Floridaloha is your ideal destination to experience "Old Florida" and its abundant natural beauty on the state's southwest Gulf coast. We offer four vintage bungalows five minutes or less from pristine Nokomis Beach, surrounded by public parks, nature preserves, and near the Legacy Bike Trail. We're located just a mile from historic Venice—a real old-fashioned American downtown with charming privately owned boutiques, restaurants, and lovely public parks. Nokomis, population 3500, is a laid-back coastal village just a mile north of Venice and ten miles south of Sarasota—easy to get to, and easy to get around. It's gained a reputation as an ecotourism hub in southwest Florida, with its creeks and bays, parks, nature preserves, and one of the best beaches in all of Florida.

Our Floridaloha vacation cottages are nestled along a one acre block in the East Nokomis Historic District., where you'll find a number of antiques shops and restaurants. Our houses were recently selected for a book of the area's architecturally significant properties published by the Sarasota Convention and Visitor's Bureau. One of our Floridaloha houses was also featured on HGTV several years ago. Each house hails from a different 20th Century decade, and each has its own 'Old Florida' style and decor. Our mission is to provide visitors who want this kind of special "Old Florida" experience with what they need to relax and enjoy 'our area in all its natural beauty.

We call our mini-resort "Floridaloha" because we don't think Hawaii should have all the fun. Come and enjoy one of our cottages and see for yourself.

CASA NOKOMIS
'Old Florida' Style: Think Ernest Hemingway

Built in 1925, Casa Nokomis is a 1/1 Mediterranean-revival bungalow in a tropical garden beneath a row of towering Royal Palms. Built in 1925, Casa Nokomis is in the East Nokomis Historic District and on the Sarasota County Register of Historic Places. This is the guest house of the Floridaloha owner's home.

This charming retreat is on a quiet lane half a block from Pocono Trail Preserve on Shakett Creek and Dona Bay. Ideally located for those interested in nature and ecotourism, Casa Nokomis is just over one mile from Nokomis Beach, and two blocks from the Nokomis Park, a trailhead for the Legacy Trail and the site of a kayak launch on Curry Creek. We are one mile from Curry Creek Preserve, which also has a kayak launch, and just a mile from old-fashioned downtown Venice with its many boutiques and restaurants.

Casa Nokomis is updated with many modern conveniences while retaining all its vintage charm. For a complete list of amenities, photos and for rates and booking information, please see our Casa Nokomis Page.

CASA COQUINA
'Old Florida' Style: Think Tropical Tiki

Casa Coquina is a 2/1 Key West-style home built in 1955. It's in the East Nokomis Historic district and on the Sarasota County Register of Historic Places.

Featured on Home and Garden (HGTV) Network in 2005, Casa Coquina is reminiscent of a rustic Florida hunting or fishing lodge, with its cypress and knotty pine walls and oak and heart pine floors. The decor is very 'Tommy Bahama' with a dash of 1950s kitsch. The living area is upstairs on the second floor.

Casa Coquina's large back yard is walled and bamboo-fenced for privacy, and includes a covered Tiki Hut built by the Seminole Indian tribe, with deck and patio furniture and flickering tiki lights to brighten balmy evenings. The house has a lovely upstairs balcony deck looking out over the yard where you can relax and dine al fresco.

For a complete list of amenities, photos and for rates and booking information, please see our Casa Coquina Page.

EAGLE'S NEST
'Old Florida' Style: Think Marjorie K. Rawlings' "Cross Creek"

Built in 1917. this charming 1/1 cottage was originally a caretaker's house at Bertha Potter Palmer’s enclave of hunting and fishing cottages called Eagle Point, We relocated it and restored it and added to the Sarasota County Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Lounge on the spacious outdoor decks front and back, or spend lazy afternoons in its shaded 'secret garden' behind the cottage. The grounds feature Florida native plants, vines and wildflowers that attract butterflies all year long.

For a complete list of amenities, photos and for rates and booking information, please see our Eagle's Nest Page.