We loved this cute little bungalow house and would stay there again! While it’s an older property, it’s been significantly updated and is very nicely decorated. It worked fairly well for our family of 5. It is a perfect location for heading down to the beach as there are 2 convenient beach access points right across the street. We saw manatees daily as well as a sting ray and found some sand dollars. There were turtle nests marked all over too. It’s an amazingly gorgeous and clean beach! The pool was great to have and the hot tub was wonderful too. It was an easy golf cart ride to anywhere on the N end of the island. It’s a bit far from
Publix, but you can get there by cart and there are also local market options with essentials. There is parking for 2 vehicles right in front of the unit and it’s shaded, which was nice for the golf cart so the seats didn’t get too hot.
Likes:
Plenty of towels/linens/extra blankets
Location- close to beach and restaurants etc can be walked/golf carted to
Pool/spa
Extremely clean property
Old bungalow feel with new coastal decor and renovation
Wish We Knew/Thought About:
-We were aware of the bedroom set up, so it’s totally our fault, but the third bedroom with the daybed would be so much nicer with a sliding barn door or arrangement other than sheer curtains.
-There are A LOT of mosquitos in the backyard. Bring bug spray! We also bought our own citronella candles and burned them day and night when out there and they were still awful.
-the law is that they must keep alarms on all of the doors going out to the pool. You have to constantly bypass it by pushing a button and rushing in/out. It’s like that everywhere, but a nice to know!
-The kitchen is fairly well stocked, but some of the items are worn out/falling apart. Definitely not the worst I’ve seen in a rental though!
-the AC has trouble keeping up when it’s really hot. It got pretty hot, but cooled off after sunset.
-Uber/Lyft is happy to bring you TO Anna Maria, but we had a heck of a time trying to get out after our stay. There were no cars available in any category and we were sitting outside the rental with all of our luggage and 3 kids in 90+ degree heat. Usually we rent a car, but we barely used it last time bc we always get a golf cart, so we just did the cart and really took some time to finally get drivers to accept our ride request.
Overall, it was a really nice stay and we weren’t ready to leave!
