Fort Myers vacation rentals

About Fort Myers

Thomas Edison planted Fort Myers' first royal palms and spent 46 winters here inventing in his riverside laboratory; Henry Ford bought the house next door. Their estates — with the botanical gardens and the original lab — remain one of Florida's best historic sites, lining a McGregor Boulevard still shaded by those palms.

The city's River District has come alive with restaurants, rooftop bars, and a monthly art walk, while the islands of Sanibel and Captiva — the shelling capital of the Western Hemisphere — sit 25 minutes across the causeway. Baseball fans know Fort Myers as the spring home of the Red Sox and Twins.

Vacation rentals in Fort Myers

Fort Myers vacation rentals range from high-rise condos on the Caloosahatchee to golf-community villas and single-family pool homes throughout the south side. Compared with the beach towns, your money goes further here — and the beaches of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel are an easy drive.

February and March are the tightest months, when spring training and peak season overlap — book early. Summer offers excellent value with afternoon-storm patterns typical of the Gulf coast. For more space and canal boating, look next door at Cape Coral.

Things to do in Fort Myers

• Tour the Edison & Ford Winter Estates, gardens, and laboratory
• Day-trip to Sanibel and Captiva for world-famous shelling
• Catch a Red Sox or Twins spring-training game in March
• Stroll the River District's First Street restaurants and art walk
• Kayak the Great Calusa Blueway among mangroves and manatees
• Cross the bridge to Fort Myers Beach for sunset on the pier plaza

Families, snowbirds, and island access

Fort Myers is a practical, friendly base: the airport is painless, traffic is manageable, and every kind of day trip — beaches, islands, Everglades, baseball — is under an hour. Snowbirds fill the golf communities from January to March; families should time a trip for a spring-training weekend.