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DESTINATIONS DOWNTOWN
The Charm of Downtown Sarasota
Main Street
Downtown Sarasota is a hot tourist destination. Running through the heart of downtown is what locals refer to as upper Main Street and lower Main Street brimming with restaurants, live music, bakeries, galleries, salons, home decorating, and trend-setting fashion boutiques.
Palm Avenue
Palm Avenue is the center of upscale shopping, dining and entertainment. It is located near the Bayfront Park area, and it is divided by Main Street into South Palm Avenue and North Palm Avenue. But basically, it is just one good-looking avenue, famous for its luxury.
Pineapple, Lemon and State Street
Take a stroll along Pineapple, Lemon and State Street for a plethora of performing art venues, dining, entertainment and shopping venues. A mix of high-rise buildings and a unqiue air of sophistication, with a serious commitment to its flourishing art scene.
the heart & soul of our city
since the 1840’s
SARASOTA is most distinguished as the artistic and literary center of the West Coast of Florida due to its generous amount of theaters, the famous Ringling Art Museum, and a large artist and literary community. Yet in the 1840’s, the area was sweeping wilderness. “Homesteaders like William H. Whitaker from Savannah settled on Whitaker Bayou”. (read more) FloridaHistory.org.
- Postmaster Charles Abbe (1884) at 849 Florida Avenue, downtown Sarasota.
- Sarasota’s First “Movie House”
- Desoto Hotel – Sarasota circa 1886
NEIGHBORHOODS
BURNS COURT
MAIN STREET
PALM AVENUE
ROSEMARY DISTRICT
TOWLES COURT
GILLESPIE
ART & CULTURE
Downtown Sarasota is a community rich with live theater, concerts, ballet, opera, galleries, museums and even, the circus!
PARKING
DESTINATIONS DOWNTOWN
The Charm of Downtown Sarasota

Main Street
Downtown Sarasota is a hot tourist destination. Running through the heart of downtown is what locals refer to as upper Main Street and lower Main Street brimming with restaurants, live music, bakeries, galleries, salons, home decorating, and trend-setting fashion boutiques.
Palm Avenue
Palm Avenue is the center of upscale shopping, dining and entertainment. It is located near the Bayfront Park area, and it is divided by Main Street into South Palm Avenue and North Palm Avenue. But basically, it is just one good-looking avenue, famous for its luxury.
Pineapple, Lemon and State Street
Take a stroll along Pineapple, Lemon and State Street for a plethora of performing art venues, dining, entertainment and shopping venues. A mix of high-rise buildings and a unqiue air of sophistication, with a serious commitment to its flourishing art scene.
the heart & soul of our city
since the 1840’s
SARASOTA is most distinguished as the artistic and literary center of the West Coast of Florida due to its generous amount of theaters, the famous Ringling Art Museum, and a large artist and literary community. Yet in the 1840’s, the area was sweeping wilderness. “Homesteaders like William H. Whitaker from Savannah settled on Whitaker Bayou”. (read more) FloridaHistory.org.
- Postmaster Charles Abbe (1884) at 849 Florida Avenue, downtown Sarasota.
- Sarasota’s First “Movie House”
- Desoto Hotel – Sarasota circa 1886
NEIGHBORHOODS
BURNS COURT
MAIN STREET
PALM AVENUE
ROSEMARY DISTRICT
TOWLES COURT
GILLESPIE
ART & CULTURE
Downtown Sarasota is a community rich with live theater, concerts, ballet, opera, galleries, museums and even, the circus!
PARKING

ART OVATION
1255 North Palm Ave.
Sarasota, Florida 34236
(941) 316-0808
In Central Sarasota, near Sarasota Bradenton Airport, St. Armands Circle and Ringling College of Art and Design, Art Ovation Hotel, features the Perspective Rooftop Bar, Overture on-site restaurant, views of the city and the marina and Bayfront Park, a year-round outdoor pool and artful interactions not found anywhere else. Guests of this Sarasota hotel will find sketchbooks, coloring pencils, and a ukulele in their rooms.
- Self Parking
- Beach Chair Rentals with a Portable Cooler
- Bike or Kick Scooter Rentals

ALOFT
Transform any stay into a vibrant getaway at Aloft Sarasota, where open spaces, open thinking, and open expression flourish. Your stay begins the moment your plane lands, thanks to our free shuttle to and from Sarasota-Bradenton Airport. Additionally, the Aloft boutique hotel offers unparalleled access to several of downtown’s most beloved locales.
- Rooftop Pool
- 24 Hour Fitness Center
- Live Music in WXYZ Bar
