Anna Maria Island

On The "A List" As A Florida Vacation Destination Location

Happy Anna Maria Island Vacation Rental Customer Speaks Out About Local Vacation Rental Firm...

All of us here at Anna Maria Island Life love Anna Maria Island and enjoy publishing comments and feedback from happy Anna Maria Island visitors.

Sometimes these comments are short descriptions of their experience while visiting Anna Maria Island, sometimes they are testimonials and kudos for a local business or service, and sometimes they are a whole lot more.

Today we have a testimonial for the service offered by our local vacation rental and property management experts... Anna Maria Island Accommodations.

Anna Maria Island Accommodations provides vacation rentals for all of Anna Maria Island including the communities of Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach and The City of Anna Maria.

Belle Haven Cottage

Belle Haven is an Anna Maria Landmark Worth Seeing...

There is no shortage of things to see and do on Anna Maria Island, and the Historic Belle Haven Cottage is one you don't want to miss.

From Icehouse To Rental Cottage

The Belle Haven Cottage sat at the end of Anna Maria's City Pier from the early '20s. Built originally as an icehouse, it was used as a bait shop and rental cottage before its piers, riddled with worms, deposited it into Tampa Bay in 1926.

Purchased by Lyman Christy and his wife for $125, it was then barged around the point to 109 Palmetto Avenue where it served as their home for over 50 years, and a rental cottage thereafter.

Oil Rigs Off The Shores Of Florida

Will We One Day See Oil Rigs From The Beaches Of Anna Maria Island?

"An amendment adopted by the Florida House Policy Council would allow for oil and natural gas exploration in Florida state waters 3 to 10 miles off shore."

It appears as though the answer to the question, "Will we one day see oil rigs from the beaches of Anna Maria Island?" is clear... PERHAPS!

It was recently reported in the Bradenton Herald that in an attempt to open new revenue streams for the state’s ailing budget, lawmakers voted 17 to 6 in favor of a bill that supports the oil and gas industry and opens Florida state waters to oil and gas exploration.

The House Policy Councel approved an amendment by Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Orlando, that would lift Florida’s ban on oil drilling in state waters and replace it with a plan to allow the governor and Florida Cabinet to seek bidders for exploration and drilling in the Gulf of Mexico between three and 10 miles offshore.

That could mean drilling platforms between three and ten miles of that Anna Maria Island coastline!

3-Bedroom Family Home

Family Vacation Rental Home  in Holmes Beach...

Completely remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with Heated Pool and Dock! 

Great location in a quiet neighborhood.  Sleeps up to 6 guests.

If you're planning a family vacation to Anna Maria Island, you need to know the Vacation rental homes are as beautiful and varied as the Gulf Island setting itself. Anna Maria Island provides visitors, vacationers and residents alike, the most gracious and awe-inspiring of accommodations.

The following Holmes Beach vacation rental home is a perfect example of what we mean.

Turtle Watch Adopt A Nest and Adopt A Hatchling Programs

Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest or Hatchling Today, and Give the Gift That Keeps on Giving...

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch "Adopt a Nest & Adopt a Hatchling" programs truly a gift that keeps on giving.

The local Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch "Adopt a Nest" program is very popular.

For a suggested donation of $100, you get a plaque posted at a nest with your choice of wording. Turtle Watch collects the data and contacts you when your nest hatches. You recieve copies of the data sheets and you get your plaque.

The local Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch "Adopt a Hatchling" program is also very popular as a gift.

Each "Adopt a Hatchling" package comes with an 8x10 certificate of adoption with a picture of your bouncing baby sea turtle hatchling. It includes our "Lights out" stickers, a turtle tattoo and other information about sea turtles on Anna Maria Island.

Earth Day Awareness

Inspired Awareness and Appreciation For The Earth's Environment...

Sponsored by the good folks at Anna Maria Island Accommodations. Your one stop vacation rentals and property management authority for all Anna Maria Island, inlcuding Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach and Anna Maria City.

What is Earth Day?

Earth Day is celebrated in the United States on April 22.

Beach Etiquette During Turtle Nesting Season

Help Sea Turtles With A Little Common Sense...

We all love to see the sea turtles, but we really do need to use common sense when we come face to face with one.

Humans are the greatest liability to the survival and well being of all species of sea turtles. So when coming across a female during nesting season, or a new born hatchling... its important that we maintain proper etiquette.

Beach Etiquette & How You Can Help Sea Turtles... by Turtle Watch

• If you find a live hatchling on the shore call AMITW @ 778 5638.

• Minimize beachfront lighting visible from the beach.

• Do not approach an adult turtle coming out of the water to nest. You may startle her and she may return to the water without nesting.

• Do not position yourself in front of a nesting female. This action may cause her to abort her nesting attempt.

• Avoid using flashlights or flash cameras. Lights disrupt or disorient nesting turtles and emerging hatchlings.

• Watch for and avoid hatchlings emerging from a nest. They are small and easily stepped on in the dark.

• Do not drive any unauthorized vehicles on the beach at night.

• Fill in holes in the sand on the beach after your day of fun.

1 - 6 Bedroom Rental Accommodation

As Many Bedrooms as You Need
Anna Maria Island Vacation Rentals Come in All Sizes...

If you are planning a vacation to Anna Maria Island then you're in for a treat. It truly  is Florida's best kept secret and one of a kind when it comes to that "Old Florida Look and Feel".

If you're traveling to Anna Maria Island and looking for rental accommodations, then we recommend you talk to Anna Maria Island Accommodations. They are your one stop vacation rental and property management experts.

Anna Maria Island Accommodations have 30 yrs island experience and have the best vacation rental prices and the newest listings in the Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach and Anna Maria City areas of beautiful Anna Maria Island.

Pine Ave Restoration Project

Commercial Property Opportunities For Anna Maria Island...

As recently reported in local media, "the Pine Avenue restoration project no longer needs artist renderings to illustrate what’s to come for Anna Maria’s business district."

The nearly completed two-story cottage-like structures located at 315 and 317 Pine Ave. now serve as a preview to the retail, office and residential developments in store for Manatee County’s tourist hottest tourist destination location.

These pink and green units have commercial tenants ready to move in and will be the first of several mixed-use structures to be developed along the Pine Ave strip.

Turtle Watch Prepares For Turtle Nesting Season

Turtle Nesting
Season Begins on Anna Maria Island Beaches...

It's being reported that local Anna Maria Island officials and Turtle Watch have been preparing for this year's sea turtle protection effort".

As is the case every year around April, endangered sea turtles in the local area waters are expected to begin nesting on the beaches of Anna Maria Island.

In anticipation of this annual ecological event, officials have been looking to the public for help in protecting the turtles as well as with observing this amazing ancient ritual.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, although sea turtles are in fact among the oldest creatures on earth and are believed to have been nesting on beaches for some 110 million years, the journey taken from the sea to the sand and back to the sea again is a perilous one indeed. So perilous for the turtle hatchlings that their ultimate survival is largely in human hands.

Meet "Lefty", The Sea Turtle Hatchling That Got Left Behind and Survived!

The local sea turtles and their hatchlings are at risk from artificial lighting and scavengers. If you want more information about how you can help save the sea turtles, call Turtle Watch at 778-5638.  Or read, Making it Safer for Sea Turtles During Their Nesting and Hatching Season to learn more.