Our guests arrive to an idyllic retreat nestled within a national, state and locally designated historic district. Old Seminole Heights has long been celebrated for its Craftsman and Mediterranean-style bungalows.
Every room of our two properties has been lovingly renovated to reveal the original charm of the arts and craft period uniquely furnished with period touches combined with modern-day conveniences that provide for a relaxing and luxurious break for your next business trip or affordable getaway. In addition, the gardens are a horticulturist’s delight for the depth and variety of Florida native plants.
Back in the ’20s, families returned year after year. People today come for a different experience, a pleasant throwback to when people grew up, knew their neighbors, sat on their front porch and everybody talked to everybody else. Come, stay awhile and enjoy.
By Henry | Published
November 15, 2010
June is here, the magnolias still have their flowers and the crepe myrtles in the neighborhood walks are just starting to bloom. The days are long and getting hot, so our sugar sand beaches are ever more the destination of guests. This is indeed a great time of the year to visit Tampa. All the huge oak trees cast really long shadows and the onshore breeze coming from Gulf of Mexico is helpful in keeping the air from becoming too hot and heavy. Pretty soon the very dependable afternoon rain showers will be here and they, too, help cool things down. Wardrobe decisions are simplified now—shorts and flip flops. Better to put another ice cube in the glass, grab a cool shady spot beneath one of our big 90 year old tress, enjoy the breeze and wait for the rain.
We were quite busy in late April with end of high season repairs, repainting, planting, trimming, weeding in our native plant garden.
By Henry | Published
June 4, 2013
Folks simply love our beaches.
We’ve just finished our annual repair and refreshment of the cottage and in late April will move onto the bungalow.
Funny about spring in Florida—it doesn’t does take being a scientist to know when beach time is upon us. The Gulf of Mexico off Fort Desoto State Park reached 73 degrees in early April, email inquiries for summer are streaming in, and we all know just being around the water brings on contentment. But why? Is it the color blue that makes us relax? Is it acoustic, the Beach Boys, children playing, sea gulls calling, waves crashing ashore?
Here at Erehwon, we so enjoy receiving notes of inquiry or letters of thanks with comments like, “When we looked out onto the Gulf or walk along the strand of Bayshore, our imagination for travel opened up seeing a boat on the horizon, smelling salt in the air, and, oh, there’s that sensation of sand between our toes.”
By Henry | Published
April 8, 2013
