Anna Maria holiday house

During a stay with our daughter and her family in Florida, we all spent a week in this lovely house in Anna Maria. What you see is what you get - a beautifully presented home. It is spotlessly clean, comfortable and provides the perfect background for a relaxing holiday. Our group of six consisted of grandparents, parents and two small children. All three generations were more than happy. We thoroughly enjoyed the pool. The beach is of fine clean white sand and never too crowded. The children were fascinated with the ghost crabs.
The area is quiet enough to allow safe use of the bicycles, a very enjoyable way to explore the neighbourhood!
Eating out was a pleasure, in particular we enjoyed Sign of the Mermaid, for amazing seafood, the Waterfront, and the Sandbar (where I took the children for a paddle between courses!!) We also enjoyed a grouper sandwich at the Rod and Reel Pier. Don't miss Two Scoops Ice Cream.
The owners provided all the information we needed both about the house and the area. We would have no hesitation in recommending this property and in fact writing this review just makes us want to be right back there!

We stayed at the house the week of June 6, 2009 and absolutely LOVED it! The house had everything we needed for our three boys ages 5, 4 and 16 months - high chair, pack-n-play, baby gate, pool toys, beach toys, jogging stroller and kids bikes. We spent our days at the beach, in the pool or biking around the island. Only time we used the car was to visit the grocery and to dinner one night in Bradenton Beach. Other than that everything we needed was an easy walk. The house is very well maintained and clean, and the owners are very helpful. The bikes with the beach carts were a lifesaver - one parent would bike to the beach and set up the chairs, towels and umbrella (all provided) while the other walked with the kids. We recommend eating at The Sandbar Restaurant at the gulf end of the street, The Waterfront Restaurant at the bay end of the street, Ginny's and Jane E.'s for breakfast, and ice cream at Two Scoops across from the City Pier. All are an easy walk from the house - even with young children. Our first night we ordered pizza from Oma's so we could relax in the pool - they have a great antipasta salad. Another recommendation for families is to walk North past the City Pier and you'll find a beach area with playground. The beach area on the gulf was very nice and uncrowded. Lots of shade can be found in the morning and the water is crystal clear. One thing you can't miss are the sunsets on the gulf - it's a great time to look for shells as well. All-in-all we had a wonderful time and cannot wait to spend another week at this home!