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St. Armands, Sarasota

St. Armands is reserved as a Sarasota barrier-island shopping, dining, beach-pairing, parking, and Ringling/Lido trip-planning zone with fragmented district coverage.

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Image: St. Armands Circle, Sarasota | Photo by Ebyabe on Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0

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1 Miami Beach-area choices, Brickell and downtown, Little Havana, Wynwood, cruise and airport bases on Biscayne Bay. 2 Key West The end of the Overseas Highway: walkable Old Town, Hemingway's house, the lighthouse, and sunset at the island's edge. 3 St. Augustine The oldest city: the coquina Castillo, St. George Street, and the Flagler-era Gilded Age buildings. 4 Ybor City Tampa's historic Latin cigar quarter on 7th Avenue - the Columbia Restaurant, Cuban bakeries, and social clubs. 5 Naples Old Naples, the pier, the Fifth Avenue South shops and dining, gardens, and the Gulf-coast beaches. 6 St. Armands Ringling's St. Armands Circle, Lido and Longboat beaches, the Ringling museum, and Selby Gardens. 7 Worth Avenue Palm Beach's luxury Worth Avenue promenade, the Flagler Museum, and the historic Breakers oceanfront resort. 8 Las Olas Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas Boulevard, the Riverwalk museums, the Bonnet House, and the beach strip. 9 Amelia Island The northeast barrier island: Victorian Fernandina Beach downtown, Fort Clinch, and Atlantic resorts. 10 Everglades The river of grass: the Homestead, Shark Valley, and Gulf Coast gateways to Everglades National Park. 11 Sanibel The shelling islands: the Sanibel lighthouse, the Ding Darling wildlife refuge, and the Shell Museum.

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Category Dining Held for more local review before additional place records are added.

Category Experiences 3 checked places: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, St. Armands Circle, The Ringling (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art)

Category Stays 1 checked places: The Westin Sarasota

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Shops and a landscaped median at St. Armands Circle near Sarasota, Florida

Botanical Garden Marie Selby Botanical Gardens A bayfront botanical garden downtown famous for its living collection of orchids and air plants, a compact, shaded stop across the bay from St. Armands and Lido Key.

Shopping District St. Armands Circle An open-air ring of shops, restaurants, and statues on St. Armands Key laid out by John Ringling, the walkable dining-and-strolling hub between downtown Sarasota and Lido Beach.

Art Museum The Ringling (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) The state art museum of Florida on circus magnate John Ringling's bayfront estate, combining a European art museum, the Ca' d'Zan mansion, and a circus museum on 66 acres.

Downtown bayfront hotel The Westin Sarasota A downtown bayfront high-rise at the foot of the Ringling Causeway to St. Armands Circle, with a rooftop pool — a central base for the Ringling, Selby Gardens, and Sarasota's Gulf beaches.

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