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Unique Siesta Key canal home with private pool and spa area.
spanish castle facade
open floorplan with space for the family
Full service kitchen
kitchen with glass tile backsplash

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Hot tub
  • Laundry
  • Gym
  • Air conditioning
NZ$821
avg per night

Explore the area

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Sarasota, FL
  • Siesta Key Beach
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Crescent Beach
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Lido Beach
    ‪24 min drive‬
  • Sarasota, FL (SRQ-Sarasota-Bradenton Intl.)
    ‪23 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 King Bed and 1 Single Futon

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 5

2 Queen Beds

4 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 4

Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 5

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony
Garden
Dining area

Room

  • 278.7 sq m
  • Sleeps 12
  • 4 Queen Beds, 2 King Beds and 1 Single Futon
Price is NZ$821 avg per night,

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About the area

Siesta Key

Located in Siesta Key, this castle is near theme parks and on the waterfront. St. Armands Circle and Mall at University Town Center are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Siesta Key Beach and Crescent Beach. Travelling with kids? Consider Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium and Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Jet skiing and kayaking offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking/biking trails and cycling nearby.

What's nearby

  • Siesta Key Beach - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Shell Beach - 4 min drive - 3.2 km
  • Crescent Beach - 7 min drive - 4.7 km
  • Point of Rocks - 8 min drive - 5.7 km
  • Lido Beach - 24 min drive - 17.0 km

Getting around

  • Sarasota, FL (SRQ-Sarasota-Bradenton Intl.) - 23 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Gilligan's Island Bar & Grill - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Siesta Key Oyster Bar - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Siesta Key Beach Pavilion - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪The Old Salty Dog - ‬9 min walk

About this property

Unique private Canal home w/pool- walk to Village. Quiet Hours Observed

Newly renovated, two-story, canal-front ‘castle-like,’ private home with pool and spa is situated on Siesta Key within a block of the village and short walk to the beach. With five tastefully decorated bedrooms, four and a half baths, new quartz kitchen, and large new 1st fl living space.. plenty of space for the whole family. Whether you are poolside, or strolling on the crystal white sand, Castle on the Key provides the amenities you deserve during your island stay. We have recently added the 2nd bedroom suite with king bed and sitting room with futon. All new pics of reno in Feb.

This house is only a block from the center of the village and very convenient to several beaches. You can stroll to a variety of restaurants, boutiques specialty shops, grocery store with prepared foods and nightlife. Guests can enjoy the natural beauty of Siesta on foot, kayak, Rental bikes available in the village. Visitors also enjoy nearby Sarasota for world class marinas, art galleries, theater, and recreational amenities. Also your family’s amusement park or disney trip is only two hours drive. Outside you will enjoy the 30 X 14 pool, spa, and brick terrace sundeck. There is also a mini-castle in the rear for pool stuff- next to the canal, we have a 20 ft dock. We have a gas Blackstone. grill and outdoor shower near the pool. We have a nice varieties of palm trees and tropical landscaping as well as our Mango and Banyan tree near the water.
NOTE: Our home is located in a residential neighborhood with full time residents. We rent to families ONLY and our home is not a party location. We observe strict quiet hours of 10 pm on weekdays and 11 pm weekends. Pool hours are the same so there is no swimming allowed after those hours. Any outside noise is prohibited. and will not be tolerated. These rules are strictly enforced and if authorities are notified, guests will be warned once and removed from property as necessary to maintain neighborhood quiet hours. NO EXCEPTIONS


Keywords: Two-Story 'Castle' Home

Property manager

Don Wagner

Languages

English

Amenities

Pool
Hot tub
Air conditioning
Gym
Parking available
Laundry

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a first aid kit and a deadbolt lock

We should mention

A car is not required for transport to and from this property

Frequently asked questions

Does Unique private Canal home w/pool- walk to Village. Quiet Hours Observed have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool. Pool types include heated pools.

Is Unique private Canal home w/pool- walk to Village. Quiet Hours Observed pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Unique private Canal home w/pool- walk to Village. Quiet Hours Observed?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Unique private Canal home w/pool- walk to Village. Quiet Hours Observed?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Unique private Canal home w/pool- walk to Village. Quiet Hours Observed located?

This family-friendly Siesta Key castle is located on the waterfront, within a 10-minute walk of Siesta Key Farmers Market and Siesta Key Beach. Irma Beach and Siesta Key Beach Playground are also within 2 miles (3 km).

Unique private Canal home w/pool- walk to Village. Quiet Hours Observed Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

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Rating 10 - Excellent. 55 out of 91 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 91 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 91 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 91 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 91 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Check-in

8.8/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

8.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Craig P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephen R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stylish Place to serve large family dinner

Short walks to Village and Beach, this large house gives each person their own space but has a large common area in which we cooked and served dinner for 12 family and friends several times in our week stay there. Most or all of the items downstairs were new due to repairs from hurricane damage including all new appliances and kitchen cabinets. Pool shape is stylish and entire back area around the pool is perfect for small or large gatherings. Could park 3 cars in driveway and one out front, so plenty of good parking.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bruce H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Second stay

Awesome plaxe to a family vacation.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

EMILY H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Siesta Key Castle

The location of this property is perfect for walking to all the action on the Main Street. The home has everything you need to enjoy your stay. There is too much to do for only one week!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

RICHARD C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Place

This is a perfect place to stay on Siesta Key. The space is great, the pool is great, all the beach and canal items (especially kayaks) were great. The location is fantastic. Easy walk to the food market, shops, and dining. Two beach accesses are walkable. Easy walk to the free shuttle service that takes you to any of the beaches on the key. The property's decor is what I would call a bit eclectic and my contractor friend might call some of the setup "unfinished" but to me the property was exactly what it needed to be down to the train table for little kids. Our kids (5-12yo) loved the foosball and the pool the most.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

geoffrey b.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Siesta Castle

We had a wonderful vacation at the castle house. Location was perfect, house was large and set up nicely for our family. Pool area was great, lots of room for the kids. Will look at this place again for our next Siesta trip.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Lina T.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Easy walk to Siesta Key Village

This property was very conveniently located to the Village. Our family enjoyed the lovely pool area and float toys. The home is dated but adequate for my family. It doesn't appear as clean as it could be because of it's age. Kitchen was well stocked with dishes pots and pans etc.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Shannon C.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness

Great location plenty of space

Location was great! Close to downtown Siesta Key, super easy walk. Close to the beach. Tons of beach chairs, beach toys, wagon, coolers and umbrellas for the beach, which was very nice. We had 2 teenagers 5 adults. Everyone had their own room plenty of bathrooms. The blender was broken and Don brought us a new one the next day. He was very responsive. I also had to buy some frying pans and a part for the grill which Don paid me for. I did recommend to him that he talk to his cleaning people. When we got there the kitchen was dirty lots of ants, lots of dust, the couch was dirty and I don’t think anyone ever cleaned under the furniture. There was a lot of crumbs which brought on the ants. After I cleaned the kitchen a few times the kitchen was much better, but we dealt with ants in the living room. It’s not all on Don and his cleaners. You can tell when other renters don’t clean up after themselves. But when you own a vacation home you need to be ready to deal with that and clean up after them.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darin C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The perfect family vacation

This is the second summer we've stayed at Castle on the Key and it's become our favorite vacation spot. We love that we can walk to the village easily, take the kayaks out for a spin on the canal, and access the beaches with a short drive or walk. We plan to come back over and over.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Jamie N.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great for group stays

The castle on the key is perfectly located for walks to the beach and village. There is tons of space for large groups and an amazing private pool.
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Pauletta H.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation June 2023

The house fit our entire family of 12, with plenty of bathrooms and beds. the Pool was so nice and the kids loved fishing off the boat dock out back. We even had access to Kayaks for the older Boys to enjoy. The house was clean and neat with Plenty of towels for everyone. Very close walk to the village and the Neighborhood was very nice and quiet. communication from Don the owner was great! I read the other reviews and I don't believe they are accurate to this property.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Matthew C.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location - nice pool

Family enjoyed the week
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

ERIKA H.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Vacation

This unique castle house was perfect for our group of 12 people mostly 18 year old high school seniors and 2 sets of parents. Everyone had a bed to sleep in and plenty of space, 5 bathrooms was more than enough ! The master suite was excellent. The pool was fabulous and having kayaks to take out on the canal was fun for all. The house is right down the street from the village and the beach so you could pretty much walk or bike to anything you needed. Great space Great pool Great location The owner Don was easy to work with. One negative thing: If you are looking at the house the neighbors to the right did not like any noise past 10:00, no splashing, no talking, nothing fun, you would think they would be smarter than to build a home next to a large rental house suited for entertaining right ? Anyway, good luck with them.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mindy K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Location and so much room

I brought 7 teenagers down on Spring Break. My kids and friends. It was a great space as they all could have private rooms and pretty much bathrooms as well. It’s a perfect location- the market is just down the street for any groceries and forgotten items. And that’s the start of town as well. Walk to the beach was like 5-6 blocks. Just wonderful! And Don was great to work with.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Steven L.

Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Avoid this owner and house

Where to begin? First, the property was advertised as 3/12-19 which we contracted for. After all arrangements (including flights) were made, owner came back and said dates were incorrect and should have been 3/11-18. I attempted to contact owner via email and phone several times to address his error but we were ignored. Went to VRBO but all you did was offer money back. By then no other properties available and we'd all have to take a hit on plane tix etc. VRBO was essentially useless in this situation....renters assume all the risk, there is virtually no penalty to owner. If we had cancelled, he would have immediately re-rented. So we swallowed our pride and spent the money to rebook everything Only good thing about the house was the location, otherwise it is a deferred maintenance nightmare with mold, the primary couch which was nothing short of disgusting, rats running up and down gutter along rear wall of house, most floatation items for pool were torn and unusable, most cushions outside also disgusting. A/C thermostat was locked so house was stuffy most of the time. Avoid this irresponsive and irresponsible owner at all costs!
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Crystal P.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent place for a family

Excelente location, good property for a family
Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dave F., Plano, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Castle is like home away from home

We have stayed at the Castle over multiple years. The owner has updated the property consistently over that time. Just like any home, there is always a to-do on the list, but it fits our family perfectly. It is not a glitzy place but is comfortable and cozy. Top it off with a great location with easy walking distance to the beach and Village.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

helen T.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The owner Don was very helpful and friendly..He responded very quickly to some of my request.

Very spacious for our family, everything you need for a big family.The house needs some upgrades but it's still A very beautiful home.
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2022

2/10 Terrible

Teresa K.

Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, listing accuracy

DO NOT WASTE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY!

This property was absolutely disgusting. I had read a review stating that it needed a deep clean and had messaged the owner directly about making sure it was super clean before our stay. Don assured me in writing that he had a deep clean done the month before. The place was so filthy that our grandson (1) was unable to even get out of a play pen. He doesn’t walk yet. We had mold in all the vents upstairs. The showers weren’t clean and one smelled horribly. The toilets were not clean. The outside pool area had trash around it. The pool and sauna had to be filled every day. The sliding doors going to the pool were absolutely disgusting. We contacted the owner and he actually came to the property. He saw every single item in person. Our yearly vacation was so much more expensive than it should have been because we couldn’t cook in that kitchen. We cleaned it and bought our own pans and pots so we could cook in clean pots. Linens are not sanitized as we were responsible for washing our own sheets as we left. Just throw them in the wash. How is this even allowed? How do guests know the linens were actually washed with any detergent? Disgusting. I am very disappointed in this property and the owner. I have pictures of every single one of these items I will certainly share them if asked.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bruce H.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect place

As others have said, it could use a deep cleaning, but you can't ask for a better space or location. Already waiting till I can go back.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rachelle R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great!!!

Beautiful home with great pool, walking distance to the village and a short drive to the beach unless if you want to ride bikes. We really enjoyed our stay. The home oner was very nice and was quick to reply with any questions we had.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stay at the Castle

We had a great stay at the castle! It was conveniently located! Close to town and the beach. Had a fantastic pool and a canal right in back. We were able to fish right off the dock and enjoyed using the kayaks! Overall, we had an excellent family vacation!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nancy F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

My family thoroughly enjoyed the house, location, and village. We had so much fun.

The pictures if the property were spot on. The payment process was easy and the access to entry was very easy. Loved every step.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Sonya B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Location was perfect

The house was in a great location. The price was great plenty of room. Two sets of washers and dryers. House was big enough for all of us. Don the host was great to work with. I think he needs to check up on the people cleaning for him. Not horrible but not great
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Matthew C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location, nice pool

Close enough to walk to beaches and center of town. Good times in the pool, kayaking and fishing from the dock.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2022