With beaches white as lace and wedding album settings, Casa Ybel Resort's Thistle Lodge makes your walk down the aisle an isle fantasy. Gracing the secluded, shell-strewn beaches of tropical Sanibel Island, Florida, Casa Ybel Resort weddings can be as grand or intimate as you've always dreamed. Say your "I do's" beneath swaying coconut palms on the beach, in our grand old-island manor, or under a lakeside gazebo in our nature sanctuary.

Thistle Lodge has been hosting weddings for more than 100 years. In fact, the romantic old-island beach manor was first built by a turn-of-last-century groom as a wedding present to his betrothed. Casa Ybel continues a tradition of romance, flowers, and balmy sunsets in breath-taking beachside surroundings with top-notch service and distinctive catering packages.

There's no place like Casa Ybel for a rich variety of exquisite ceremony sites combined with professional staffing and complete planning services for your special day. Thistle Lodge's Celebration Services staff can assist you in all aspects of planning your wedding.

There's no better place to have your Fort Myers Beach wedding or to host a social event than Pink Shell Beach Resort &Spa. They offer a wide range of options, from casual to formal, for your special occasion. Imagine your wedding taking place on our private tropical beach or our lushly landscaped pool deck. If you prefer something more formal, try the grand ballroom with impressive 17-foot high ceilings. Whatever your desire, this Fort Myers Beach resort is the perfect setting for your special day or night. Choose from a variety of facilities for your wedding or special occasion, including:

Captiva Ballroom, a 4,000 square-foot grand ballroom for banquet events up to 180 people and one 2,300-square-foot ballroom for banquet events up to 140 people, with 17- foot ceilings and flexible floor plans
Smaller breakout rooms, ideal for small events with up to 30 guests
Landscaped pool deck, with lush outdoor space for special celebrations.
Beachside tents, the ideal venue for weddings and social events
Open beachfront area, available for private functions and events
Pool deck, ideal for casual outdoor receptions and theme parties
Sugar-white beachfront, for weddings and celebrations on the beach.

Your wedding deserves a special place with an incredibly beautiful and romantic ambiance. Captiva Island is a georgeous place that will captivate your hearts and provide wonderful memories of your wedding that you and your family and guests will remember fondly forever. It can be a formal wedding or a touchingly tender ceremony for two on the beach at sunset. Or it can be a time to renew your vows and repledge your love or celebrate an anniversary or some special date. The best news is that planning to say "I do" on Captiva is so easy to arrange. One call to a wedding planner and every detail can be arranged for flowers, photography, food, music, accommodations, transportation and even salon appointments. All of the special touches that make your wedding day perfect and remembered forever.

Why not have this most important event on a tropical Island, where not only you but your guests will feel that they are in a special place ready for your beautiful wedding and fun. You can take your vows on our beach with a sparkling sunrise or a breathtaking sunset as your wedding background.

The bride and groom plus your attendees will look forward to jumping into bathing suits for some sun and surf. The island is easily accessible from Fort Myers airport or major highways You can begin this wonderful bond with the island the two of you will never forget.

The West Wind Inn provides such a spot on Sanibel Island where you are treated to a wedding event that is romantic, relaxed and memorable.

You can marry on the Gulf of Mexico or an island church; our Food and Beverage Manager will help you with your reception if at the inn or suggest other island locations. We can help you arrange for a photographer, a minister or wedding notary, wedding cake, music or even the champagne for your wedding toast. We are here to help build your memories.