SARASOTA

Sarasota -

Paint a picture of your next vacation on a beautiful backdrop. The whitest sand beaches in the world. Brilliant turquoise waters. Gorgeous golf course greens. A variety of arts and attractions.

Sarasota -

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Sarasota Magazine -

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Sarasota - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens -

The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens located in Sarasota, Florida and acclaimed by syndicated garden columnist Duane Campbell as "a supernova in the constellation of botanical gardens," is perhaps best known for its living collection of more than 6,000 orchids. Selby's 11 bay-front acres are an open-air and under-glass museum of more than 20,000 colorful plants, many collected in the wild on nearly 100 scientific expeditions to tropical rainforest's by the Selby Gardens research staff. Seven greenhouses are the heart of botanical research and plant identification, for which Selby is internationally recognized.

Sarasota - Mote Aquarium -

A shark habitat, a touch pool where young and old can handle live sea creatures, a live reef and hundreds of colorful fish. For information call 800.691.MOTE or 941.388.2451.

Sarasota - Ringling Museum of Art -

The legacy of John Ringling, one of the great business tycoons of his day and a partner in the famous Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. For information call 941.351.1660.

Sarasota - Sarasota Jungle Gardens -

Here is an opportunity to enjoy a stroll along a trail that wanders through an ever-changing landscape of cool, under-story jungle growth and around open pond shorelines. As one meanders through Sarasota Jungle Gardens, a magnificent and wildly overgrown paradise, one wonders how such an abundance began.

Sarasota - Venice - Giant Stride Charters -

Florida Down Under owns and operates the deluxe dive charter boat Giant Stride.