Get around

• Anna Maria Island provides a free trolley service that runs the length of the island.
• The MCAT (Manatee County Area Transit) bus system stops at all the major shopping areas, beaches, schools, hospitals, etc.

See

• Go to Myakka State Park. (http://www.floridastateparks.org/myakkariver/default.cfm) See the REAL Florida.
• Visit the South Florida Museum (http://www.southfloridamuseum.org/) where Snooty the Manatee lives.
• De Soto National Memorial (http://www.nps.gov/deso/) features live reenactments of Conquistadors shooting things.

Do

• Swim, jetski, or sindsurf at Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key Beaches.
• Go for a ride on The Seafood Shack Showboat. Save money on your evening meal with a boat ticket.
• Canoe on the Peace River (http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/education/interactive/peaceriver/)

Eat

• At the Seafood Shack in Cortez village.
• At the Mar Vista on Longboat Key.
• At Moore's on Longboat Key.
• At the Rod and Reel pier on Anna Maria Island.

Drink

• At 'RJ Gators' on Manatee Ave.
• At Rasher Tierney's on 41.

Get out

• Bradenton is next to Sarasota.
• Bradenton is next to Saint Petersburg.
• Bradenton is next to Palmetto.