Island visitors leave behind rowdy crowds, high-rise condos and Starbucks. ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. -- "Please be sweet and rinse your feet," hand-painted signs over troughs of water outside rooms ...

ANNA MARIA CITY, Fla. — The thing Ed Chiles likes most about Anna Maria Island is the thing he hated ... of retail chains and high-rise condos hasn’t been easy or cheap, as Chiles knows ...

There’s also a bar and casual restaurant there. 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 ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. — Despite still being in a ... Then in 2020, numbers plunged when rentals and beaches closed. But things started to pick up in October and now 2021 is on track to be ...

Anna Maria Island, a seven-mile barrier island off Bradenton on Florida’s Gulf Coast, is about a four-hour drive from Miami. You won’t find chain restaurants, towering condos and mega hotels ...