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Discover the wonderful, colorful botanical gardens of Sarasota County. Lush, tropical and awe-inspiring, Sarasota's botanical and succulent gardens have been drawing spectators for decades. The Sarasota Botanical Gardens The Sarasota Botanical Gardens (a passion project of the Sarasota Garden Club) comprises more than an acre of land and 14 individual...

Discover This: Sarasota Area Parks

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Sarasota County is home to a lot of ecosystems and habitats. Learn about the different parks that feature some family-friendly fun no matter what season! Sarasota might be a bustling small city with some paradisiacal beaches, but there's also a quieter side not far from the city lights. In fact...

Seek the Creek: A Kayak Paddle through the city

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Explore the unknown quiet nature of the city of Sarasota on Phillippi Creek It’s a vacation conundrum. You came to Sarasota County looking for water, for nature, for a little adventure. The plethora of establishments advertising paddleboarding catches your eye, but the idea of attempting it for the first time...

A Peaceful Paddle

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Explore the hidden world of Venice by taking an adventure down the road waterway less traveled, Alligator Creek My morning was rushed. It was earlier than I’m usually moving on a Sunday morning. And in the twenty minutes before my mother in law arrived to babysit, I needed to make...

Fantastic guided tours on the Florida Gulf Coast

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Sarasota and Manatee Counties have a wealth of natural, beautiful resources that harbor authentic memorable experiences. Go off the beaten path with Ecko Tours. Attention nature enthusiasts — both novice and experienced. If you have ever visited a destination, appreciated its wild and wonderful wilderness, but wanted to learn more...

Family Fun Runs

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Lace-up your shoes and grab the entire family and head to Sarasota County beaches for the Summer Fun Run Series taking place every Tuesday and Wednesday evening this summer. My daughter and I drew in the smell of a saltwater breeze, the sounds of a jubilant crowd, and the sensation...

Traversing the bars less traveled down Tamiami Trail

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Sometimes the strange, dimly lit bar next to a rustic hotel can be a turn out to be a fun adventure of cheap, strong drinks and peculiar characters serving a tall tale. Check out our list of some of the area's best local hangouts to splash into. The local tavern...

Strolling the St. Armands nightlife scene

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St. Armands is often thought of as a popular dining and shopping up on the Florida Gulf Coast, but as the sun goes down, nightlife heats up in this Sarasota locale. If you find yourself strolling along picturesque St. Armands during the sun-soaked hours of daylight, you'll notice that it's...

A Night Out at Sarasota Dive Bars

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If you are into the bars, pubs and little-known restaurants, you'll love these secret spots in Sarasota County. In Sarasota County, we cheers to our wonderfully weird, off-the-beaten-track bars, and pubs. We revel in its character: the hip-hop hookah bar, a craft beer bar disguised in a fade white house...

Music and dancing to boot at Sarasota County's country bar

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Two-Step over to The White Buffalo Saloon for line-dancing fun True confession – I cannot dance and I strongly dislike country music. So one would assume that Sarasota's most popular line dancing establishment, The White Buffalo Saloon and I would be destined to clash. But it was my friend's 30th...