Name: Tortuga Inn Beach Resort Unit #229
Address: 1325 Gulf Drive North, Bradenton Beach, Florida, United States of America, Bradenton Beach, Florida, US
Rating: 8.82

What guests think

Tortuga Inn Beach Resort Unit #229 draws praise for its excellent location across from a beautiful beach, walkable access to Bridge Street and restaurants, and convenient extras like provided beach chairs, umbrellas, towels, multiple pools, and trolley stops nearby.

Guests frequently highlight clean, spacious suites with well equipped kitchens and a relaxed old Florida vibe, plus friendly, helpful staff and responsive maintenance. Common drawbacks include dated or inconsistent room features such as soft mattresses, temperamental air conditioning or shower controls, occasional dirty floors or musty odors, and construction or facility disruptions linked to recent hurricane recovery. Pool temperature and availability, parking tightness, check in delays, limited office hours, and elevator outages appear in a few reviews. Expect a comfortable, beach focused stay with strong location value and some variability between units.

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Facilities

Beach setup is a strong perk: private access across the street with loungers, umbrellas, and towels, plus two pools and on site parking. Some facilities show hurricane related work or maintenance interruptions, and parking can feel tight at times.

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Amy

1 Aug 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

The beach access was awesome. The beach is gorgeous. I loved that the hotel provided beach chairs and umbrellas. The hotel itself was nice, clean and had space. Beautiful area. Our only issue is the last day there the air conditioner broke but they did address it.

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Kelly

17 Dec 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Definite hurricane damage but the staff goes out of their way to make you comfortable. Private beach with beach chairs provided. Located next to a jet ski rental which was great. The main pool is not back and running yet but there is still one to use. Very very clean room

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Susan

18 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Very nice quiet with a nice pool and just across the street from the beach. They provide Beach chairs, Beach towels and an umbrella. We would recommend this hotel.

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Joan

6 Mar 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Please remember this property is still under reconstruction from the hurricanes!

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Jerell

26 Jun 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Tortuga Inn in Bradenton Beach was excellent! Friendly staff, quick check in and spacious room for our 3 night stay! Right across the street from the beach, this resort offers the use of beach chairs, umbrella and beach towels.It even has its own pavilion to get out of the heat and a perfect place to watch the sunset. Free parking and a pool! We’ll definitely be back!

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Dave

3 Apr 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

I booked Tortuga before the hurricane and did wonder what it was going to be like in March. Well , I had nothing to worry about. Beautiful rooms with everything you could need. The pool was beautiful and so we're the grounds. It was only after a couple of days I realised they were doing work on planted areas and then I realised the downstairs accommodation was still being renovated! Wow! They were doing it in such a way that you didn't even notice. No noise, no materials outside. What a fantastic job they are doing. Would definitely recommend it. Perfect place, perfect location. Well done Tortuga.

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alyssa

14 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Beautiful property but lots of construction Goin on due to the storm...wish we could have stayed in a condo not near the noise but hotel and pools very nice and great staff...walking distance from lots of great places.

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Jerell

26 Jun 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Tortuga Inn in Bradenton Beach was excellent! Friendly staff, quick check in and spacious room for our 3 night stay! Right across the street from the beach, this resort offers the use of beach chairs, umbrella and beach towels.It even has its own pavilion to get out of the heat and a perfect place to watch the sunset. Free parking and a pool!l

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Anthony

10 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Our stay was great overall. We were just across the street from beach access. We love that it was a fairly quiet trip, which is what we were looking for. There were 2 pools. We would love to visit again with an upgraded room.

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Sonya

7 Jul 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Parking was tight, had to move my car just so a big truck could back out. Liked that we could cross directly across for beach access. They say chairs provided but they keep them locked up and if you want to go out early you can’t if you are depending their chairs. Noticed the placed next to us had someone take all their chairs out and lined them up. Also they take te up early so don’t plan on sitting on their chairs after 8

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Cleanliness

Many reviews report very clean rooms and well kept grounds. A smaller number cite issues such as dirty floors, musty odors, puddles in common areas, or pests in specific units.

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Ernesto

11 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great location, but disappointing maintenance” The location of the Tortuga Inn is excellent — definitely the best thing about this hotel. The room was very clean when we arrived, although we didn’t request housekeeping during our three-night stay. However, the room itself leaves much to be desired: the air conditioner is old and doesn’t cool enough, and the freezer section of the refrigerator was completely frozen over due to lack of maintenance. The common areas were also poorly maintained: there were puddles of water in the hallways that no one cleaned up, and overall the upkeep is terrible. This has nothing to do with any storms or hurricanes in the area — it’s simply basic care that’s missing. On top of that, the photos and the promotion they use do not match reality. The only thing that really saves this place is its excellent location and the fact that the room was clean when we arrived.

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Paul

26 May 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Floors could have been cleaner. Shortly after we arrived we noticed the bottoms of our feet we dirty.

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Colleen

11 Mar 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

The room was extremely musty smelling! Everything smelt ! I started getting allergy symptoms! I wouldn’t stay there again

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Christopher

5 Jun 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

Property was very clean and well maintained. We had a 2 bed apartment which was very comfortable and well equipped.

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Randy

9 Apr 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Feet or socks turned black when walking around the room. Other than that, everything else was quite nice.

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Catherine

29 Jul 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent choice of stay everything is easy to walk to and convenient. The property is very well-maintained and the rooms were very clean.

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Conan

18 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We loved everything about the Tortuga Inn ! The staff was awesome (a rare experience these days) The room was really clean and smelled fresh - nice and roomy !

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Darys

20 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Very good resort. The rooms are very clean. Excellent location. 10/10.

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laurie a

4 Mar 2023

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Stayed 6 nights

Resort was nice, but our first night I turned the kitchen light on and there were cockroaches on the kitchen counter

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Pedro

12 Aug 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

This is a great place to stay, room was very clean and fresh!! 100% recommended!!

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Rooms

Many units are spacious, comfortable, and well equipped with kitchens or kitchenettes and beachy decor. Some guests note dated elements or issues with bed comfort, AC controls or noise, shower temperature/pressure, small studios, or limited blackout shades.

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Joseph

24 Nov 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Location is wonderful- right across from a beautiful beach and walking distance to restaurants. Two bedroom two bath suite was very large, clean and well equipped. Front desk staff always helpful and friendly. Wonderful property

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Ernesto

11 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great location, but disappointing maintenance” The location of the Tortuga Inn is excellent — definitely the best thing about this hotel. The room was very clean when we arrived, although we didn’t request housekeeping during our three-night stay. However, the room itself leaves much to be desired: the air conditioner is old and doesn’t cool enough, and the freezer section of the refrigerator was completely frozen over due to lack of maintenance. The common areas were also poorly maintained: there were puddles of water in the hallways that no one cleaned up, and overall the upkeep is terrible. This has nothing to do with any storms or hurricanes in the area — it’s simply basic care that’s missing. On top of that, the photos and the promotion they use do not match reality. The only thing that really saves this place is its excellent location and the fact that the room was clean when we arrived.

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Kelly M

7 Apr 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Absolutely a perfect location! The staff is amazing. Such a paradise! Our only complaint is the inability to affect the temperature of the shower. It was either burning hot or ice cold. Our efforts to adjust were in vain. We wondered if a new faucet was in order and gave up trying to have a comfortable shower. We did not bring this up. I’m sure that if we had they would’ve have been very accommodating. Overall- we would love to return to this hotel!

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Marie

12 Nov 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The room was very nice, clean and well decorated. It had everything we needed. Absolutely perfect except for the shades on the windows and door. They let in WAY too much light at nighttime.

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Vicki

15 Jun 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Unable to get the room we booked and had a 2nd floor queen bed room instead of the King room we wanted. The bed was too soft. The pillows were king size and too big for the bed. Toilet did not flush well. No exhaust fan for shower.

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Rob

4 Aug 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The size of the two bedroom unit was amazing. Will stay here again

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Roberto

5 Sept 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

May room is very small

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Dawn

25 Jul 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Our first stay at this location. Our daughter had stayed there before years ago.We got a large 2 bdrm suite room for 6 people, 2 full bathrooms with double shower heads in the showers.Nice screened patio. very quiet. Partial water view. Very nice.

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Kirsten Elizabeth

5 Feb 2024

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Stayed 5 nights

Rooms are very very small

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Carlos

10 Jun 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Had a Great time at Tortuga Inn. Unit was very spacious and clean

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Service

Staff are widely described as friendly, welcoming, and helpful, with quick maintenance responses and useful local recommendations. A few reviews mention check in delays, firm late checkout policies, early office hours, or interruptions for pool servicing.

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Terry

28 Feb 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

The hotel was lovely, staff was great, pool was clean, warm and updated. Although, the pool maintenance came at 5 while the whole pool area was filled and told us all to leave. That shoulddnt have happened. Our little studio was very clean and set uptime but the bed was HORRIBLE! They need a new mattress and chairs. It is time!

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Jason

30 May 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The grounds are beautiful and the rooms are quaint and have a nice beachy feel. Holly at the front office was super awesome and we dealt with her the most however the rest of the staff was also extremely friendly! It was very quiet, clean, and safe feeling. Plus so much in walkable distance and the beach and dedicated lounge chairs for guests was great. They even supplied umbrellas! The only (small) item I took issue with is that they have two pools and should probably dedicated one to adults only. Overall wonderful stay and we will be returning!

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Milagros

27 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The customer service was excellent

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Wundee

8 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The location and the amenities was very good even the property was quite old but we love here very much. The things not so impressed was the staff not helping for some questions make our group a hard time about the day to check out. We have a dolphin tour 9-11. We ask for out at noon they say they don’t know have to call that morning. How can we do that. You open 9:00 we on the boat if you say no what can we do. It only one hour and we are in big room. I think you should give us a little convenience.

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Isaac

2 May 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

It was a beautiful and serene hotel. I enjoyed staying there. It would have been nice to be aware that the reception area closes at 5:30.

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Jennifer

14 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

My family was looking for an opportunity to enjoy a slower paced Florida beach town without the neon lights of tourism. We have definitely found it here on Bradenton Beach. We routinely stay at brand name hotels but Tortuga Inn Beach Resort provided a family atmosphere rather than feeing like we were at a hotel. It was exactly what our family needed from the moment we were welcomed at check-in to the moment I returned the keys at check-out. Our 2 bedroom suite was the perfect place to relax and enjoy family game night, watch the sunrise in the mornings and provided quick access to the beach directly across the street with the private beach access. We could not have asked for a better experience. We will most definitely look to plan another family get away at Tortuga Inn Beach Resort.

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David

10 Sept 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Great place, excellent staff

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Nancy

19 Aug 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Perfect stay. Will return. everyone at the front desk was so helpful as far as getting around the island, food, choices, pool towels, anything we needed.

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Jan Carole

5 Jul 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Everything was great…..except the check-in. Waited 2 hours after arrival until the room was ready. Staff taking smoke brakes was observed.

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Megan

5 Sept 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Our favorite place to stay! Accommodations are clean and of great quality. Steps from the beach where lounge chairs are provided and walking distance from restaurants. We had an issue with our air unit. On a holiday weekend maintenance was out within minutes. When it couldn’t be immediately fixed, we were moved to a new unit. We can’t say enough good things about the office and maintenance staff! Perfect long weekend in paradise.

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Location

Excellent, walkable location: directly across from Bradenton Beach with private access, near Bridge Street, restaurants, and shops, with a trolley stop at the property. Guests consistently find it convenient for exploring Anna Maria Island.

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Elizabeth

30 Jun 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Very nice and quiet location while visiting Anna Maria Island. Easy access to beach!

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Amy

1 Aug 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

The beach access was awesome. The beach is gorgeous. I loved that the hotel provided beach chairs and umbrellas. The hotel itself was nice, clean and had space. Beautiful area. Our only issue is the last day there the air conditioner broke but they did address it.

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Michele

12 Mar 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

The location was excellent, right across from the beach and two miles south of the Beach Cafe.

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Robert

24 Mar 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

We enjoyed our stay very much. The unit was comfortable and the beach was just across the street. Beach chairs, towels and umbrella were provided. Lots of restaurants and shops within easy walking distance.

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Yanely

7 Jun 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The room was large and clean and had all the household items. Excellent location. Our stay was great.

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Sergio

2 Aug 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Clean and very convenient. Anna Maria Island is an amazing place to go and Tortuga Inn is the perfect place to be

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Laura

16 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff were friendly and helpful. The property is right across from the beach and chairs and umbrellas are provided. Free trolley stop is right in front of the property. Easy ten minute walk to Bridge St shops and restaurants. The room was clean with a comfortable bed, great shower, small refrigerator, microwave and coffee maker. I would stay there again.

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Audrie

16 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

This property is convenient to get to, has plenty of on-site parking, and is centrally located on the island.

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Andrea

22 Jun 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

My first time in Ana Maria Island and I love it. Tortuga Inn was excellent no complaints. In the middle of the island and close to everything and Trolley was perfect to get around.

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Natalie

15 Oct 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Stayed here over Labour Day weekend and already can’t wait to go back. Clean and comfortable room with a lovely, beachy interior. Great pools and overall relaxed vibe. 1 minute walk to the beach and around 5-10 minutes to get to Bridge Street so really convenient location. Parking throughout the hotel made it really easy to unpack and settle in. Never struggled to get back into a space if we used the car too. Staff are friendly and willing to help.

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Christine

7 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent information at the front desk. Restaurant recommendations were greatly appreciated! We ate at 3 of the restaurants. Trolley service was great. Slept great. We really appreciated the umbrella, brought our own chairs.

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Helena

17 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The room was spacious and enjoyed the complimentary coffee station— Interesting that Bathroom did not have fan and the A/C could not be adjusted but overall staff very friendly Loved that we did not have to sweat getting beach chairs and umbrella and so perfect the beach across the street from Resort - Highly recommend Tortuga as a great vacation stay place

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