Sarasota is a sophisticated, cosmopolitan city where there is truly something for everyone. The beauty of Sarasota will get your attention first. The colors of the Gulf of Mexico and Sarasota Bay, contrasting with the brilliant white sand of Longboat, Lido, and Siesta beaches, will make you anxious to see more of this fabulous place. The temperate climate, various green hues of lush, jungle-like vegetation, flowers that are blooming any month of the year; it is no surprise the area is known as paradise.
Located 50 miles south of Tampa, Sarasota County, together with its neighbors to the north and south, Manatee County and Charlotte County, form the 7th-largest market in Florida. It is also Florida's third-fastest growing major market with over 600,000 people.
It is the heart beat of the cultural coast of Florida, with a very active arts community. Whether your taste in art leans more toward Rubens and Poussin, circus posters, seashell creations, sand sculptures, or the students’ work of the Ringling School of Art, you will find it here. Your hunger for theatre can be filled by the Asolo Repertory Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, West Coast Black Theatre Troupe or the Players Theatre, among others . Want to add music to your diet? You could begin with the Florida West Coast Symphony, Key Chorale, the Jazz Club of Sarasota, Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Sarasota Blues Society, or the Sarasota Opera Association.
There are a large number of choices of educational opportunities, spectator or participant sports, boating and other water activities, restaurant styles, museums & state parks. Traveling to areas around Sarasota is easy, with quick access to Interstate- 75. Tampa and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Rays, Florida Aquarium, Dali Museum and other attractions, is only an hour north of Sarasota. Disney World, Epcot Center, Sea World and many other Orlando attractions, are only 125 miles away, about a 2.5 hour drive.
Sarasota is a wonderful place – you can’t be bored here unless you want to be!!
