Longboat Key
Longboat Key Beach
Longboat Key is a quiet retreat of island luxury which seduces visitors from all parts of the world.
This serene 10-mile-long paradise has long welcomed the famous, from early Spanish explorers to film stars and writers. It’s the perfect seaside setting for The Stone Crab Seafood Festival, where the opening of Florida’s stone crab season is robustly celebrated.
Along Gulf of Mexico Drive, framed in the vivid colors of impatiens and pink oleanders, are world-class resorts, charming cottages and garden parks offering peaceful moments and secret bayous where manatees laze. And the miles of white sandy beaches sprinkled in golden sea oats? You’ll have them practically all to yourself.
Residents and visitors love the fine dining, secluded beach and peace and quiet.
