Anna Maria Island has a great Holiday Parade
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009If you are on or near Anna Maria Island December 12th, 2009 you should come out to Gulf Drive and enjoy the Christmas Privateer parade. Everyone has a blast and more importantly there is lots of candy! Usually as much candy as your child can eat since there are lots of business floats throwing candy.
The parade begins at the Anna Maria City Bay Front park and ends at Coquina park in Bradenton Beach, Fl. The parade travels East on Pine Avenue, South on Gulf Drive, on to Marina Drive/Palm Drive to Gulf Drive, then a quick trip along East Bay Drive on to Gulf Drive where it finally ends in Bradenton Beach. The parade travels almost the entire length of Anna Maria Island.
If you are traveling from Tampa, Sarasota or Bradenton I would suggest parking at Coquina or the Manatee public beaches. These are easy access points and easier to get off the island just after the parade. It takes Anna Maria Island about 1 hour to get traffic back to normal.
If you are planning to spend a few more hours on Anna Maria Island then stop in at Island Real Estate where we have plenty of free maps as well as Anna Maria Island Real Estate for sale packets. They understand if you are not in the immediate market and just looking. Make sure you visit one of Anna Maria Island’s great restaurants and get a bite to eat for lunch or maybe even an early dinner.
Details of the Anna Maria Island Parade… Starts at 10 AM finished around 11:15 AM and it’s on December 12th, 2009. See a few photos below for past Christmas Parades.
Pravateer's Christmas
Privateer Ship during the Christmas Parade
Island Real Estate
Island real Estate in the Christmas Parade
