Sanibel Harbour Resort and Spa was a very nice place. My husband and I visited in June 2007 and were impressed. We read a lot of negative reviews prior to our visit and were leary about it until we arrived. A guard greeted us at the entrance to the property and at that point we knew this was going to be as nice as we had hoped.
We read about the sewer smell and the bugs that people were disgusted with. My rebuttal to that is that when you visit different places you will expereience things specific to the region and climate. The sewer smell someone referred to was the smell of the vegetation. There is a nature walk and mangroves as well as other plants that grow along this area. The smell comes from them. The bugs, well if you go on a nature walk what else can you expect? All of these sensations simply brought back fond memories of my childhood summers spent in Florida (even the no-seeums, which are tiny critters that look like specks of pepper but feel like a mosquito-use Skin So Soft and that keeps them away).
We would visit this resort again. We stayed at the Grande Bay which was nice because of the food spread three times daily, but seemed to be for older people. Next time we will stay at the main hotel where all of the action is. We are in our 30's and enjoy doing things, rather than just resting.
All in all our experience was great, although I was sick before we even arrived and had to cancel our spa experience as well as our dinner cruise reservations. Even being ill I found it very nice.