My family and dogs stay here a few times a year for the past 5 years. It is clean, quiet inexpensive and best of all dog friendly. It is a short walk to the beach on donax rd to a great central part of Sanibel island beach. It is never crowded. It is very close to the central business area on periwinkle drive.
It is not a fancy place, if you need a concierge, valet, help desk, pool boys or must be right on the beach then this is not the place for you. If you need a clean, comfortable dog friendly place to stay then the Palm View is the place for you.

My husband and I stay at the Palmview whenever we go to Sanibel, which is 2-3 times/year. We have been coming here for years.

It is DOG FRIENDLY!!! We take our 3 dachshunds, and they love it. Sanibel is one of the few beaches in Florida that allows dogs on the beach. There are only a few places you can stay with dogs on Sanibel, and most of them have a 2-dog limit. The Palmview is the only place we know of that allows more than 2 dogs.

There are only 6 cottages, so it is a small resort. Over the years, we've stayed in all of them. The rooms are basic, but clean and comfortable. If you're looking for fancy or luxurious, this is not the place. But if you want a nice and comfortable place to stay at a great price, this is an excellent value.

All rooms have a small kitchenette for use, so if you want to buy your own food and cook, even in the efficiency units, there is space. There are also grills outside and some tables and lounges.

Rooms are self-serviced, so there is no housekeeping, but this is typical for Sanibel accommodations.

There is free wi-fi as well. Also, an outdoor jacuzzi.

The Palmview provides bicycles for guest use. They are from a bike rental place, so the bikes are always well-maintained. There are lots of great biking trails on Sanibel.

Lori, the owner, is always friendly and can give advice on places to eat and things to do, as she is a resident of the island. Sometimes she brings her dog, Emmett, a golden retriever mix (with one blue eye - very cute!) who is being trained as a therapy dog.

The location is 1/4 mile (measured on my Garmin!) from the beach, so just a short, 5-minute walk.

It is clean, quiet and comfortable. A perfect place to stay with your dogs!

Just returned from a week's stay at the Palm View and found it very cozy and comforable for the price. Clean room, nicely furnished, nice fluffy towels and a king sized bed! I have stayed at small inns before and they have not been as nice. We had the use of bikes, that while not exactly new, were fine for several rides around the island. Would definitely stay again and recommend.

The PalmView is and small hotel with just a handful of units. It's not a fancy, high end motel with room service, or even daily maid service. But it's very comfortable, very clean and very inexpensive in comparison to other Sanibel lodgings. It's also very quiet. Since there's no pool (but there is a hot tub), there's not a lot of people noise outside.

We've stayed in the Creole Garden unit and my wife and I we're very comfortable. It has a sitting area, queen bed (maybe it was king) and kitchenette. The only quirky thing was, at least when we were there last, was a VERY 1970's yellow bathroom. The floor, sink, toilet and tub/shower were all yellow. Everything worked perfectly well, but it was a little hard on the eyes at first. If you choose to stay in to eat, the kitchenette has everything you would need. There's a grocery store just a couple of minutes away by car (I remember the prices being higher then what I was used to), But, isn't going out to eat a part of going on vacation? And for any meal. the Island Cow is FANTASTIC! But I digress.

The PalmView is also just about a 10 minute walk from the beach. But they have bicycles you can use free of charge and the beach is only a couple of minutes away. We didn't bike into the center part of the island, but I don't think that would have been very long by bike either.

I could go on and on about the PalmView, but the best way to put it is that's the only place we'd consider staying when we come down to Sanibel.