Manatee County is in the Tampa Bay Area, a metropolitan area on the Florida West Coast.

Cities

• 1 Bradenton — main city in the county; on the mainland
• 2 Longboat Key — south of Anna Maria, with beautiful beaches like its northern neighbor
• 3 Palmetto — town across the river from Bradenton

Other destinations

• 1 Anna Maria Island — contains the cities of Anna Maria, 4 Holmes Beach , and 5 Bradenton Beach

Get around

By bus

• Manatee County Area Transit (MCAT) serves the south Bay areas of Bradenton, W Bradenton, Palmetto in Manatee County.