Bradenton/Sarasota information:
Bradenton has numerous golf courses (all within a short drive of our villa,) restaurants, shopping malls and plazas, crazy golf, cinemas just a short drive (10/15 mins) beautiful beaches with powdery white sand. Sarasota has theatres, museums, art galleries and numerous restaurants shopping malls, Natural habitat to explore - dolphins and manatees are often seen swimming in the waters of the Gulf.
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens - for beautiful and exotic flowers. Mote Marine Science Aquarium.
Myakka State Park - air boat rides, canoeing etc.
Pirates Cove - fun for all the family! Sarasota Jungle gardens...
Sarasota kennel club - greyhound racing (Nov thru Apr)
All within 15 mins of the villa.
For the more active, there are watersports, fishing, tennis (pop upto the Nick Bollettieri tennis academy,10 mins away, where Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi trained ) or even a round of golf at one of the many golf courses within 5 - 10 min drive
Local Amenities:
Supermarkets, restaurants, and shops like Walmart Supercentre, Bealls, Blockbuster video store, McDonalds are within a 5 min drive. An approx 2/3 min drive is a bank and a post office. For more sophisticated shopping try St Armands Circle, where you'll find 150 boutiques and restaurants. Air conditioned shopping malls are just a 10 min drive away. The gulf beaches of Anna Marie Island (ideal for fishing) and Longboat Key / Siesta Key are all within easy reach (just a short drive), numerous golf courses are a 5/10 min drive away. Multiplex Cinemas 10/15 mins drive. Take a trip to Venice, further South (50 mins) where you'll find Italian architecture and landscape boulevards which date back to 1925.quaint little shops, beautiful beaches, ideal for the shell collectors. Take a drive over the sunshine skyway to /St. Petes / Clearwater around 30 mins or further afield Busch Gdns just 45/50 mins also the theme parks of Disney a leisurely 90 mins.
More photos:
Lots more photos of our villa and local info can be found on my own website please contact me for the address and details you require.
Other Activities:
cinema, ten pin bowling, go-karts, fishing, golf.