Location. The newly renovated Hyatt Regency Sarasota overlooks a private marina on ... more
Sarasota Bay in Sarasota, Fla. The hotel is across the street from the science museum, Gee Whiz, and is adjacent to downtown Sarasota. LidoBeach and shopping at St. Arm...
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Location. The newly renovated Hyatt Regency Sarasota overlooks a private marina on ... more
Sarasota Bay in Sarasota, Fla. The hotel is across the street from the science museum, Gee Whiz, and is adjacent to downtown Sarasota. Lido Beach and shopping at St. Ar...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: beautiful clean beaches, lots to see Disadvantages: lots of expensive shops
The city of Sarasota and the surrounding area are known as the cultural centre of Florida. It is situated on the Gulf coast of Florida; about 2 hours drive from Orlando.
A must see is the Ringling Museum of Art and Circus. I am not normally keen on museum visits but this was different and seemed to have something for everyone. The main house is built to resemble a Venetian palace and is most impressive. Outside the gardens are equally lovely. We had a snack in a café in the gardens and it was worth paying a bit extra for the location.
If you tire of ?culture? Sarasota has some wonderful fine sandy beaches. The shopping is also superb. They have the obligatory American mall (with wonderful dolphin topiary and all the usual stores) and also St Armands Circle. This is an area of shops and restaurants laid out in a circular pattern set ...
Donald 17.01.2002
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Advantages: Sunny, good roads,friendly,polite, choice of food,beaches excellent Disadvantages: 9 hours on a plane !
In 1998 I visited Sarasota, on the Gulf Coast of Florida, where my sister now lives.It was a 'first' for me, and yes I would go back.The weather is paradise, the people friendly, the beaches excellent, and American food standards-what can I say ? The golf courses are manicured, and the more upmarket housing developments are a model of what Britain should look like-even the grass verges were manicured !It was the first occasion I had driven in USA, and before I went I was petrified(too many movies at home ! ) However, oce I got into the slow pace of driving an automatic, the 3 lanes of traffic were a dream, and the courtesy of Florida drivers was a lesson to us all.Sarasota town is an excellent place to shop or eat, in particular 'Armand Circle', a sort of upmarket little enclave with coffee houses, Cuban restaurants, and boutiques ...
twinkle 30.07.2000
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Advantages: Central location Disadvantages: Bad service with grubby rooms
As some of you may already know, I have recently returned from a lovely break in Houston, Texas. The main reason for our trip was to go to "Wrestlemania", the WWE's large yearly event. Yes it is slightly sad to travel 5000 miles for wrestling, but you only live once and I am indeed sad! To ensure the expense and hassle would be worth it, we added an additional 7 night's holiday to the trip, making it a 10 night get away.
We booked our wrestling part of the trip direct with WWE and thought the packages sounded like the best deal for our money. Included was 3 nights in the HyattRegency Hotel in downtown Houston as well as a lot of other boring wrestling things I won't bore you with! ;)
My initial reaction when we were told and confirmed on the package, of where we would be staying for the last 3 nights of our trip, I was ecstatic ...
