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Attractions - Sarasota Classic Car Museum
5500 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota
The Museum features a “living” collection of over 100 automobiles, constantly being updated through acquisitions, exchanges with other car museums, and through donations of vehicles from collectors.
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Attractions - Mote Aquarium
Mote Marin Laboratory Sarasota
Explore the secrets of the sea with touch pools, shark, dolphin, manatee and sea turtle exhibits and over 100 other species of marine life. Viewable working labs and high-tech interactive exhibits showcase the world-renowned research of Mote Marine Laboratory.
Attractions - Selby Botanical Gardens
811 S. Palm Ave. Sarasota
Indoor and outdoor gardens with orchids and other exotic flora of the tropics. Open daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sarasota Attractions
Attractions - Crazy Destinations: Snook Haven
5000 E. Venice Avenue
Venice FL (941) 485-7221
Snook Haven is the quentessential Hillbilly fish camp on the side of Myakka River in Venice. Go on weekend and hear rock-a-billy bands such as Rode Hard and others, fun times, It's not Fleming's but you'll get decent food,cheap beer and lots of entertainment while dancing and people watching. A Motorcycle destination ride.
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Attractions - 35 miles of beautiful beaches
Sunset on Siesta Key Sarasota Florida
Sarasota offers numerous public beaches along the Gulf, stretching 35 miles, from Longboat Key to Engelwood. These lovely beaches with their white sand, shells in abundance and jetties are ideal for fishing and snorkeling.
Sarasota Beaches
Attractions - St. Armands Circle
Lido Key Sarasota
St. Armands Circle has sidewalk cafés and fine dining, boutique shopping, art galleries. St. Armands was originally designed by the circus magnate John Ringling. From the Circle, coconut palms stretch down to Lido Beach, which reaches to South Lido Park, a great destination to explore nature trails, canoe, kayak, and picnic, with great views of the water.
Sarasota - Arts & Entertainment
Known as "Florida’s Cultural Coast," Sarasota offers world-class art and entertainment the entire family will enjoy. Kids will be thrilled to discover the city was once the winter home of John Ringling and his world-famous Ringling Bros. Circus.
Sarasota Arts & Entertainment
Sarasota - Circus
If you've grown up thinking of "The" Circus, well, think again. Sarasota is home to several circuses, each with its own unique history and offerings. In fact, this city is known as "the circus capital of the world"!
Along with the legendary Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, which winters here, there are also: Circus Sarasota, Zerbini Family Circus, Walker Bros Circus, Sahib Shrine Circus, Showfolks Circus, Rosaire’s Big Cat Adventure, Hanneford Family Circus, Coronas of Hollywood, and the PAL Sailor Circus, which is performed entirely by students.
Sarasota Arts & Entertainment
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Museum - The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road Sarasota
Recognized as the official State Art Museum of Florida, the Museum of Art offers 21 galleries of European paintings as well as Cypriot antiquities, Asian Art, American paintings, and contemporary art.
Adventure - Myakka River State Park
13208 S.R. 72 ( nine miles east of I-75)
Myakka River State Park is one of Florida's oldest and largest state parks. The "Florida Wild and Scenic Myakka River" flows through 57 square miles of wetlands, prairies and woodlands. Myakka is popular for hiking, fishing, camping, and wildlife observation.
Zoological Gardens - Sarasota Jungle Gardens
3701 Bay Shore Road Sarasota
Sarasota Jungle Gardens features 10 acres of lush tropical vegetation, winding jungle trails and entertaining, educational bird and reptile shows twice daily. The “Kiddie Jungle” features a tree house, haunted tree, tiger swings, slide and a custom wooden train for the children to play on.
Events - Drum Circle
Siesta Key Beach Sundays at Sunset
Enchanting sounds of drums fill the air at Siesta Key Beach almost every Sunday at Sunset. Come to dance or just to absorb the atmosphere.
Attractions - Crazy Destinations: Linger Lodge
7205 Linger Lodge Rd. Bradenton (941) 755-2757
The Linger Lodge is aStrange but attractive riverside restaurant decorated with stuffed animals from the local fauna, including a 16' alligator that is subject to a great fable..You've got to try it, it is a destination not to miss.
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