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A state park on the barrier island at 14251 Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, with more than three miles of ocean beach on one side and the inlet on the other. The campground has fifty-one sites with water and electric, a fire ring and a picnic table each, and two bathhouses. Two jetties reach into the Atlantic for fishing, there are four boat ramps, a launch for canoes and kayaks, and two small museums on the grounds.
Four separate cottages on the ocean in the South Beach part of Vero Beach, at 1312 Ocean Drive. They are one and two bedroom cottages in the Key West style, renovated, with fully equipped kitchens, taken for a weekend, a week or a month. The beach in front is wide and undeveloped, good for walking, shelling, bird watching, swimming and fishing, and restaurants are within walking distance.
Disney's resort on the Atlantic at 9250 Island Grove Terrace, Vero Beach, open since October 1995. There are inn rooms, studios, one and two bedroom villas and three bedroom beach cottages, a pool with a slide, three places to eat including a character breakfast, and two lounges. On the grounds are a spa, tennis and basketball courts, miniature golf, a playground, an arcade, bicycle rental, campfires and films outdoors.
A hotel of eighteen studio rooms at 1601 Ocean Drive on Orchid Island in Vero Beach, furnished with antiques, hand painted tiles and original artwork. Every room has a small kitchen with a refrigerator, freezer, microwave and coffee maker, and most have a balcony or patio. There is a heated pool, beach access, off street parking, bicycles and beach chairs, and a breakfast basket brought to the door. Four rooms take pets.
A hotel of eighteen suites at 1705 Ocean Drive in Vero Beach, a few steps from Vero Beach Park and the Atlantic. The hotel keeps a 1950s look and each suite is decorated differently, with a queen or king bed and, in some, a sofa bed or daybed; they hold two to four people. Suites have a living area and kitchen. There is a pool and a garden.
A motel and marina at 412 Indian River Drive in Sebastian, on the Indian River just south of where County Road 512 meets the water. Guests can tie up a boat, kayak or canoe at the private dock and fish from it. On the grounds are a forty foot pool and a picnic pavilion with grills. It suits people who come to Sebastian to fish.
An inn at 3101 Ocean Drive in Vero Beach, a short walk from the beach and on Ocean Drive in the middle of Vero Beach. There is an outdoor pool with a sun deck and a courtyard where coffee is put out each morning. Free parking is limited to one compact car per booking. Most dogs are taken for a fee.
An inn of fourteen rooms at 607 Davis Street in Sebastian, on the Indian River: thirteen suites and a river view penthouse with a covered balcony. Most have a king bed; two have two queen beds, and one of those is set up for wheelchair access. Five of the suites look over the river. Guests who arrive by boat can tie up.
An oceanfront hotel at 3500 Ocean Drive in Vero Beach, on the Treasure Coast. There is a heated pool beside the ocean, the White Orchid Spa, and two places to eat and drink, Cobalt and Heaton's. The hotel welcomes pets with no size restriction. It has event and meeting rooms and is used for weddings on the beach.
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