• The Florida Keys
  
• Ft. Lauderdale & The Gold Coast
  
• Miami
  
• West Palm Beach
  
• Daytona Beach
  
• Tampa, Clearwater, St. Pete.
  
• Bradenton, Sarasota
  
• Jacksonville Beaches
  
• Ft. Myers & Cape Coral
  
• Melbourne & Cocoa Beach
  
• Pensacola & Fort Walton Beach
  

PELICAN MAN'S BIRD SANCTUARY

Come & Visit Florida's Largest Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Center. See Fabulous Wild Birds Pelicans, Gulls, Egrets, Herons, Owls, Hawks, etc.

"The South's Fastest Short Track" Best & Most Complete Stock Car Racing in the Area. Exciting entertainment for the whole family!

The Sarasota area has some very fine golf courses, and best of all they're open year round!

Professional Resident Ballet Company performs September through April. Grand Classical & Contemporary Repertoire.

Jazz Music Historic Vintage Tavern w/ Full Bar Locals' Favorite w/ Late Night Dinner Menu

"Celebrating our 70th Year" 6 Great Musicals October - April Concerts and Special Events Year Round . The Players is a community-based theater that focuses on three areas of artistic expression; the Musical Theatre Series (featuring three large-scale Broadway productions); the Special Events Series (reflecting the depth and diversity of acting); andthe Concert Series (attracting nationally known artists such as Arlo Guthrie and J.J. Cale).

Built in 1952, the Sarasota Classic Car Museum is the 3rd oldest automobile museum. Through visual, audio and interpretive representation of vehicles, artifacts and instruments the museum presents the history and impact of the automobile in both Western Florida and the United States. In addition to the fascinating displays of 10 decades of cars, there is a mechanical music exhibit- presentation with musical instruments, player pianos, calliopes, nickelodeons and band organs that date back to the 1870's, an antique game exhibit filled with penny arcade style machines from the 1930's and 1940's along with more recent ones, plus an antique camera display revealing many of the earliest cameras used for photography. Annually displayed is the antique Santa Claus collection depicting Santa from countries all over the world, many dating back to the last century.

Located on the Manatee River waterfront and taking up an entire city block in downtown Bradenton, the South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium, and Parker Manatee Aquarium is a unique educational and entertainment resource where you can experience Florida from "Astronomy to Zoology" all under one roof!

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is known throughout the world for its rich and varied collections and was planned by the Ringlings to be part of a grand legacy. The Museum's collection includes over 500 years of art with the galleries first opened to the public on March 30, 1930. After the state assumed responsibility for the property in 1946, the nineteenth-century theater from Asolo, Italy, and artifacts related to circus history were added. Tour the famoushome of the Ringlings, Ca d'Zan. Visit the site for more info on this fascinating attraction.

This is one of Florida's most unique experiences. Don't miss Solomon's Castle, the home and studio of internationally known sculptor Howard S. Solomon and enjoy The Boat in The Moat restaurant on the replica of a 60 foot 16th century Spanish galleon, built by the artist/owner. See the castle grounds, beautifully designed by Peggy Solomon, and walk along the magnificent nature trail in the sylvan setting of picturesque Horse Creek with sculptures and whimsical characters scattered amongst the tropical flowers and foliage that is carefully tended by the Queen herself, Peggy Solomon. There are lots of surprises at Solomon's Castle.

Mote Aquarium has been amazing visitors since 1980. The Aquarium is unique in that it features the extraordinary sea life found off Florida's coast and showcases Mote Marine Laboratory's marine science research.

Explore and experience Florida's past at the Historic Spanish Point at Osprey, a property of many lifetimes, with archaeology exhibits of the prehistoric peoples of the area (2000 B.C.-1000 A.D.) their burial mounds, and a window to the past explaining what was discovered of them, tour pioneer homestead buildings circa 1867- 1910, and walk through elaborate formal gardens and nature trails developed by the last private owner, the late widow of Chicago magnate Potter Palmer, for her winter estate.

Sarasota's largest attraction- 29,000 acre wildlife park- one hour tours aboard the World's Largest Enclosed Airboat, the "Gator Gal" with informative narration on the birds, plants, animals and gators living in the wild. There are more than 200 species of birds in the wildlife preserve and visitors may catch a glimpse of a bobcat or a feral hog.

Visit Sarasota/ Bradenton's favorite interactive science center with hands on fun for children of all ages. Come freeze your shadow, fly airplanes, create graphic images, learn how sound waves travel, experience a gyroscope experiment, touch a plasma ball, listen to music with a laser harp, or build and create in the technology hall.

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 rainforests by the Selby Gardens' research staff. Seven greenhouses are the heart of botanical research and plant identification, for which Selby is internationally recognized. Throughout the enchanting grounds of the historic Selby estate are 15 distinct garden areas that include: The Tropical Display House, with its lush rainforest atmosphere; the towering Bamboo Pavilion and the tranquil Waterfall Garden, the majestic Banyan Grove, a Cactus and Succulent Garden, a Cycad Collection, the Bayfront Restoration Project, and bordering the native shore plant community, the Baywalk Sanctuary. Also on the grounds is the former Christy Payne Mansion, a unique example of eclectic Southern Colonial Architecture.

The Gamble Mansion, which was one of the first settlements along the Manatee River, is what remains of one of the largest and most advanced sugar plantations in the South. The plantation is the site of the oldest building in Manatee County and is also the last antebellum mansion on Florida's west coast. The two story mansion has 10 rooms with the outer walls nearly 2 feet thick built of tabby brick, an early form of concrete using materials from the area including lime, oyster shells, sand and water. Eighteen 25-foot high columns around the structure support the roof and upper verandas which extend around three sides of the building. The columns are typical Southern style and were considered symbols of sophistication. The Gamble place was the center of social and commercial life in the Manatee area and remains a memorial to a way of life and a system of economy that were swept away by the war. The mansion offers guided tours at 9:30 am & 10:30 am Monday-Thursday.

Sail on the Miss Cortez X- family owned and operated since 1975; 4, 6, or 9 hour deep sea fishing trips aboard the swift 65 foot vessel on the beautiful waters of the Gulf of Mexico, all bait, equipment and licenses included. Latest electronic equipment on board.

Rent Jet Skis and pontoon boats for the entire family. Enjoy an unforgettable day of fun in the sun and on the water. And they offer dolphin tours! Hours 10-6 daily.

Experience the thrill of sailing on beautiful Sarasota Bay and the tranquil waters of the Gulf on the 30-foot Good as Gold. Half day, full day, sunset and learn to sail cruises. Family & group rates available on any of these at discounted rates. Private restroom. Snack and beverage included.

Go fly with your friends. Up to three people can fly at once, depending on weight. Max is 12 on parasailing cruises. Free intracoastal tour. Perfect safety record and soft dry takeoffs and landings. Within walking distance of Siesta Key beaches.

Siesta Sports Rentals, located on beautiful Siesta Key Island provides you with hours of fun, while vacationing in Florida, offers you the opportunity to see Sarasota and Siesta Key, Florida the way it was meant to be seen. Just steps from Crescent Beach, we provide friendly, quality service at affordable prices. Delivery and pick up available. Mention you saw our web site and we will give you 10% off your next rental. All types of Children's bikes- Beach cruisers- Mountain bikes-Hybrid bikes- Six speeds-Trail-a-bikes- 2 and 4 person surreys- FREE locks & helmets with rental. Also available are motor scooters, kayak rentals and tours from gulf to bay. Discover Florida nature, dolphins, manatees and tropical birds.