Captain Pip's Marina & Hideaway

The property was conveniently located halfway along the FL keys in Marathon, enabling us to more easily visit a variety of parks, beaches, restaurants, and tourist attractions in the area. Porkys restaurant next door has the best baby back Ribs ever along with a miniature golf course. Also located next door is Legendary jet skis which offers great jet ski tours of the FL keys. Located nearby is the 7 mile bridge which provides for a nice evening stroll as the sun sets over the horizon. We got the Osprey Apt which had a deck on the back where we could have breakfast and look out over the marina and water. One morning we saw dolphins swimming by as we sat on the veranda for breakfast. That was a special treat!

We loved the Keys vibe and our stay. We stayed 3 nights, Marathon is ideally placed if you want to spend a few days in the Keys. The little marina was charming, all the bungalows in different colours added to the vibe, the tiki bar restaurant next to it, Porky's, was also great if you wanted to have a drink or eat. The swimming pool don't look fancy at first, but the water's temperature was perfect and we enjoyed chilling there everyday after our visits. It was also nice to be able to be able to have your breakfast and diner as we had a little appartment with all the devices and most tools needed. We loved it and will go back if we visit the Keys again.

Value

I liked how close it was to a great beach (Sombrero), great food and hang out (Sunset Grill) and Porky’s), activities (Turtle Rescue, Seven Mile Bridge and miniature golf), coffee (Starbucks) as well as grocery/alcohol (Publix).

Our 2 apartments were large and clean. The Marlin had an excellent location on the water, a well-stocked kitchen, and the staff provided our requested rollaway bed--there was plenty of room to set it up. We arrived with our groceries, cooked dinner, ate in and played games. I especially liked that we could use kayaks. It was a bit windy, but we were still able to kayak --and "bird island" near the resort is worth a kayak trip --so many species of birds, and iguanas. My kids saw sea turtles swimming also. The resort is very close to the 7-mile bridge and we had our own bikes, but the resort also has bikes you can ride. You can ride on the pedestrian/biker bridge but only for 2 miles.