Nestled in the Gulf of Mexico, Anna Maria Island is seven miles long with wide white sandy beaches and clear turquoise waters with the Gulf of Mexico on one side and Sarasota Bay on the other.

Tampa's Mainsail Lodging & Development recently opened Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club, a full-service resort on Anna Maria Island. The boutique waterfront hotel is located at 5325 Marina Drive, ...

After 18 months of renovations and redecoration, Kelley and Joe Varner reopened the Anna Maria Beach Resort as an modern, luxury destination on the beach, and have garnered nearly 200 five-star ...

Anna Maria Island's Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club is hosting a job fair for full- and part-time positions that runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The resort is looking to hire ...

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 ...

Anna Maria Island is the still-hidden jewel of the Sarasota, Florida area. This small barrier island is home to gorgeous, sugar-sand beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, also known as the Gulf of America ...

Vacation planning often comes with a familiar challenge: where will we eat? Finding spots that satisfy everyone’s cravings without endless debate is a skill. What if you could find a destination where ...

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 ...

Manatee County Government announced that an Anna Maria Island beach has reopened after taking significant damage from back-to-back hurricanes. When Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the island, ...

Someone recently bought the Layby Hotel Resort on Holmes Beach for $8.825 million, making it one of the largest property sales on Anna Maria Island. Buyer and seller were corporations, but the word on ...

All options are on the table in a study pushed by Manatee County legislators that will help state officials decide if the three cities on Anna Maria Island should be combined into one new city, ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. (WFLA) — Manatee County has new rules at the beach. An ordinance is aimed at preventing people from digging huge holes in the sand. Kristen Mazzarella with Anna Maria Island Turtle ...