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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens: Walk with Nature

Share your love of nature with others as you stroll through the Selby Gardens by the Sarasota Bay. Take a watercolor class or view the 6,000 orchids at this lovely botanical garden.

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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens: Walk with Nature
  • Sarasota Jungle Gardens: rescued animals, green gardens
  • Florida Aquarium: a wet and wild time
  • David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
  • Adventure Island: cool off for the summer

Sarasota Jungle Gardens: rescu

More than 200 animals call Sarasota's Jungle Gardens their home. Most of the animals here are donate...

Florida Aquarium: a wet and wi

Swim with the fishes at Tampa's Florida Aquarium. Splash around at the water park and chill with the...

David A. Straz, Jr. Center for

Formerly the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, this not-for-profit center promotes theatre, art, mus...

Adventure Island: cool off for

This park is only open during the summer, so get in while you can. Wild water rides, lazy lagoons, C...

  • Bernini of Ybor: Italian eats in a cool atmosphere
  • Columbia Restaurant: Dining and dancing, Cuban style!
  • Pelagia Trattoria serves decadent Italian from scratch

Bernini of Ybor: Italian eats

Bernini is a great place for a date in Ybor City. When the weather is nice, grab a seat outdoors and...

Columbia Restaurant: Dining an

This family-owned restaurant has been wow-ing customers since 1905. Between tasty paella, mouth-wate...

Pelagia Trattoria serves decad

Pelagia Trattoria makes each meal lovingly from scratch. With light fixtures made of blown glass and...

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Yoga in the Park: loosen your limbs by the bay

Yoga in the Park: loosen your limbs by the bay

Downward Facing Dog will dissolve your stress and leave you feeling refreshed. This free yoga class is offered Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at Bayfront Park..

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Sarasota Movies

Eat Pray Love

Facing a crossroads in her life, a divorcee (Julia Roberts) travels to Italy, India and Bali on a quest to change her life and find true happiness.

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Sarasota Facts and Places:

Newspapers are Sarasota Herald Tribune, East County Observer
Sarasota Sports teams are Redskins, Reds, Upward
Local Schools are University Of Sarasota, Keiser College-Sarasota

About Sarasota, Florida

Surrounded by 35 miles of beach front on Florida’s Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota is part of a string of little tropical islands called “keys”. They include Longboat Key, Sarasota Bay, Manasota Key, Lido Key, Heron Lagoon, and Little Sarasota Bay.

From cozy villas to luxury resorts, downtown accommodations include The Cypress - A Bed & Breakfast Inn, Gulfcoast Holiday Homes, Hibiscus Suite Inn, the Hyatt Sarasota, Wellesley Inn, and the Ritz Carlton Sarasota. Places to stay along by the Gulf or Longboat Key are Arbors by the Sea Ranch Resort, Beach Castle Resort, Cedars East Tennis Resort, the Hilton Beachfront, and Longboat Key Club.

Where to eat? Popular options include the Crow’s Nest Marina Restaurant, the Colony Dining Room, Bijou Café, Fleming’s Prime Steak House, Hemingway’s, Mediterraneo, Golden Apple Dinner Theatre, Marina Jack, Crab & Fin, Sam Snead Tavern, Yacht Starship Dining Cruises, or the Marine Seafood Company.

Attractions and historic places to visit include the Ringling Circus Museum, Cà d’Zan Mansion, Sarasota Jungle Gardens, Jungle Walk at Historic Spanish Point, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Mote Aquarium and Mantee Exhibit, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Crowley Museum and Nature Center, the Saturday Morning Farmers’ Market on Pineapple Avenue, and the Venice Fishing Pier at Sharky’s Restaurant, to name a few.

Outdoor venues and nature parks are the Ed Smith Stadium, Youth Athletic Complex, Whitaker Gateway Park, Centennial Park, Sarasota Memorial Park, Island Park, Ken Thompson Park, North Lido Public Beach, Siesta Key Beach, Myakka River State Park, and Oscar Scherer State Park. The best time to see wildlife is at sunrise or sunset.

Golf is big in Sarasota; a few of the over 30 golf courses include Village Green Golf Club, Forest Lakes Club, Laurel Oak Country Club, Bent Tree Country Club, Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club, Bobby Jones golf Complex, and Foxfire Golf Club.

For shopping, try the Gulf Gate Mall, Sarasota Square Shopping Centre, the Plaza at Palmer Ranch, Artisans World Marketplace, and St. Armands Circle.

Annual events include Sarasota Highland Games and Festival, Thunderbay Motorcycle Festival, the Sarasota Reading Festival, and the Ringling Festival.

Written by: Natasha Lawrence

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