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Take a trolley holiday tour with Discover Sarasota Tours October 2, 2024 – Staff Report Where is the missing pumpkin? Board the BooMobile and find out. Discover Sarasota Tours offers several different tours in an air-conditioned trolley. Nighttime tours include musical shows on wheels: Murder Mystery Trolley, Who Killed The Circus Queen and Sunset Cabaret….

Get In the Spirit of Spooky Season With These Sarasota Ghost Tours September 24, 2024 – Kate Bradshaw With its long history and otherworldly vibe, the Sarasota area abounds with ghostly tales. This Halloween season, get the lowdown on spooky local stories and haunted places – and, perhaps, dabble in a little ghost-hunting yourself –…

Psychic Sundays Trolley Tour Returns Things To Do Beloved tour Psychic Sundays returns with new tour guide, Deni Dreazen, after death of psychic Michael Newton-Brown forced tour to end in October 2022. “Deni is a well-known Sarasota tarot reader, teacher, hypnotist, and psychic medium and we are delighted to have her take on this wonderful…

Florida’s hottest ticket – why you should visit Sarasota Anthea Gerrie discovers why Sarasota’s circus history and cultured present make for the perfect Sunshine State escape BY ANTHEA GERRIE It’s Florida but not as we think we know it. Fewer palms, fewer pina coladas and barely any bling to speak of but bags of charm…

Discover Sarasota’s art galleries, studios and public art on a trolley tour Staff Report Discover Sarasota Tours’ Art Crawl Trolley Tour showcases Sarasota’s galleries, studios and public art. The tour is led by local guide and watercolor artist Jerome Chesley and City Guide, Kathryn Chesley. “There is so much art to see in Sarasota and…

100-plus fun things to do in December near Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice and Punta Gorda December includes Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations, music festivals, and more fun things to do in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. Jimmy Geurts.  Jay Handelman Sarasota Herald-Tribune As we soon leave November and enter December, 2023 has nearly come to a…

This Florida City Is Home to a 105-year-old Fish Market, White-sand Beaches, and a Beautiful Opera House Sarasota sits on Florida’s Cultural Coast — here’s how to plan the perfect visit.

Top Christmas, winter holiday events in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte  Holiday parades — both on land or by boat — light shows, chances to meet Santa and more winter season fun in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. Jimmy Geurts Sarasota Herald-Tribune | November 6, 2023 We haven’t reached Thanksgiving on November’s local events calendar, yet even before…

Top Halloween events in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Siesta Key, Palmetto, Port Charlotte Sarasota Herald-Tribune | October 10, 2023 From family-friendly events such as trick-or-treating, to 21-and-up parties, the top Halloween happenings in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. by Jimmy Geurts While October features all sorts of events taking place in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties, this…

Take a festive trolley tour of Sarasota Venice Gondolier GO | www.yoursun.com | OCTBER 4, 2023 Discover Sarasota Tours is getting a jump on the holidays — “haunted” ones and “Merry” ones. “I love the holidays, and there is no better way to celebrate than dressing up and coming on one of our fun tours…