Guide Exploring Sarasota, Florida | SolarTravels.com

<body> Destination Guides Search for a City Destination Guides > North America > USA > Florida > West Coast > Sarasota Sarasota -- Sights -- Ringling Museum Complex Sarasota's beaches Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars • Sarasota • Practicalities • Explore Sarasota • Hotels in Sarasota SARASOTA BE THERE NOW Hotels in Sarasota • Hilton Garden Inn® Sarasota-bradenton Airport Sarasota from $85.00 USD • Homewood Suites By Hilton Sarasota from $109.00 USD • Hibiscus Suites Inn Sarasota from $99.00 USD More Hotels in Sarasota >> Vacation Rentals in Sarasota • Sarasota/Bradenton Homes Sarasota from $226.00 USD • Lido Islander Sarasota from $105.00 USD More Vacation Rentals in Sarasota >> READ IT HERE Rising on a gentle hillside beside the blue waters of Sarasota Bay, SARASOTA is one of Florida's better-off and better-looking towns, and also one of the state's leading cultural centers. It's home to numerous writers and artists, and the base of several respected performing arts companies. The community is far less stuffy than its wealth might suggest, and downtown Sarasota is fairly lively, with cafés, bars and eateries complementing the excellent grouping of bookstores for which the place has been known. Most visitors stop by to see the Ringling estate on the town's northern edge - home of the art-loving millionaire from whom modern Sarasota takes its cue - and the barrier island beaches, a couple of miles away across the bay. </body>