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Spas The Ritz-Carlton Members Spa Club gives its members and Ritz-Carlton hotel guests special treatment. The spa features treatment rooms, saunas, steam rooms and whirlpools, in addition to lounges, products with all organic ingredients, and special relaxation therapies. Tranquil treatment rooms and custom treatments will leave guests feeling transformed after...
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Interested in traveling more environmentally? Explore the natural wonders of Sarasota County like a true adventurer Mindful travelers are more privy than ever to the importance of responsible travel—looking to offset their carbon footprint while still fulfilling their wanderlust to new destinations. If you love traveling to natural areas, conserving...
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Birding & Wildlife Viewing Celery Fields in Sarasota offers more than 300 acres of wetlands, 100 of them restored, and upland habitat tours and opportunities to spot more than 200 bird species and 30 to 40 species of butterflies. Jim Neville Marine Preserve, an 118-acre preserve, made of mangrove islands...
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Everything you need to know about tying the knot in Sarasota County Venues and Lodging Siesta Beach catapulted into international stardom in 2011 and again in 2015 when awarded TripAdvisors’ Travelers’ Choice Award for Best Beach in North America. Couples will not regret sinking their toes into Siesta’s satin-sewn sand...
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Stretching nearly 40 miles, Sarasota’s shoreline is dotted with luxurious resorts, stylish hotels and beach condos offering views of Florida’s sparkling turquoise waters. Craving a front-row seat to the shimmering Gulf Coast? Want to wake up to the gentle lap of waves washing up on the sand? Sarasota-area islands deliver...
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Sarasota's Marie Selby Botanical Gardens may be nestled along the placid shores of Sarasota Bay that many call home, but it hardly takes a speck of imagination to reinvent oneself as an explorer along the exotic banks of the Amazon River in the botanical gardens' newest exhibit, the Ann Goldstein...
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Runners rejoice — you can take your vacation without having to pause your training. Sarasota County is an excellent Florida Gulf Coast destination and a Runner Friendly Community, as chosen by the Road Runner Club of America. Vacation and training for a race tend to pair together about as well...
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Whether you have only a few hours or a few days, Myakka River State Park offers the perfect adventure. Myakka River State Park , with its dozens of miles of hiking trails, palm trees and slash pines, wetlands and canopies, seems so unlike Sarasota and a world away. But driving...
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Live for the night? Lucky for you, you can head out on the town to find nightlife fun and entertainment year-round in Sarasota. Whether an evening of class and conversation sipping wine or a rowdy night of local brewery and dive bar hopping – eat, drink, giggle and experience the...