That means Gasparilla is almost here ... In the background is the sobering reminder of our hurricane season. Wear and tear like the uneven sidewalk, cracks along the wall, and missing pillars ...

The Gasparilla Inn & Club has celebrated more than 100 Christmases in true Old Florida style. There are no commercial flights to Boca Grande ... and installed by Ian Prosser, owner and principal ...

Upon arrival to picturesque Gasparilla Island, the Gasparilla Inn ... Tampa, Florida. It is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico, Charlotte Harbor, Little Gasparilla Pass and the Boca Grande Pass.

Instead, history shows that Florida’s 20th governor, Albert W. Gilchrist owned a hotel on Gasparilla Island. He bought land at Boca Grande in 1897, an outpost, and wanted to develop it into a town.