Your Sanibel Gateway Community
The Shorebird is located within Sun Resort and Residences – Sanibel Gateway, a quiet, convenient location (only five minutes from the causeway to Sanibel and Captiva Islands) with a long list of amenities and activities. Scroll down the page to see all the resort has to offer. Go to our Sanibel Gateway Gallery page for photos. Guests of Junonia Dreams have full access to all of these amenities and activities.
Community Amenities
The list of amenities at Sanibel Gateway is one of the many things that attracted us to the community. That list includes:
- free Wifi at each of the two community centers
- 2 heated swimming pools with restrooms and showers
- hot tub at the Primero pool
- 3 pickle ball courts
- 3 lighted tennis courts
- billiard room with 5 tables (still under renovation following Hurricanes Ian, Helene, and Milton)
- large guest pavilion
- “tiki” hut with picnic table at Swan Lake (just steps from the Shorebird)
- library (still under renovation following Hurricanes Ian, Helene, and Milton)
- driving/chipping net
- 4 horseshoe courts
- volleyball court
- 2 bocce ball courts
- 12 shuffleboard courts
- laundry facilities (still under renovation following Hurricanes Ian, Helene, and Milton)
- exercise/fitness center (still under renovation following Hurricanes Ian, Helene, and Milton)
Shopping and Dining
When we say convenient, we really mean it! Sanibel Gateway is only:
- less than 2 miles to either Super Target or Super Walmart
- 1/2 mile from Publix Grocery Store (2 more within a 10-minute drive)
- 1/2 mile from a convenience store/gas station
On top of these conveniences, there are countless restaurants, cafes, bars and grills, ice cream shops, and even a bowling alley — all within a 2-mile radius of Sanibel Gateway.
The Great Outdoors
A short drive or bike ride (4 stoplights, 3.3 miles, drive it in five minutes) takes you to the Sanibel Island Causeway, the only motor vehicle access to Sanibel Island.
The Fort Myers Beach and fishing pier (still being rebuilt) are only three-and-a-half miles away.
Bunche Beach and the Bunche Beach Nature Preserve are five minutes (1.8 miles) away at the end of John Morris Road (and a paved bike trail takes you all the way there).
J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, a premier birding destination on Sanibel Island, is only 9 miles away. You can drive, bike, or walk the 4.5-mile Wildlife Drive, walk or bike the trails, and even canoe or kayak the water trails in the Refuge.