The only full-service resort on Anna Maria Island has opened and tourism officials say it could be the last of its kind built on the 7-mile-long key. The new Waterline Marina Resort and Beach Club ...

With a large, oval-shaped pool near the hotel bar and rooms overlooking a marina or a nature preserve, the Compass is just a drawbridge away from Anna Maria Island. • Anna Maria Beach Resort .

Anna Maria is a 7-mile barrier island on Florida’s West Coast and a four-hour drive from Miami .Watch the sun set, shop and find restaurants.

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 ...