About Spanish Wells
Spanish Wells is a gated community of 805 single-family homes in Bonita Springs, built around 27 holes of golf — the North and South nines designed by Gordon Lewis and the East nine by Bruce Howard (all greens recently re-grassed with TifEagle Bermuda). Day to day, the nearest golf course, Spanish Wells Golf And Country Club, is about 0.2 miles straight-line from the community's center; the nearest library, Bonita Springs Public Library, is about 1.6 miles away; the nearest hospital, NCH Healthcare Bonita, about 4.8 miles.
Amenities — amenities center on the Spanish Wells Golf & Country Club, a semi-private club with OPTIONAL membership (separate from home ownership); compiled from the club's own materials and market descriptions, so confirm current amenities and membership with the club — include 27 holes of golf — the North and South nines designed by Gordon Lewis and the East nine by Bruce Howard (all greens recently re-grassed with TifEagle Bermuda), a pro shop and golf instruction, a fitness center with fitness classes, 5 Har-Tru tennis courts and pickleball, Har-Tru bocce courts, a heated tropical pool, locker rooms, a gated entry.
On paper, the community sits in evacuation zone B. The average assessed just value across its 922 residential parcels was $796,839 in the county's 2026 roll.
Two structural facts shape a purchase at Spanish Wells more than the amenity list does. The first is cost. Unlike the CDD-financed communities that fill much of the newer Bonita Springs and Estero market, Spanish Wells carries no community development district. It is a mid-1990s community — its association was incorporated in 1994, predating the CDD era — so the recurring non-ad-valorem charges on a sampled 2025 tax bill come down to City of Bonita Springs stormwater and a Lee County solid waste assessment, a few hundred dollars in total, rather than a multi-thousand-dollar CDD line.
The second is golf, and here Spanish Wells works differently from bundled-golf communities. The amenities center on the Spanish Wells Golf & Country Club, a semi-private club whose membership is optional and separate from owning a home. That suits buyers who want the option without the obligation: you can live behind the gate and decide about the club on its own terms rather than funding it automatically as a condition of ownership. If you intend to play the 27 holes — the North and South nines by Gordon Lewis, the East nine by Bruce Howard — confirm current membership categories and dues directly, because those terms sit with the club, not the home.
It helps to understand how the place is put together, too. The roughly 805 homes here are single-family, with condominium neighborhoods folded in under one master body, Spanish Wells Community Association, Inc. Homes span build eras from about 1980 to 2016, so condition and style vary lot to lot.
A couple of practical notes before you get serious: the community sits in Evacuation Zone B, and fixed-broadband options at a sampled address include Summit Broadband fiber and Xfinity cable, though availability varies parcel to parcel. Confirm current dues, rules, and club terms directly with the association. This page is an independent, records-based starting point, not affiliated with the HOA, club, or developer.
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