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Seasonal Tour Schedule Resumes!

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Discover Sarasota Tours resumes its seasonal tour schedule January-May, including the Amish Experience Tours, Public Art Tours, a new Centennial City Tour in honor of Sarasota’s Centennial Celebration, “Infamous Sarasota” Happy Hour Tour, Tiki Trivia Trolley Tour, and the popular Art Crawl Trolley.

Year-round tours continue: City Sightseeing Tour, Haunted Sarasota Tour, Boutiques & bubbles, Rainbows & Unicorns, Psychic Sunday Tour, and Circus Secrets of Sarasota.

Holiday Tours include the upcoming Irish Hooley on the Trolley running March 12 and 13.

Discover Sarasota Tours offers entertaining, interactive, and informative air-conditioned trolley tours of the most interesting places and stories that shaped Sarasota’s rich cultural past.

All tours depart from DST’s charming Trolley Cottage (behind the Breakfast House, off Fruitville in downtown Sarasota). The Trolley Cottage features ample FREE parking, a fun Vintage Sarasota gift shop, and The ChillMobile, a vintage ice cream truck.

Discover Sarasota Tours is also offering NEW half-day tours with lunch options in its 12-person passenger van, as well as private tours for small family groups.

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SEASONAL TOURS (October—May)

AMISH EXPERIENCE TOUR
Learn from tour guide Kendra Cross why Sarasota is the ONLY place in the world the Amish come on vacation en masse. Enjoy tour stops at Alma Sue’s Quilt Shop and The Carlisle Inn, and sample the delicious pie at Der Dutchman Amish Kitchen Cooking Restaurant!
Ages 21+ $34.99; Under 12 $18.99. Thursdays at 10 AM

ART CRAWL TROLLEY
Hop on board our air-conditioned trolley to visit three local art galleries during your 90-minute tour. In between gallery stops, enjoy a public art neighborhood tour with artist and guide Jerome Chesley. Includes wine and light appetizers at each gallery and FREE wine or beer in the Trolley Cottage Tiki Bar before boarding.
Ages 21+, $39.99. Thursdays at 6 PM.

CENTENNIAL CITY TOUR
Join guide Kathryn Chesley, AKA Rose Wilson, Sarasota’s first newspaper publisher, as you tour the city and learn about its 100-year history.
March/April/May. Ages 21+ $34.99; Under 12 $18.99

“INFAMOUS SARASOTA” HAPPY HOUR TOUR
Relive the glory days of Sarasota’s sunny and scandalous 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s with tour guide Jonny Mac! Includes FREE wine or beer in the Trolley Cottage Tiki Bar before boarding.
Ages 21+, $39.99. Fridays at 5:30 PM

PUBLIC ART TOUR
Visit more than 50 of the city’s public art sculptures, monuments, and murals in charming neighborhoods and downtown Sarasota with watercolor artist Jerome Chesley.
Ages 8+, $34.99. Thursdays at 1 PM.