Casey Key
In fact, Southwest Florida is home to a wide assortment of islands, all with their own distinctive personality. Anna
Maria Island is the northern most jewel in a dazzling chain of island gems that hug the coastline. Beginning at the
mouth of Tampa Bay, this gorgeous assortment of islands and keys stretch to the south, hugging the shores of Sarasota,
winding their way down to Gasparilla Island and rustic but elegant, Boca Grande, then Sanibel and Captiva Islands
and finally the little jewel, Marco Island at the southern tip of west Florida.
Although exploring the islands from behind the wheel of a convertible would be a blissful way to spend the day, and
probably the best way to experience the personalities of each island community, to experience the sheer natural beauty, along with some of the most spectacular waterfront real estate anywhere in Florida, why not park the convertible
and board a boat?
Let the crystal clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico serve as your highway as you travel south from the casual community of Anna Maria Island to exclusive Longboat Key. This 11 mile long island was once a wilderness inhabited by the
Caloosa Indians, then explored by Hernando DeSoto in the early 16th century, who paddled through the north pass
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