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A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience!

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Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
1 bedroom1 bathroomSleeps 4

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Pool
  • Gym

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Ruskin, FL
  • Tampa Bay
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • E.G. Simmons Regional Park
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • MacDill Air Force Base
    ‪44 min drive‬
  • St. Petersburg, FL (SPG-Albert Whitted)
    ‪45 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

1 bedroom (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 1

2 Queen Beds

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Shampoo · Hair dryer

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchenette
Outdoor play area
Garden

About this property

A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience!

Enjoy serenity, relaxation and fun at The Artful Nook in Little Harbor. We offer an artfully decorated condo with mood lighting, flat screen TV, WIFI, and a breathtaking view of a cozy cove where dolphins swim in from the ocean and the warm, welcoming sun rises. Experience our private beach, two restaurants, pools, modern gym, hot tubs, tennis and basketball courts, playground, marina, fishing, dinner cruises, water sports, beautiful sunsets and live entertainment. Golfing is nearby.
THE SPACE
You will self check-in and enjoy the coziness of this corner unit that is artfully decorated and has a trendy look. This unit has two queen beds, flat screen TV, and robust WI-FI. Fondly known as The Artful Nook, it is located at The Inn at Little Harbor, is painted a unique light silver grey color, and provides LED lighting which augments and complements the painted walls. Select from the different intensities of the LED lighting and choose the intensity that suits your mood. Enjoy the aura of rest, peace, relaxation, (and/or romance). It is perfect for a family vacation, time-away with friends, or for a romantic rendezvous. We provide a microwave, coffee maker and coffee supplies, as well as a mini fridge for your convenience.
GUEST ACCESS
This is a one-bedroom condo that sleeps a maximum of four (4) guests per booking. Common outdoor areas such as pools, hot tubs, gym, tennis and basketball courts, and playgrounds are shared with other guests. This is a ground floor unit with two entry doors for easy access. Parking is free with parking lots at the front and back of the unit.
OTHER
This is a pet-free unit. Sorry we cannot allow pets per condo association rules and due to allergies.

Property manager

Lorraine
Premier Host

Languages

English

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Amenities

Pool
Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Free WiFi
Air conditioning

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 18
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0-17
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Events

No events allowed
MAXIMUM OF 4 PEOPLE
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Pets

No pets allowed
NO PETS ALLOWED (CONDO ASSOCIATION RULES)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
NO SMOKING ALLOWED INSIDE (OWNER ALLERGY)

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
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Note from host: MAXIMUM OF 4 PEOPLE
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, and a deadbolt lock

About the neighborhood

Ruskin

Located in Ruskin, this condo is on the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Tampa Bay and Vinoy Park, while MacDill Air Force Base and Salvador Dali Museum are cultural highlights. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's going on at Tropicana Field, or consider a night out at Jannus Live. With jet skiing, kayaking, and water skiing nearby, you'll find plenty of adventures in the water.
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Ruskin, FL

What's nearby

  • Tampa Bay - 9 min drive - 3.3 km
  • E.G. Simmons Regional Park - 10 min drive - 3.8 km
  • MacDill Air Force Base - 44 min drive - 50.3 km
  • Salvador Dali Museum - 45 min drive - 59.5 km
  • Vinoy Park - 47 min drive - 61.4 km

Getting around

  • Tampa Union Station - 35 min drive
  • St. Petersburg, FL (SPG-Albert Whitted) - 45 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Finn's Dockside Bar & Grill - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪The Fish House - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Beanie's Bar & Sports Grill - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪The Dog House and More - ‬8 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience! have a pool?

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

How much does it cost to stay at A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience!?

As of Apr 25, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience! on Apr 27, 2025 start from $258.75, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience! pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience!?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is A memorable, peaceful, and fun experience! located?

Nestled on the beach, this Ruskin condo building is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park and 2 mi (3.2 km) from Tampa Bay. E.G. Simmons Regional Park is 2.3 mi (3.7 km) away.

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

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Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 37 reviews
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 37 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

jill g.

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

Great place to stay!

Everything you need: beach, pools, restaurants, bars, beautiful scenery, dolphins. The host was awesome too!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Betty H.

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

Highly recommend!

We absolutely love the Inn at Little Harbor! Our property manager was amazing! She was so accommodating and kind! She made sure that we knew what to do in order to give our little toddler the extra experiences the area had to offer. Everything was nice and clean, and the bed was so comfortable!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Nicole C.

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

Great stay!

Host was very responsive. No problem checking in. Unit was very clean. Excellent location on the canal. Saw pelicans and dolphins everyday. Loved the Sunset Grill.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lorie S.

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

Beautiful

We have had a great time, dolphins have been swimming by. We also went to see Manatees . Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Garry B.

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

Daily dolphins and peaceful paddling!

We loved being by the waterside, watching dolphins fishing from our patio area! We too a couple of inflatable paddle boards and explored the local mangroves where we saw lots of fish? Manatees and stingrays. Some great bars and restaurants nearby with some food for vegetarians (but not much that was healthy!) still? We were on holiday and the paddling helped us burn calories!!Nice little gym too and we even took up pickleball during our stay.The accommodation was compact but perfectly fine for 10 day and two people.We really enjoyed our stay - thank you!
Stayed 11 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

deb m.

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

Birthday getaway

Quiet property, great view.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tyler

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Came from Washington state an stayed here for 3 days while I was attending an event at the freedom factory and I can’t wait to plan another trip, first time visiting Florida an this room was a perfect first stay 10/10 would come here again.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

John M.

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

Artful Nook

We enjoyed our stay at the Artful Nook… Very clean and great location….
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Heather C.

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

Good location

The location of the unit was great. We were in town for a wedding and it met our needs perfectly.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

LORI G.

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

Beautiful water view from condo

Would highly recommend.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

William L., Bellville, Ohio, USA

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

Anniversary Trip

Our short stay was amazing. The accommodations were wonderful for a short stay, for a longer stay a cooktop would be nice. Little harbor is quiet and peaceful. Location was great. Short walk to a beautiful sunset.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cary R.

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

Can’t wait to come back

Great location. Quiet neighborhood. Sunset grill was very nice. It was so cool seeing the manatees and dolphins right off the deck.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia W., Ff

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

Fishing trip

Great location for the fishing trip we were taking the captain of the boat was able to pick us up right there in the harbor. Walking distance to a good restaurant for eating. Nice facility all around. Great for a weekend stay . We would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Danielle S.

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

Beautiful View

You couldn't ask for a more beautiful view of the water out your window. There is a restaurant with live music in walking distance. Park right in front of your room so parking is nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Darrin

Liked: Cleanliness
Everything was good
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Jim C.

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

Golf trip at Sun city Center

Room was adequate very clean the TV was complicated
Stayed 8 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shetal P.

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

Get away

We live in the bay area and this was the perfect get away to sit and watch boats go by. A beautiful flamboyant tree was in full bloom. Conveniently located walking distance to a small beach and a nice restaurant. Enjoyed beautiful sunsets.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

alex s.

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

Good stay

My wife and I liked the room. Not many frills but parking was right outside our door and the water was right there as well. Had coffee with the local dolphin twice in three days. The room was very clean. The only downside was the location. It's fairly far off the path from most touristy things but we knew that before we booked.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Dave S.

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

Saga of no door code

My wife and I rented a room to attend our friend's wedding. A few days before, I accessed the web site and asked for our check in instruction(s) and a "form letter" email informed me that another email with all our info would be forthcoming. That didn't happen. When we were on the property we are still trying to get someone to reply through the web site. We could not get access to the room so we had to get prepared for the wedding in the parking lot in the car. Suffice it to say my wife was not pleased. About an hour an a half later at the wedding reception I got the email with the door code. So, at least we got a night's sleep. The room was ok - towels, bathroom seemed clean. The wedding and friends were great but we were glad to be on our way home the next morning. Not the service I would expect for the $$$.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Daryl G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Melek

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Alles wirklich top! Zimmer sehr groß und sauber! Betten groß und bequem. Badezimmer ebenfalls sauber und großzügig. Lage ist einfach perfekt. Supermarkt nur mit Auto erreichbar. Jeden Morgen sind Delfine vor der Haustür. Das Restaurant Hooks, was in der „Siedlung“ ist, ist teuer. Daher lieber woanders essen. Waschmaschine sowie Trockner draußen vor der Tür da. Kaffee im Zimmer genug vorhanden. Es sind sogar Badehandtücher vorhanden. Der Aufenthalt hier war ein Traum für uns. 2 Tage waren uns zu wenig für die tolle Unterkunft. Parken kostenlos vor der Tür des Zimmers. Man bekommt 1-2 Tag vorher eine Info wegen Reservierung. Da steht die Adresse und die Zimmernummer in der Adresszeile. Erst wenn das Zimmer an dem Check in Tag fertig gereinigt wurde, bekommt man den Code für das Zimmer.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Greg

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Josie Home Phone

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

MIGUEL M.

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

Great location & great view

Great location for fishing and view. Sunrise just in front with Dolphins greeting us with our morning coffee. We even checked out a little late soaking in the view and owner was very understanding. Great place!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rachel D.

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

Ruskin

It was what we were looking for. Very Quite
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

About the host

Hosted by Lorraine

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Hello and welcome to my VRBO listing of The Artful Nook. I moved from New York to the Tampa Bay Area in May 2019 and fell in love with Little Harbor. Luckily I was blessed to purchase two condos (The Blue Lagoon and The Artful Nook). I am happy to share this quaint seaside community with you. I welcome you as my guest, wish you an enjoyable stay, and invite you to come back again and again. It will always be my pleasure to host you.

Why they chose this property

Little Harbor is a unique community in Ruskin - the air, sea, beautiful plants, trees and flowers are refreshing. There is so much to do in addition to relaxing in the peaceful air-conditioned comfort of The Blue Lagoon or The Artful Nook, or sitting on the patio enjoying the antics of dolphins playing in the channel. Little Harbor offers water sports, fishing, dinner cruises, swimming, kayaking, basketball and tennis, gym-time, golfing at a nearby resort....and more. Sunrises and sunsets are beautiful and on-site restaurants offer good food and live entertainment. Little Harbor is magical.

What makes this property unique

Little Harbor is also conveniently located. The property is within 45 minutes of Tampa International Airport as well as Busch Gardens. Other off-site attractions within reasonable driving times include Busch Gardens, The Tampa Zoo, Florida Aquarium, The Dali Museum, The Manatee Viewing Center, YBOR city, The Alley (for bowling).

Languages:

English

Premier Host

They consistently provide great experiences for their guests