Tortuga Inn Beach Resort

Facing Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Tortuga Inn Beach Resort offers daily and weekly vacation-style accommodations in six distinctively different buildings. For example, the Gulf View Studios are studio apartments featuring Jacuzzis and kitchenettes that are popular with couples, while the other buildings are more family-oriented.

The Tortuga Gardens apartments are actually luxury condos that double as hotel suites. Accommodations here come with either a full kitchen or a mini-kitchen. There are Jacuzzis in all Deluxe master baths, walk-in closets in most bedrooms, screened porches, and washer/dryer units in every Standard or Deluxe apartment. There is a central courtyard that features a 15-foot-high waterfall and charcoal barbeques for guest use, too.

Adjacent to the Tortuga Boat Dock and Fishing Pier, the Bayfront Villas, North and South, offer four apartment configurations, one of which has its own private garden and in-ground spa. All units include full kitchens and those on the ground level have patios. Then, near the pool and beach, the Palm Court apartments, North and South, are outfitted with two bedrooms and full kitchens. Units on the ground level have patios, while those on the second floor are like tree houses looking out toward the tops of surrounding palms.

Tortuga Inn Beach Resort is located on Anna Maria Island at 1325 Gulf Drive North, Bradenton Beach, Florida 34217. The property is pet friendly and covered self-parking is available free of charge.