The Best Hotels in Sarasota

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If you prefer to stay in a towering, elegant, modern old world style hotel with feather beds and a five star rating as well as five star service, check into the The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota. Elegant rooms overlook a marina. Readers of Condé Nast Traveler contend it is one of the best places in the world to stay. That would make this hotel truly special. It features a huge, delightful, opulent spa which promises to provide the visitor with the "soothing, ever-present rhythm of the ocean." It includes treatment rooms, saunas, steam rooms, whirlpools and relaxation lounges. Located on 11 acres, the Ritz-Carlton Resort includes a private club on the white-sand beaches of nearby Lido Key as well as an 18 hole championship golf course, located a little more than a dozen miles away. Often listed as one of the top 10 golf courses in America, it was designed by Tom Fazio. The Ritz-Carlton is close to downtown Sarasota and all that goes on there, as well as the galleries, shops, and restaurants of St. Armand's Circle. It is difficult to describe all that the Ritz-Carlton offers its pampered guests. Those who stay there will undoubtedly talk (brag) about the experience for years to come.

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Location.
Hotel Indigo Sarasota is located in central Sarasota, close to Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, and Sarasota Jungle Gardens. Nearby points of interest also include Mote Marine Aquarium and St. Armands Circle.

Hotel Features.
Dining options at Hotel Indigo Sarasota include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is open for drinks. Room service is available during limited hours. Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness facility. This 3.0-star property has a business center and offers small meeting rooms, audio-visual equipment, and business services. Wireless Internet access is available in public areas. The property has an airport shuttle, which is complimentary. Guest parking is complimentary. Additional property amenities include multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and a porter/bellhop.

Guestrooms.
There are 95 guestrooms at Hotel Indigo Sarasota. Beds come with premium bedding. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. In addition to desks and complimentary newspapers, guestrooms offer multi-line phones with voice mail. LCD...

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If the Ritz-Carlton Hotel has a strong competitor in Sarasota, it is the Hyatt Regency, located at 1000 Boulevard of the Arts, in the heart of the city's renowned cultural district. Known for its excellent water views, The Hyatt recently has undergone $22 million in renovations, including new carpets, 32 inch flat screen TVs, luxurious linens on the bed with other improvements to its 294 guest rooms. The good news, rates also are a bit more modest than at its high end competitor. Recent guests report the four star Hyatt Regency service remains superlative, as could be expected. Stroll from the lobby down to the theater, enjoy the pool with its waterfall, ride the complimentary shuttle to the beach, or spend a morning shopping at St. Armand's Circle. If you arrive by water, call ahead and dock your yacht in the hotel's 32 slip marina, which can accommodate 55 foot yachts. You may want to wander through the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens with their magnificent collection of orchids. Or visit the Concierge desk to arrange for 18 holes of golf, to spend a day fishing in the Gulf or to stretch your legs on a rental bicycle.

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-PROPERTY DESCRIPTION DISCOVER THE NEW STANDARD OF VACATION OWNERSHIP AT HYATT SIESTA KEY BEACH- A HYATT RESIDENCE CLUB, JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM THE ART AND CULTURAL HUB OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA. THE BEACHFRONT RESIDENCES PROVIDE SUPERIOR AMENITIES, LUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS AND UNPARALLELED SERVICE. SPEND THE DAY ON THE BEACH OR POOLSIDE IN A PRIVATE CABANA. WATCH THE SUNSET OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM YOUR PRIVATE TERRACE OR THE BEACHFRONT FIREPIT.

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While highly praised by elite visitors, when one drives by the Sea Spray Resort isn't exactly what one would call impressive. It would be fair to say it is a small and rather nondescript, older series of buildings, rather crowded together, some with high walls and small private swimming pools. But it does win the praise of those you would expect to prefer to spend a vacation week in a high rise hotel or in a sleek condo overlooking waves washing across the white Gulf of Mexico beach. With a price very close to $200 a night and booked up for weeks ahead, the Sea Spray Resort must be doing something right. One can walk a few blocks to Siesta Village for a meal or a drink, and the resort is truly a storied "hop, skip and a jump" to the impressive Siesta Beach. If you want to stay there during the high season (winter and early spring) you need to make your reservations well in advance.

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Part of a 410-acre real-estate development at the southern end of Longboat Key, this award-winning condominium resort pampers the country-club set with upscale restaurants and a variety of recreational activities in a lush tropical setting. The spacious, newly renovated luxurious rooms and suites have private balconies overlooking the Gulf, a lagoon, or golf-course fairways. All have custom-designed furnishings and neoclassical decor, and all but 20 have full kitchens. Among several dining options here, the Sands Pointe Restaurant has the feel of an informal but elegant supper club, serving classical Italian cuisine in a romantic setting by the Gulf, while the adjacent lounge offers casual dining and live entertainment.

Facilities: 4 restaurants; 2 bars; heated outdoor pool; 2 golf courses (45 holes); 38 tennis courts; fitness center; spa; Jacuzzi; sauna; watersports equipment/rentals; bicycles; children's programs; concierge; room service; massage; babysitting; laundry service

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If you are looking for a new resort hotel that offers spacious one or two bedroom suites with kitchenettes in Sarasota, consider the Lido Beach Resort. Located on Lido Key, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, it is an easy drive from the Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport on the new John Ringling Causeway. Clearly an ideal family hotel on a private sugar-white sand beach, you can watch a huge orange sun drop behind distant clouds and the sparkling waters of the Gulf from your balcony or the comfort of your air conditioned room. The kitchenette helps you control your budget. Or you can enjoy your meals at the Café Lido and Lounge, which serves steaks and seafood. It also is a healthy walk to St. Armond's Circle for ice-cream, a Starbucks or a special meal. Rooms are clean, and comfortable. The hotel offers large closets and premium bedding. There are two year-round beachfront heated freeform pools, three poolside Jacuzzi's, a tropical landscaped sundeck, a beachside Tiki bar, a fitness center, a garden area with waterfalls and Koi pond. Play beach volleyball or just snooze or read in a rented cabana. High speed internet service is available for those who need to keep in touch... read more

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Conveniently located at the north end of Lido, this modern seven-story hotel is within walking distance of St. Armands Circle. The beach is right across the street. The motel-style rooms have balconies that face the Gulf or the bay, and the rooftop restaurant and lounge offer panoramic views of the Gulf of Mexico.

Facilities: Restaurant; 2 bars; heated outdoor pool; access to nearby health club; exercise room; watersports equipment/rentals; bike rental; limited room service; babysitting; laundry service; coin-op washers/dryers; concierge-level rooms

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Location.

• The Tropical Breeze Resort is located in Siesta Key, Fla.
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• On the western gulf-side of Siesta Key.
• One block west of Siesta Key Village
• Within one-half to two blocks from beach

• Full-service day spa and salon
• Beach rentals, including chairs, umbrellas, skim boards and kayaks
• Three swimming pools, a yoga deck and fitness center
• Complimentary wireless Internet access

• Casually furnished with coastal-style decor
• Full kitchens in all units except standard rooms
• Mini fridges and microwave ovens in standard rooms
• Exterior corridors with outdoor furniture

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Sarasota's Siesta Kay is blessed with enough hotels, rental condos and rental houses as well as a sufficient number of excellent restaurants to keep vacationers happy for weeks. One favorite place to eat breakfast, brunch or lunch is the Patisserie Continental Cafe, which is relatively new. Run by an English couple, they offer Continental fare. Enjoy a variety of delicious dishes including a Belgian waffle, American style eggs, or an English breakfast plate that keeps one feeling happily full well into the afternoon. That meal includes crisp bacon, sausage, eggs (any style), delicious sauteed chunks of mushrooms, a perfectly buttered English Muffin, and half of a perfectly braised tomato. Salt to taste and then sit back and savor your food. Their luncheon soups are homemade. There is parking in front of the cafe and adjacent shops, and more free parking around the corner off Canal Road. Possibly a tad hard to find, the Patisserie Continental Cafe is just across from the Seven Eleven on Ocean Boulevard.

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Location.
Chateau Elan Hotel and Conference Center is located in Sebring.

Hotel Features.
Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness facility. There is a full-service health spa on site. This 3.0-star property has a business center and offers small meeting rooms. Complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access is available in public areas. This Sebring property has 7,000 square feet of event space consisting of conference/meeting rooms. Guest parking is complimentary. Additional property amenities include self parking. This is a smoke-free property.

Guestrooms.
There are 123 guestrooms at Chateau Elan Hotel and Conference Center. Beds come with pillowtop mattresses. Bathrooms feature bathrobes and hair dryers. Wired high-speed and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Guestrooms offer desks. Televisions have cable channels and video-game consoles. Air-conditioned rooms also include CD players, separate sitting areas, coffee/tea makers, and complimentary bottled water. Guests may request refrigerators, microwaves, and hypo-allergenic bedding. Housekeeping is available daily. Rollaway beds are available on request. Guestrooms are all non-smoking....