What to book before you travel to Sarasota?

Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.

Trip length

Weekend One week Two weeks

4 activities to book

Sarasota

Days 1-7

Days 1-7The RinglingJohn and Mable Ringling's 27-hectare bayside estate, with Ca' d'Zan, their Venetian Gothic winter home of 1926, an art museum of Baroque painting including large Rubens canvases, and a circus museum.€26Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Marie Selby Botanical GardensA bayside botanical garden downtown devoted to epiphytes, orchids, bromeliads and ferns, with a tropical conservatory, giant banyans, a bamboo forest and a second site at Historic Spanish Point.€24Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Mote SEAThe new aquarium of the Mote Marine Laboratory, founded in 1955 by Eugenie Clark, with sharks swimming above visitors, rays and otters, and glass-walled labs where researchers work on corals.paid timed ticketBook on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Myakka River State ParkOne of Florida's largest state parks, 30 minutes east, where hundreds of alligators, herons and roseate spoonbills live, with a suspended canopy walkway and an observation tower above the oaks.€5Book on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: Siesta Key Beach · St. Armands Circle and Lido Key · Caspersen Beach in Venice · Downtown Sarasota and the Bayfront

All activities in Sarasota on GetYourGuide

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Frequently asked questions

How much do the activities to book in Sarasota cost?

4 activities are paid; 3 have a known price in euros, for about €55 per person. The others are paid on the spot or in local currency: the price is on each card.

What can you do in Sarasota without booking anything?

4 visits on this itinerary need no ticket or time slot, starting with Siesta Key Beach, St. Armands Circle and Lido Key, Caspersen Beach in Venice, Downtown Sarasota and the Bayfront. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.

The rest of the trip

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