The former Blue Water Beach Club motel on Anna Maria Island has been converted into a luxury lodging facility, one of several Sarasota-Manatee area hotels to undergo major renovations in recent months ...

There's no shortage of charming, laid-back places to stay on or near Anna Maria Island on Florida's Gulf Coast, whether your looking for a waterfront resort or a beachy cottage. Here are just a few of ...

With average lodging costing $294 per night, Anna Maria Island ranked as Florida’s most expensive spring destination in a recent survey. Tiffany Tompkins [email protected] With lodging costing ...

The vacation rental management company Vacasa and Island Real Estate of Anna Maria Island, Inc. recently entered into a partnership that will bring Vacasa’s services, such as booking technology, to ...

That’s the first question a visitor might ask upon arriving on Anna Maria Island, a delightful enclave on the west coast of Florida, about an hour south of Tampa. United, Spirit and Southwest airlines ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — Spring break season has arrived, and it is drawing tourists to various beaches across the state of Florida, including local beaches in the Tampa Bay area that still recovering from ...

The persistence of red tide along the shores of Manatee and Sarasota counties since early August has taken a toll on all tourist-related businesses, including the ledgers of hoteliers. “The hotels are ...

The bone-white, sugary sand whistles underneath my bare feet as I walk along Bean Point, a secluded broad beach dotted with dunes and tucked away on the northern tip of Anna Maria Island. It’s 7:30 in ...

Plan a trip to Anna Maria Island and experience the quiet delights of this pristine Florida beach. Anna Maria Island is still recovering from damage sustained during Hurricanes Milton and Helene in ...

Anna Maria Island, that seven-mile stretch of beautiful white-sand beaches, lively seafood restaurants and tiki bars (some of them literally perched on the sand), fishing piers, souvenir shops and mom ...

The most photographed spot on Florida’s Anna Maria Island, if not second to photos of the sun setting over the Gulf of Mexico, may be the Old City Jail. The rough stone structure is graffitied with ...

That’s the first question a visitor might ask upon arriving on Anna Maria Island, a delightful enclave on the west coast of Florida, about an hour south of Tampa. United, Spirit and Southwest airlines ...