West Bradenton, 383-7224
http://pier22dining.com/
Waterfront Fine Dining
Pattigeorges
http://pattigeorges.com/
Chart House 201 Gulf of Mexico Dr 383 5583
http://www.chart-house.com/
Memorable Fine Dining Experience
Euphemia Haye (music upstairs) 5540 Gulf of Mexico Dr. LBK
383-3633
http://www.euphemiahaye.com/
Beach Bistro 6600 Gulf Dr. Holmes Beach
Anna Maria Is. 778-6444
http://www.beachbistro.com/
Sign of the Mermaid 9707 Gulf Dr., Anna Maria Is. 778-9399
http://www.signofthemermaidonline.com/
Café L’Europe 431 St. Armand’s 388-3796
http://www.cafeleurope.net/#
Maison Blanche
2605 Gulf of Mexico Dr. LBK 383-8088
http://maisonblancherestaurants.com/index.html
Pizza
Oma, 201 N. Gulf Dr.
Anna Maria Is 778-0771
http://www.omaspizza.com/
Ciao! 5370 Gulf of Mexico Dr. LBK 383-001
Best Breakfast Blue Dolphin Café 5370 Gulf of Mexico Dr.
http://www.bluedolphincafe.com/menus/
Deli & Restaurant Harry’s, 525 St. Judes Dr. 383-0777
http://www.harryskitchen.com/
LBK 383-3787
Fish/Seafood for family:
The Lazy Lobster of Longboat, 5350 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, LBK,
http://www.longboatkeylazylobster.com/
Bonefish Grill 7456 Cortez, Bradenton 795-8020
http://www.bonefishgrill.com/
Anna Maria Oyster Bar 6696 Cortez, Bradenton 792-0077
http://www.oysterbar.net/home
Barnacle Bills, 5050 N. Tamiami Trail
http://www.barnaclebillsseafood.com/
St. Armand’s Circle:
Columbia 411 St. Armand’s 388-3987
http://www.columbiarestaurant.com/sarasota.asp
Cha Cha Coconuts 417 St. Armand’s 388-3300
http://www.chacha-coconuts.com/
Tommy Bahama Tropical Café 300 John Ringling Blvd. Sarasota 388-2888
http://www.tommybahama.com/TBG/Stores_Restaurants.jsp
Crab + Fin 420 ST Armands Circle 383-3964
http://crabfinrestaurant.com/
The Shore 465 John Ringling Blvd 292-0301
http://shorebrand.com/pages/shore-diner
Malinche Mexican 40 Blvd. of Presidents, Sarasota, Fl. 388-4444
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/30/1557157/restaurant/Tampa-Bay/La-Malinche-Sarasota
ANNA MARIA ISLAND:
Mr. Bones 3007 Gulf Dr. 778-6614
http://www.mrbonesbbq.com/
Rod & Reel 875 N. Shore Dr. 778-1885
Duffy’s Tavern 5808 Marina Dr., Holmes Beach, Anna Maria Is. 778-2501
http://www.duffystavernami.com/
Skinny’s Place, 3901 Gulf
Dr. Holmes Beach, Anna Maria Is., 778-7769
DOWNTOWN SARASOTA
EAT HERE 1888 Main Street 365-8700
http://www.eatheresarasota.com/menu/
MARINA JACK’S 2 Marina Plaza 365-4232
http://www.marinajacks.com/#
OWEN’S FISH CAMP 516 Burns Court 951-6936
http://www.owensfishcamp.com/about.cfm
SELVA GRILL
1345 Main Street 362-4427
http://www.selvagrill.com/menu.html
PHO CALI VIETNAMESE 1578 Main Street 955-2683
http://phocalisarasota.com/
TWO SENORITA’S 1355 Main Street 366-1618
http://www.twosenoritas.com/
BIJOU CAFÉ
http://www.bijoucafe.net/
1287 1st Street 366-8111
RENTAL OF BABY SUPPLIES
Cribs, strollers, high chairs and more at ABC
RENTALS, 941-929-1850 or
www.abcbabyrental.com Delivery and pick-up.
TRANSPORTATION
LONGBOAT LIMOUSINE, James Seaton, 941-383-1235
or 1-800-525-4661
www.longboatlimousine.com
YELLOW CAB OF LBK, 941-383-8885
ISLAND SEDAN
941-730-8803
DOCTORS/ WALK-IN CLINICS
Center Shops Family Practice
5370 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 205, LBK
941-387-1211
St. Armands Medical Center
500 John Ringling Blvd, St. Armands Circle
941-388-4408
Pinnacle Urgent Care Center
75th St. West at Manatee Ave, behind Post Office
941-761-1616
First Care Walk-In Clinic
4319 20th St W, Bradenton, 941-753-7585
PHARMACIES
CVS, 525 Bay Isles Parkway, LBK 941-383-2475
GROCERY& LIQUOR STORE
PUBLIX, 525 Bay Isles Parkway, LBK 941-383-2471 Open 7 AM to 9 PM
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WBRD- 1420 AM
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WRXB - 1590 AM
The Sports Animal – sports talk
Sunny 720 – adult standards
Your talk and information station
970 wfla- news/talk
Impact Radio – news/financial talk
1280 AM – money and health
The Dove – adults standards
Tampa Bay’s Solid Gospel/religion/talk/music
The Dove – adult standards
The Pier – gospel music/talk/sports
The New 1590 – gospel, r& b and urban music
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The Point - 80s music
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Oldies 104.7 – 60s - 70s music
The Dove – soft favorites
CTQ – country music
The Eagle – classic hits
Oldies 108 – oldies music
LOCAL ACTIVITIES
THE JOHN AND MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART
5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, Fl 34243
941-359-5700
www.ringling.org
Located on a lush 66 acre estate and home to four spectacular attractions including the
official State Art Museum of Florida - the Ringling Museum of Art, the restored
waterfront Ca d’Zan mansion, the Circus Museum and the Historic Asolo Theater.
Parklands, gardens, restaurant, educational and cultural programs, courtyard concerts.
MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS
811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota, Fl 34236
941-366-5731
www.selby.org
20,000 tropical plants in a magnificent 9.5 acre bayfront setting. A world center for
research, education and display of epiphytes, primarily orchids and bromeliads. Voted
# 1 of Must Do’s in Sarasota by Sarasota Magazine.
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY
1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota. Fl 34236
941-388-4441
www.mote.org
Marine research and education and aquarium, advancing the science of the sea.
Shark habitat feature, ray touch tank, mollusks, freshwater fish, sea turtles.
SARASOTA JUNGLE GARDENS
3701 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, Fl 34234
941-355-5305
www.sarasotajunglegardens.com
One of Florida’s oldest attractions. The area’s only zoological park. 10 acres of winding
jungle trails, roaming flamingos, tropical birds and alligator shows. Old Florida charm.
Family fun.
HISTORIC SPANISH POINT
Our cleaning company is PCM Cleaning. If you
have any issues with the cleaning, please
contact Cathy at (941) 928-7883.For additional
cleaning services:
The following maid service options are available:
FULL MAID SERVICE
$90.00
Clean bathrooms including floors
Clean kitchen counters, sweep-mop floor and run dishwasher
Change all bed linens and towels
Dust furniture, pictures, etc.
Vacuum entire apartment
Clean patio, spot clean patio doors
Remove trash
BASIC MAID SERVICE
$45.00
Clean bathrooms including floors
Clean kitchen counters, sweep/mop floor and run dishwasher
Vacuum entire unit
Remove trash
Any combination of maid service options can be customized.
The fee is $25.00/hr. Please provide as much notice as
possible, to ensure housekeeping can schedule. Please make
checks payable to:
PCM CLEANING. INC and
give to housekeeper or the Casa del Mar Office.
Marine Turtle Information
Public Service Announcement
Town of LBK
All species of sea turtles in the U.S. are endangered or
threatened. The loggerhead turtle is the most common sea
turtle that nests in Florida and accounts for 99% of the nests on Longboat Key in 2007
(143 loggerhead and 2 green turtle nests); Longboat Key in one of the first communities
in Florida to develop and enforce lighting ordinances that attempted to reduce sea turtle
hatchling disorientations.
The sea turtle nesting season covers May through August of each year. Nests of 100-200
eggs the size of ping-pong balls will incubate for an average of 55 to 65 days. Because
the incubation period extends 6 to 8 weeks after the nesting period, active enforcement of
the Town of Longboat Key’s Ordinance takes place between May though October or
until all the nests have hatches.
The female loggerhead matures in about 30 years to return to beaches near where she was
born. navigating from her sensing of the earth’s magnetic fields. These turtles migrate
great distances and overcome many natural and human-related hazards during migration.
Females emerge by night to nest on dark sandy beaches between the nigh tide line and
dune front. This is the same area used by day by residents and transient beach-goers. We
need to share the beach to allow turtles to nest. Beach chairs, umbrellas, and other
portable items that are left on a beach are obstacles that can cause a female to depart
without laying her eggs.
Turtle vision is best at underwater swimming in low light situations. When the baby
turtles emerge at night, they travel toward a brightest horizon, which on a dark beach
would lead them reliably to sea. However, any bright lights that are visible from the
beach can overwhelm this sensitive night vision. Bright artificial lights that are visible
from the beach can overwhelm this wrong way toward exterior lights or interior lights
from condos or hotels, single-family residences or street lights. In 2007, 37% of turtle
nests on Longboat Key had a disorientation event. The causes included lights from hotels
or condos, single family residences, sky glow and parking lots. These disorientations
resulted in a loss of 1327 baby turtles. With odds of 1 in 1000 for returning to nest,
simple measures to reduce light pollution would insure that one more turtle might make it
to return to nest on Longboat Key in 2037. Florida’s loggerhead population has declined
by 40% in the last decade, so everyone can help by:
 Removing beach furniture or obstacles from the nesting area.
 Turn off, shield or redirect lights during nesting season.
 Close blinds or drapes over beach facing windows at night.
 Use your natural vision while on the beach at night instead of flashlights.
 If you meet a turtle on the beach at night, remain quiet and still until she leaves.
 Do not disturb tracks made by a turtles. Researchers use the tracks to ID the
species.