Welcome to Longboat Key
Longboat Key is located on Florida's Gulf Coast just south of the Tampa beckoning beach goers and vacationers with miles and miles of white sugar sand beach. If you and your family are searching for the unique upscale Florida vacation, Longboat Key is your destination.
Stretching between the gorgeous Gulf of Mexico and serene Sarasota Bay, locals and visitors enjoy beautiful Longboat Key sunrises and spectacular Longboat Key sunsets. The waters that surround Longboat Key are home to manatee, dolphins, fish, pelicans, osprey, and a variety of shorebirds. Click Here for the best deals on Longboat Key Hotels!
Longboat Key offers a wide variety of activities such as shelling, biking, shopping, fishing, and golfing on Longboat Key's two championship golf courses with over 50 more golf courses in surrounding Tampa Bay area.
If deep sea fishing is part of your Longboat Key vacation fishing boat charters, with or without a captain, are available as are boat and wave runner rentals. The Gulf waters offer plenty of opportunities for scuba diving, snorkeling or just relaxing while floating on an air mattress.
Longboat Key shops and restaurants are mainly located on the north end of the island. The Sarasota area offers a wide variety of shopping opportunities from national retail chains to upscale local shops and stores.
The Longboat Key Vacation Guide has a wealth of information to help you plan your Longboat Key visit. The Longboat Key Hotel and Resort Page lists Longboat Key's and the surrounding area's most popular accommodations with links to the best prices on the internet.
The Longboat Key Restaurant and Bars Page is an easy to use guide to the best and most popular places to eat and drink in and around Longboat Key. A handy interactive map is included to help you navigate to the establishments you'd like to visit.
Longboat Key Things to Do Page lists deep sea fishing charters, golf courses and more.
What kind of vacation would it be without getting some shopping in. The Longboat Key Shopping Page is a handy references to the area's shopping centers, stores and shops.
To help you make your vacation planning a little easier we have added a Longboat Key Information Page where you find some basic information about Longboat Key, weather and an interactive Google map.
Make Longboat Key your next vacation destination and enjoy the Southern architecture, crystal waters, great shopping and dining in the tropical paradise and understated elegance that is Longboat Key.
Remember, don't forget the sunscreen!
Longboat Key Events
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Longboat Key News
Longboat Hilton eyes expansion
The Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort is considering a redevelopment plan that could nearly double its 102 rooms.
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Digital Caddies Installs at Longboat Key Club and Resort
Digital Caddies has announced that Longboat Key Club and Resort has installed Digital Caddies GPS service on all 160 golf carts on both of the resort's world class golf courses.
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A hot, new ride on the beach
Longboat Key Fire Rescue has taken ownership of a new rescue vehicle that will be used on area beaches to assist firefighter/paramedics in responding, caring and gaining access to patients off the beach when they’re injured or sick. Currently the fire department does not have any such vehicle to assist personnel in arena.
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Road repairs on Longboat Pass continue
Town of Longboat Key: SR 789 at Longboat Key Pass Bridge: Repair project – Improvements being made as part of this project include bridge repair, painting, and sidewalk reconstruction.
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