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.

Mello has a decades-old history on the island. It was built in 1973 and was first the Aquarius Beach Resort and later, Anna Maria Island Resort—a rather dated and nondescript, butter-yellow spot.

The Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club opened on Nov. 29 on Anna Maria Island, part of the three-key chain west of Bradenton that includes Longboat and Siesta.

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 ...

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 ...

Leave your car at your condo or hotel and either walk, cycle or take the free Anna Maria Island bus that travels the entire island (6:30am -10pm daily) from Coquina Beach all the way to the Public ...

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 ...

The 206,987-square-foot hotel would have parking for 126 vehicles, including four golf carts. While Anna Maria Island has many rental properties, hotels are a relative rarity there.

Layby Hotel Resort, located on nearly two acres of Holmes Beach frontage on the Gulf of Mexico, recently sold for $8.825 million, making it one of the largest sales ever on Anna Maria Island.