Sarasota Sightseeing Trolley Tour: City Exploration
4.8
800 Ratings
Sarasota
Discover the best of Sarasota on a sightseeing trolley tour. Explore the city's top attractions, learn about its history, and get insider tips on where to eat, shop, and visit. Perfect for residents, newcomers, and visitors!
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Ringling - On this air-conditioned City Sightseeing Trolley Tour, see the BEST places to eat, shop, and visit through Sarasota’s historic downtown neighborhoods of Gillespie Park, Burns Court, Laurel Park, St. Armands Circle, and the Rosemary Design District.\n\nTour-goers will also see our world-class artistic and cultural organizations: The Ringling Museum, Ringling College, Asolo Theater, Selby Library, Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, Selby Gardens, Sarasota Opera House, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota Symphony Orchestra.\n\nGuests will learn more about the architects and developers who designed some of our most unique homes and buildings like the Blue Pagoda, Crocker Memorial Church, and Splendida.\n\nCircus history, Amish culture, real estate development booms and busts, and colorful stories about Sarasota’s founders give visitors a true overview of Sarasota’s rich and amazing cultural history.
What's Included
- Bottled water provided
- Air-conditioned vehicles
Additional Information
Experience the premier city exploration tour of Sarasota, an excellent method to discover places to dine, shop, and see, as well as learn about Sarasota’s fascinating history, suitable for long-term residents, new arrivals, or tourists.
For tours with less than 10 participants, we provide a comfortable, air-conditioned van with a capacity of 9 passengers.
- Guests must be 12+; no children under 12 allowed except on our family tours designed for children. Every guest must have a paid ticket in order to board.
Location
1826 4th St
4th Street
Off Fruitville, behind the Breakfast House
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(800 Ratings)
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Robertry1689sk
May 4, 2024
Don 't miss it! - Excellent tour - really got the feel and history of Sarasota. Out host/tour guide, Steve McAllister. was outstanding... great entertainer and a wealth of information on the area. Would highly recommend. Steve even entertained us while we waited for the trolley - talented guitar player - FUN day.
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Spachick2
May 3, 2024
Informative and entertaining tour! - Fantastic 90 minute tour led by Steve that took us through multiple historic communities of Sarasota. He was both interesting and entertaining. We could have listened to this native’s stories for hours! Highly recommend doing the tour early on in your stay so you can go back and visit many of the sites later.
There is a discount for AAA and AARP discount. Or you can use the discount code BLAST.
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Paulakk3906ls
Apr 29, 2024
A must when visiting Sarasota - Excellent tour of Sarasota. Very informative, interesting, and funny. The time went by so fast. Absolutely recommend!
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Journey00565770003
Apr 28, 2024
A fun tour! - Ed is a gem! He knew such detail about the different sarasota neighborhoods. He also kept to date on all the new happenings.
After the tour, he did highly recommend the breakfast across the way. It did not disappoint!
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J8963xnpatriciae
Apr 27, 2024
Don’t miss this Sarasota tour - We are new to the area and wanted to learn a bit more of the history of Sarasota. Pat our Irish tour guide and Paul our driver were fantastic. Pat was so knowledgeable about Sarasota’s history sharing it with a mix of humor and fact, in addition to sharing tips on free areas to check out, restaurants suggestions and places to check out sunsets. Don’t miss this tour and make sure you ask when Pat is working.
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Cynthiag314
Apr 27, 2024
Group Sightseeing Tour - We did a group of 25 on this tour, it was great! Booking process was easy with Sue. Our tour guide Steve was knowledgeable, funny and shared so much history. If I had to add anything I would suggest to consider a restroom stop. Overall would highly recommend
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Donald_s
Apr 25, 2024
Great showing of Sarasota! - Wonder experience! The guide was most informative with a good knowledge of history and discriptions of local landmarks. Great time would recommend the city tour to everyone
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Happiness21799735411
Apr 20, 2024
Fabulous tour - What a great time we had with our tour guide , Ed and driver, Paul. Ed was so knowledgeable and gave us tons of information in a way that was entertaining and interesting. Paul navigated around all the traffic which was particularly busy due to the boat show and Saturday Farmer’s market. We had a blast and highly recommend this company and the city tour. Ed is so engaging and clearly loves Sarasota. It was one of the highlights of our trip.
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U1407jtamandaf
Apr 20, 2024
Fun city tour! - The tour was so much fun and so interesting! Definitely recommend for anyone visiting, or even anyone who lives in Sarasota, as there is so much history to learn. Steve was an excellent and entertaining guide with so much knowledge.
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Maryann_v
Apr 14, 2024
Amazing Sarasota City Trolley Tour! - From beginning to end my friend and I were interested on the past and present of the city of Sarasota! The tour was put together really well!!!
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