A 1934 coconut plantation reimagined as eighteen private oceanfront cottages and houses spread across eighteen acres of Lower Matecumbe Key — and the location Netflix used as the Rayburn family's Rayburn House Inn for all three seasons of Bloodline.
"The Keys property that single-handedly invented the modern barefoot-luxury cottage category — 18 freestanding houses on a former 1930s coconut plantation, and the location Netflix used for the entire run of Bloodline."
The Moorings Village occupies a former 1934 coconut plantation on the Atlantic side of Lower Matecumbe Key — the same coconut grove that anchored Florida's Tropical Heritage Group plantings during the 1930s commercial coconut experiment. The estate was assembled into a unified hospitality property in the 1980s by the late Hubert Baudoin, a French restaurateur who recognized that the only thing the Keys did not have was a true freestanding-cottage proposition at the level of the Caribbean's best private-villa rentals. The Baudoin family still owns the property; their philosophy of one-cottage-one-family, no reception desk, no public bar has not changed in forty years.
Eighteen freestanding cottages and houses are spread across eighteen oceanfront acres, ranging from the one-bedroom Maroni and Orchid cottages to the four-bedroom Banyan House — the largest single accommodation in the Keys at over 5,000 square feet, with five bathrooms, a private pool, and a butler's pantry. Every cottage has direct beach access, a full kitchen, original or reclaimed Dade County pine floors, and the Bahamian-style architecture (low-pitch roofs, deep overhangs, lattice porches) that has become the visual signature of every subsequent Keys luxury cottage operation. The cottages were refreshed in 2022 with new climate control, kitchens, and soft furnishings while preserving the historic shells.
Service at the Moorings is genuinely concierge-led rather than staffed-up; arrivals are greeted personally, the kitchens are pre-stocked to guest specification, and the property does not maintain a public restaurant. Morada Bay Beach Café and Pierre's Restaurant — both owned by the Baudoin family and located ten steps across the road — serve as the de facto resort restaurants, with priority seating for Moorings Village guests. Pierre's is the only Coastal Mediterranean fine-dining room of consequence anywhere south of Miami; Morada Bay is the casual beachfront table. The spa runs as a small concierge-booked program in-cottage rather than a public facility.
The property's secondary fame is as the location for all three seasons of Netflix's Bloodline (2015–2017) — the Rayburn House Inn was filmed entirely on the Moorings Village beach and in the various cottages, and the production left the property's profile permanently elevated in the global luxury market. Reservations now book 4–9 months ahead in winter, and the Banyan House — at over $5,000 per night — is one of the most consistently booked single accommodations in the Atlantic. By any meaningful measure the Moorings is the single most consequential boutique property in the Keys, and the property every subsequent operator quietly copies.
The Moorings is the structurally correct Keys honeymoon. The one-cottage-one-couple model delivers genuine privacy — there is no public bar, no day-trippers, no shared lobby. The one-bedroom Maroni and Orchid cottages are the standard honeymoon booking; the smaller two-bedroom Hibiscus offers the property's best beach position. Pierre's across the road is the celebration dinner room. The combination is unmatched anywhere in continental America.
For a milestone anniversary the Banyan House — four bedrooms, five baths, private pool, butler's pantry, 5,000+ square feet, the largest single accommodation in the Keys — is the headline booking, suitable for the extended-family version of the celebration. For couples-only milestones the Coral or Hibiscus cottages deliver the same private-beach proposition at a smaller scale. Either configuration is calibrated for the kind of anniversary where photographs of the property will outlast the trip itself.
Unusually for a Keys property, the Moorings Village works as a solo retreat. The one-bedroom cottages are priced as a single unit rather than per-person, the absence of a public bar means no awkward solo-traveler bar scene, the in-cottage spa rituals can be booked at any hour, and the eighteen-acre estate is large enough to walk meditatively. The Maroni Cottage — the property's smallest single — is the booking.
123 Beach Road
Islamorada, FL 33036
United States
Mile Marker reference: Lower Matecumbe Key, Islamorada; Miami International Airport approximately 1–2 hours by car
18 private cottages and houses
From $489/night
WiFi: complimentary, high-speed throughout
5-Star
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
1934 coconut plantation; hospitality property since the 1980s; refresh 2022; Baudoin family ownership
18 private cottages on 18 acres · Private 1,100 ft Atlantic beach · In-cottage spa rituals · Pierre's Restaurant (across road) · Morada Bay Café · Heated pool · Tennis court · Kayaks & bicycles included · Filming location, Netflix's Bloodline
From $489/night for the smallest cottage; Banyan House from $5,280/night. The property books 4–9 months ahead in winter; the Banyan House and Maroni are typically the first to fall.
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