Encompassing Bradenton, with its vibrant downtown filled with galleries, shops, and restaurants, Anna Marie Island, an unspoiled, unpretentious barrier island with quaint little beach bars and a wooden pier, and Longboat Key, an upscale resort area just a few minutes south of Sarasota, the Bradenton area offers a wide variety of settings and venues.

Once you leave the sugar white sandy beaches for the day, there’s a long list of things to do and see in the Bradenton area. Atop your hit list should be Gamble Plantation Historic Park, a former sugar plantation with an antebellum mansion, South Florida Museum, which has a planetarium and Snooty the Manatee, Emerson Point Preserve, where you can hike shady trails through a tropical hammock, and the historic town of Cortez, a tiny fishing village evoking an Old Florida ambiance.

Playing golf, building sand castles, hiking nature preserves and other Bradenton area activities will, no doubt, have your family looking forward to returning to comfortable accommodations each day. A vacation rental gives you an inviting, airy, and value-oriented alternative to a small hotel room. Better still, fully equipped kitchens in vacation rentals allow you to forego pricey restaurants and prepare money-saving meals your family will enjoy either at your dining room or on a patio or balcony.

Regardless of whether you want a beach, lake, golf course or other setting, we have special deals and discounts on Bradenton vacation rentals in every price range. We’ll provide you with unbiased user reviews and information, so you can book with knowledge and confidence.