The Charlotte Harbor area is world renown for some of the best fishing and boating you can find. Visitors and residents alike come to enjoy a paradise that still retains the charm of a Florida from days past.

Learn more from the links below - and soon you'll find yourself contemplating either a visit or a permanent stay. But don't tell everyone else! - We still enjoy an idyllic waterfront lifestyle without the congestion of our neighbors to the north and south.

Find out for yourself why our well-kept secret keeps getting these accolades:

• Portfolio.com ranked Punta Gorda in their 2010 Top 10 list of "Best Places to Retire"
• CNN and Money magazine ranked Port Charlotte #1 out of 25 cities for "Best Place to Retire"
• Money magazine ranked the Charlotte Harbor area as one of it's "Top 10 Best Places to Live"
• Sail Magazine ranked Charlotte Harbor "One of the Top 10 Places to Sail" in the country
• Orbitz.com ranked the Ft Myers and Sanibel on their "Top 10 Beaches" list 3 years in a row

Charlotte County

The Last Frontier of Old Florida

The Burnt Store Corridor

• Burnt Store Marina
• Burnt Store Lakes
• Burnt Store Village

Pine Island and Matlacha

A Fishing Community with an Artistic Heritage