Guidebook for Sarasota

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Guidebook for Sarasota

Drinks & Nightlife

Quaint, quintessential, Bay Front Tiki Bar. Go during the day or at night. You can bring the kids or not. They serve Gator and french fries! Fun place for a pina colada.
171 locals recommend
Oleary's Tiki Bar & Grill
5 Bayfront Dr
171 locals recommend
Quaint, quintessential, Bay Front Tiki Bar. Go during the day or at night. You can bring the kids or not. They serve Gator and french fries! Fun place for a pina colada.

Arts & Culture

540 locals recommend
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Rd
540 locals recommend
Beautiful art museum. Worth the visit. Excellent cafe on site.
26 locals recommend
Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trail
26 locals recommend
Beautiful art museum. Worth the visit. Excellent cafe on site.

Essentials

Pricey but high quality. Everything you need. Good prepared foods to go and cafe as well.
140 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
1451 1st St
140 locals recommend
Pricey but high quality. Everything you need. Good prepared foods to go and cafe as well.
The best place for reasonably priced fruits, vegetables, meats (conventional and organic ), and seafood. This is an Amish run establishment. Excellent!
69 locals recommend
Detwiler's Farm Market
6000 Palmer Blvd
69 locals recommend
The best place for reasonably priced fruits, vegetables, meats (conventional and organic ), and seafood. This is an Amish run establishment. Excellent!
Your basic big chain grocery. Everything might you need including a pharmacy and liquor store.
40 locals recommend
Publix Super Market at Broadway Promenade
1044 N Tamiami Trail
40 locals recommend
Your basic big chain grocery. Everything might you need including a pharmacy and liquor store.
Best Pharmacy. Short walk.
36 locals recommend
Walgreens
3601 Bee Ridge Rd
36 locals recommend
Best Pharmacy. Short walk.

Parks & Nature

It's the closest beach. Absolutely lovely!
442 locals recommend
Lido Key Beach
400 Benjamin Franklin Dr
442 locals recommend
It's the closest beach. Absolutely lovely!
World Famous Beach, voted Best of, by Trip advisor and other Travel Magazines. Sand like sugar.
16 locals recommend
Siesta Key Beach Playground
948 Beach Rd
16 locals recommend
World Famous Beach, voted Best of, by Trip advisor and other Travel Magazines. Sand like sugar.
A slice of heaven for those who like to stroll and for botanists!
433 locals recommend
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
1534 Mound St
433 locals recommend
A slice of heaven for those who like to stroll and for botanists!
The sweetest zoo I know. Relax and stroll through the jungle. Kids and adults love this place.
296 locals recommend
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
3701 Bay Shore Rd
296 locals recommend
The sweetest zoo I know. Relax and stroll through the jungle. Kids and adults love this place.

Food scene

Outdoor seating all year around. Live music and good eats.
72 locals recommend
Mattison's City Grille Downtown Sarasota
1 N Lemon Ave
72 locals recommend
Outdoor seating all year around. Live music and good eats.
Sarasota has a fabulous farmers market every Saturday from 8:00AM to 2:00PM. Shop for fruits, veggies, seafood, meats and a multitude of local wares. Live music, food vendors and ample people and dog watching. A favorite among locals!
136 locals recommend
Sarasota Farmers Market
North Lemon Avenue
136 locals recommend
Sarasota has a fabulous farmers market every Saturday from 8:00AM to 2:00PM. Shop for fruits, veggies, seafood, meats and a multitude of local wares. Live music, food vendors and ample people and dog watching. A favorite among locals!

Neighborhoods

Quaint old bungalows in an upscale, downtown hood.
22 locals recommend
Laurel Park
1725 Laurel St
22 locals recommend
Quaint old bungalows in an upscale, downtown hood.