Sarasota is one of the best places to go to when you want to get away from it all and still have the perks of bustling metropolitan city.
Travel to Sarasota, explore its many islands and experience Sarasota attractions.
Circus Sarasota
Circus Sarasota is the city’s own resident circus. It regularly presents thrilling family shows during the winter under the big top. The circus also holds special events and offer classes throughout the year.
Crowley Museum and Nature Center
Feel like a true explorer when you visit the Crowley Museum and Nature Center. Go through its self-guided nature trail which takes you through the he property from dry pine flatwoods, shady oak hammocks, over the Maple Branch swamp, and out to the edge of Tatum Sawgrass Marsh along the Myakka River. The museum has a wide variety of historic objects and household furnishings and tools on display.
Florida Gulf Coast Rail Road Museum
At the Florida Gulf Coast Rail Road Museum you will experience exhibits differently – here you ‘ride the exhibits!’ The museum runs weekend excursions year-round which take you from the Train Station in Parrish, Florida.
G. Wiz (Gulfcoast Wonder and Imagination Zone)
G.Wiz provides a unique and exciting way to experience science. Visitors will surely learn a lot from and enjoy G. Wiz’s many hands-on exhibits and presentations.
Historic Spanish Point
Here at the 30-acre archaeological, environmental and historical museum, you can walk through history and see the changes in the area from the region’s earliest people and their shell mound dwellings to the inhabitants of the early 1900's.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Built by John Ringling to house his personal collection of art works, the museum now showcases masterpieces from such names as Rubens, van Dyck, Velázquez, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, El Greco, Gainsborough and more. When you visit the museum, you can also tour the Ringling’s spectacular palatial home with its 56 furnished rooms which is a tribute to the American Dream. At the grounds, you can see the renowned Circus Museum which commemorates American Circus and its history.
