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By offering a wide variety of enlightening experiences within beautiful surroundings, Sarasota, Florida certainly is a magnet for those seeking the ultimate romantic vacation.
Sarasota, Florida
Norman2004-08-11 14:35:24
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programs for the visitor to the area. Other theatres are the Florida Studio Theatre, Golden Apple Dinner Theatre, and the Venice Little Theatre.
Celebrating its 55th season in 2003, the Florida West Coast Symphony offers a wide array of symphonic and chamber music. It is also host to the internationally recognized Sarasota Music Festival held each June. If you are into ballet, you would want to enjoy a performance of the world class Sarasota Ballet of Florida. Are you an opera enthusiast? The Sarasota Opera performs in the 1926 Edwards Theatre during the months of February and March. This should satisfy your appetite, and English translations are projected above the stage. It is no wonder this elegant town is known as "Florida's Cultural Coast."
Every Thursday and Friday evenings there is a happening either somewhere in Sarasota or nearby. Downtown Palm Avenue holds an art walk on the first Friday of the month. On the second Friday of the month you can enjoy "Sunset Circle" on St. Armands, and the fourth Friday there is "Smooth Jazz." All located near Lido Beach. Every third Friday of the month Towles Court, a downtown artist's colony, holds its art walk. Venice Main Street, located just south of Sarasota, has activities every third Thursday of the month.
The dynamism of Sarasota's dedication to the arts is not all that beckons the visitor. Recently, the first Florida eco-heritage tourism trail linking more than 150 environmental, educational, cultural and historical sites was opened. The primary objective is to educate tourists and residents alike of the need to protect and conserve the area's local waterways and historic sites.
Mote Aquarium houses touchable stingrays, sea turtles, and Florida's only interactive multimedia "Shark Attack." Jungle Gardens is the area's only Zoological Park. The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens advertises itself as "a tropical oasis in downtown Sarasota," extending over 16 acres overlooking Sarasota Bay.
Little wonder romantic memories will linger forever after you have tasted the beauty, culture and hospitality of Sarasota.
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