Property Location
With a stay at Retreat at Crystal Manatee in Crystal River (Springs at Kings Bay), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Three Sisters Springs and Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. This hotel is 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Hunter Spring Park and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Crystal River Preserve State Park. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
- Hunter Spring Park - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
- Crystal River Preserve State Park - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
- Three Sisters Springs - 1.7 km / 1 mi
- Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge - 2.7 km / 1.6 mi
- Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi
- Plantation Inn and Golf Resort - 2.9 km / 1.8 mi
- Crystal River Watersports Marina \- 3.4 km / 2.1 mi
- Crystal River Archaeological State Park - 5 km / 3.1 mi
- Bayfront Health Seven Rivers - 7.6 km / 4.7 mi
- Fort Island Trail Park - 10.4 km / 6.5 mi
- Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park - 12.7 km / 7.9 mi
- Lake Rousseau - 15.2 km / 9.5 mi
- Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park - 16 km / 9.9 mi
- Pine Ridge Golf & Country Club - 16.3 km / 10.1 mi
- Fort Island Gulf Beach - 16.7 km / 10.4 mi .The nearest major airport is Ocala, FL (OCF-Ocala Intl.) \- 55 km / 34.2 mi.
Rooms
Make yourself at home in one of the 3 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat- screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include express check-out, multilingual staff, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
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A hidden jewel in Crystal River near everything.
My boyfriend and I enjoyed our stay at the Retreat. Our room was remodeled with a very European flare. The room was very clean. The owners have done a great job remodeling this hotel even the landscaping was beautiful. They give you a cute breakfast bag filled with yogurt, fruit, orange juice and a homemade delicious pastry. The location is perfect. Close to all the parks, shops and restaurants. We could walk everywhere but we did bring our bikes to travel around town easily. I would definitely recommend. Only thing I would ask for is a hand towel in the room.
Awesome!
Staff were extremely friendly and very accommodating, we loved the unique room which was pristine! Grounds were beautiful! Breakfast was brought to us each evening and consisted of orange juice, yogurt, fruit, baked goods and jam. Located within walking distance of great restaurants, bars and adorable shops. Had a wonderful 2 night stay!
fabulous!
This is a wonderful find! It is very small, only a few rooms, and they are very nice! A king bed and a queen bed, a dining table, barn door at the bathroom, refrigerator, and storage for your clothes. They bring a sack breakfast the night before and there is a coffee maker in the room (or dunkin donuts is about 5 minutes away). This place is easily within walking distance of several good restaurants. You won't be disappointed if you are going to Crystal River!
Worst experience of my life at a hotel
I was traveling on business and inquired about staying at the hotel. The innkeeper had nothing that night but booked me for the second night. He let me look in the room but not go inside so I couldn't see how small it was. There were no amenities like a phone, coffee maker, microwave, hair dryer or any instructions on how to operate anything. No one showed me anything. That night I froze. Had to get up and put on all my clothes. No extra pillow or blanket. The concrete floor was frozen. The bathroom had no sink, Instead, a huge utility sink was next to the refrigerator that I could barely reach across. No decent lighting, no place to put on make up or brush my teeth. No table or chair so no place to eat what came in a bag at 8:00 PM when someone pounded on my door. Fake coffee, old fruit, nasty, inedible. Unwelcome. When I checked in, I was told afterwards that I could not cancel as their xx policy was four days advance notice. I would have cancelled and left if I could have. I was forced to pay a security deposit because the innkeeper told me they had a lot of problems with guests smoking marijuana. I do not smoke marijuana so I gave him the deposit. The next morning, he accused me of smoking marijuana in the room. I told him that was impossible as I do not smoke marijuana or anything else. The room was completely clean but he forced me to look at the sheets with food stains, humiliating me, blaming me for eating on the bed. Where else was I supposed to eat? It's fairly normal for sheets to get dirty in hotels but he made me feel horrible. He refused to return my deposit and told me to return after 3 PM, a big inconvenience when you just want to go home after a sleepless night. I did return and this time was met by both owners in the parking lot yelling at me, waving my deposit in the air and demanding an apology from me and a promise not to return. I was in shock. They said, "So, you refuse to apologize?" I told them that I was certainly sorry for their inconvenience but since I do not, have not, smoked marijuana, I would not apologize for that. But I assured them I would not return, Ever. I am 69 years old, dress and act professionally and travel for business. I have never had such a bad experience in a hotel in my entire life. These people owe ME an apology and a refund. They don't know the first thing about hospitality or how to treat guests. Awful place. Horrible service.
Clean rooms, helpful and accommodating staff.
About 1 mile to Hunter Springs, where you can snorkle in clear water right over springs, and see Manatees. Right in the center of town. 1-2 blocks to all stores, great restaurants, coffee shops, etc. Several on the water restaurants within 2-3 miles of hotel.