My home is a pretty special place, beachside Vero - where there's always an ocean breeze - on Orchid Island, 24-miles of the most beautiful beaches in a long string of thin barrier islands off Florida's Atlantic coast - the ocean on one side, inland waterway (aka Intra-coastal Waterway, or "ICW") on the other. We're in Indian River County (see map), where the ICW opens broadly into the Indian River Lagoon and where, in addition to fishing among mangroves for Tarpon, Snook and Bass, we canoe, kayak, waterski and sail. Across the Lagoon is the little City of Vero Beach - our "mainland" - which offers everything one could expect from a small city, and considerably more.

Out here on our barrier island - beachside Vero - we live among broad Live Oak trees and hanging Spanish Moss, the Bay Oak, Laurel Oak and Sabal Palm, multi-colored Hibiscus, wild Orchids, spectacular ocean sunrises and incredibly romantic moonrises. We relax to a lullaby of ocean waves and scents of sea air, gardenia, jasmine and orange blossoms; we scour the broad Atlantic for ships, and we comb our lovely, lonely sandy beaches, stretching north and south as far as any eye can see, for old pieces of treasure. This is my special place - and it will be yours - beautiful beachside Vero, "Where the Tropics begin" - the heart of Florida's "Treasure Coast" - it's where you'll find, as I have, your own little private, quiet "peace" of Paradise.

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   Our Treasure Coast got its name from the wreck on our shores in 1715 of a Spanish treasure fleet returning to Spain from Cuba. Most of the fleet's passengers and crew survived, but all the ships and all the treasure went straight to the bottom. Since then, there's been many a fortunate Vero beachomber who has stumbled upon lustrous gold Doubloons in the soft white sands of our endless beaches.

But we're not a remote, barren island. We just seem far, far away - both because of our small-town, no-highrise charm and because here, on beachside Vero, strangers greet you with a sincere smile, a little wave, and a warm "Hello".

Beachside Vero is centrally located along Florida's Atlantic coast, easy to reach by plane, boat, car or yacht. We're an easy drive from Palm Beach (PBI), Orlando (MCO) and Melbourne (MLB) airports; private and charter aircraft can use our very own Vero Beach Airport, which in World War II was a training facility for our dauntless Navy dive-bomb pilots (Yes, Douglas, pun intended).

Our superb, popular, city-owned marina is a favored rest-stop on the Intracoastal Waterway and is within walking distance of restaurants, shops, beaches, parks and public transportation - and it abuts our 4-acre off-leash dog park! Imagine: all this, and beachside Vero is merely four or five miles east of US Interstate 95 and the Florida Turnpike.  

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   Beachside Vero,  zip code 32963, consists of many unique beachside communities: some small, some large; some private, some gated; but, most important, each with a unique personality. Among them are:

BayTree ... Bermuda Bay ... John's Island ... Marbrisa ... Mariner Village ... Ocean Colony ... Orchid Island Golf & Beach ... Ocean Park ... Palm Island Plantation ... Pebble Bay ... River Club ... Sea Forest ... Sea Oaks ... (The)Shores ... Windsor

Getting to know beachside Vero requires the services of a Realtor, a local real estate professional, and my Dale Sorensen colleagues and I are committed to providing the expert customer service you will need. We pride ourselves on being local experts and on bringing property buyers and sellers together. Our many years of experience mean that no one knows beachside Vero better than we do, and we are here for you.