2021

Modern roundabouts are becoming common across Sarasota’s roadways, and there are plans for more!

Single-lane roundabouts were introduced in downtown Sarasota over the past decade as a way to begin familiarizing the community with how they operate and getting residents and visitors more comfortable navigating them. Many of Sarasota’s roundabouts include beautiful public art sculptures in their centers.

Here’s how three families describe Sarasota and her islands as a perfect vacation fit for through the years—from children to parents to grandparents!

Longboat Key has always been a timeless catalyst for memory making among vacationers from all over the country. If LBK were a time capsule, it would indeed hold reflections of priceless moments and lifetime events from people that come in as guests, but leave as family.

Sarasota area restaurants offer up alternatives to the standard plastic straw to help protect the local environment

Millions of plastic straws are used every day in the United States. Generally not able to be recycled, they can wind up littering our beaches and local waterways. In fact, they’re usually among the top items collected during beach cleanups around the world.

Hunting for shells at Sarasota County beaches is among the unique pleasures visitors and locals alike enjoy year-round

Hunting for shells on Florida's endless beaches is among the unique pleasures visitors and locals alike enjoy year-round. Sarasota County is known for its beautiful beaches filled with a variety of nature’s treasures. Ask any shelling enthusiast and they’ll swear on a stack of sand dollars that there’s nothing more relaxing and enjoyable as the hunt for a perfect shell.

If you’ve got a mini–Jacques Cousteau at home, Sarasota County is an ideal place for a family vacation with kiddos who are fascinated by sharks. 

Whether you think sharks are misunderstood predators or total undersea villains thanks to movies like Jaws, there’s no denying that they’re fascinating aquatic creatures. In fact, you might have a son or daughter who’s totally obsessed with the toothy fish, in that classic way kids have of forming full-throttle passions.

Outdoor seating at restaurants is easy in paradise along Florida’s Gulf Coast, but this list of local eateries features places that put their own special twist on the concept.

Sitting outside for a meal in Florida is canon—especially when you’re taking a break from a long, arduous winter elsewhere and want to soak up as much warm, sunny vibes as you can before heading back!

Two additions to help maximize exposure within Sarasota County

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SARASOTA, Fla. (June 15, 2021) – Visit Sarasota County is excited to welcome Jess Bertolini to the team as Website & Social Media Coordinator, and Nate Sweetman as Communications and Public Relations Coordinator.

National Daiquiri Day falls on July 19 every year, and in a sunny beach town like Sarasota: there's no cooler way to celebrate than by sipping on some variation of this versatile, rum-based tropical cocktail with your toes in the sand, or tapping along to live music on the deck of a Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar.

If you want to ensure you see reptilian basking beauties, Sarasota can make that happen, be it in their natural habitat, at a protected enclosure, or in your arms.

“Attention students, the school is going on a limited lockdown due to an alligator traveling on campus.” This is no social media post, showing up alongside pictures of alligators climbing fences, lumbering through parking lots, and popping up on Ring cameras. This was my son’s middle school last year. His campus boasts a pond where science experiments are often conducted and it does, in fact, home a gator.