7251 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, US, 34243
Sarasota's Mote Aquarium, part of the Mote Marine Laboratory, features a 135,000 gallon shark habitat, sea turtles, jellyfish and two touch pools. Visitors can also see research in action through viewable labs, or visit Hugh and Buffett, the two resident manatees.
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The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens are rated as one of America's top ten botanical gardens. Visitors can enjoy a spectacular display of rare orchids and bromeliads in an 8.5-acre tropical oasis on Sarasota Bay.
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With over 70 species of animal and thousands of exotic and native plants, Sarasota Jungle Gardens offers a tropical adventure for all the family.
View Details ›The annual Sarasota Jazz Festival takes over indoor and outdoor venues throughout the town. Special features include the outdoor Jazz in the Park day, a "Jazz Caravan" which visits nine local nightclubs and a series of lectures.
View Details ›Giving Hunger the Blues is a concert in aid of Sarasota's All Faiths Food Bank and Child Protection Center. Taking place each year in Southside Village, Sarasota, Florida it provides entertainment of all kinds for visitors.
View Details ›Florida's Annual Super Power Boat Grand Prix is held along the coast by Sarasota. Visitors can watch and marvel from the safety of the shore. Racers' parties and boat parades add to the fun over the course of the weekend.
View Details ›The Sarasota Blues Fest sees the Sarasota fairgrounds transformed into a massive concert area where audiences can enjoy the best blues has to offer. Food, drinks and refreshments are available and the evening is rounded off by a firework display.
View Details ›Cine World, organised by the Sarasota Film Society, aims to bring the best from the preceding Toronto, Cannes, New York and Telluride Film Festivals to Sarasota. Features, shorts and documentaries are shown over seven days at the Burns Court Cinemas.
View Details ›The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota is affiliated with Florida State University and is the largest museum/university complex in the country - the 66-acre estate includes 21 galleries of work by internationally renowned US and European artists.
View Details ›The Museum of Asian Art (MAART) in Sarasota is the first in the United States dedicated exclusively to this subject. It houses an impressive collection of Asian sculpture from China, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma) and Nepal, as well as the Yangtze River Collection of jades.
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