GROUP SALES
Groups of 20 or more are eligible for discounts and special group service and activities.
RESTAURANTS
The
following restaurants support the Opera by advertising in
our program book.
*Bacco's 365-7380
*The Bijou Café 366-8111
*Café Amici 951-6896
Café Baci 921-4848
*Café Epicure 366-5648
*Caragiulo’s 951-0866
Crow's Nest 484-9551
*Jolly Espresso Bar
Michael’s On East 366-0007
Ophelia’s on the Bay 349-2212
*Patricks Restaurant 952-1170
TooJay's 3623692
*Zak's Steakhouse 906-7300
*
located near the Opera House
You can help
us with our ongoing public awareness campaign by mentioning the
Opera when booking hotels, renting cars or contacting other
Sarasota businesses.
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HOTELS
The Hyatt Sarasota
 Step into an oasis of lush gardens, blue sparkling water and relaxed elegance at our beautiful Sarasota luxury hotel. The Hyatt Sarasota provides an ideal setting for business and pleasure, recreation and relaxation. Situated on our own private marina on Sarasota Bay and only a short distance away from the Sarasota Opera House. Come enjoy a Hyatt experience at one of the best Sarasota hotels with our exceptional arts lover rates and receive a special discount on Sarasota Opera tickets. Please call 1-888-591-1234 and give code CR03987 to receive the Sarasota Arts, Music and Theatre Rate. Visit www.sarasota.hyatt.com for more hotel information and pictures.
Hotel Ranola
 Hotel Ranola is only a 5 block walk from the Opera House. Hotel Ranola was even built the same year (1926). What a perfect way to enjoy your performance and than come home to Hotel Ranola. Spacious rooms, full kitchens, luxury linens. For more information go on line or call toll free 866-951-0111.
ABOUT
SARASOTA
Peak Season:
The
area's peak season begins in February and continues until
Easter, when accommodation reservations are necessary. The
value season is June through September.
Arts
& Cultural Community:
Sarasota is recognized as Florida's
Cultural Coast and is home to a professional symphony, ballet
and opera. In addition, more than 10 theaters and 30 art galleries
are located in Sarasota. The John & Mable Ringling Museum
of Art is Florida's State Museum, and the Van Wezel Performing
Arts Hall, known for its architecture and great acoustics,
seats 1,700 people and features a dazzling season of music,
shows and programs for all ages.
Attractions:
From antique cars to a year-round
spring with 87-degree waters, Sarasota has a variety of attractions
appropriate for family enjoyment. Visitors to the area can
visit Mote Marine Laboratory, G-WIZ (Gulfcoast Wonder &
Imagination Zone), Historic Spanish Point, Marie Selby Botanical
Gardens, Sarasota Jungle Gardens, Warm Mineral Springs, Pelican
Man's Bird Sanctuary, and more.
State
Parks:
Myakka River State Park, with 28,875
acres of land, and Oscar Scherer State Park are Sarasota's
destinations for bird-watching, biking, walking, camping or
just communing with Florida's natural setting of swamps, palmetto
brush and towering pine trees. Myakka State Park offers guided
boat and train tours that include informative narration of
the area's wildlife and history.
Golf:
Known as Florida's "Cradle
of Golf," Sarasota was home to the first course in the
state and one of America's first golf courses built in 1905
by Sir John Hamilton Gillespie, a Scottish colonist. The nine-hole
course was located in the heart of today's downtown near today's
Golf, Links and Gillespie Streets.
The
community's early ties to golf can still be found today at
Bobby Jones Golf Complex. Designed by famed architect Donald
Ross, the course opened on Sunday, February 13, 1927, and
was personally dedicated by Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. In 1930,
Bobby Jones won the "Grand Slam of Golf" by sweeping
the British Amateur, British Open, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open;
he is the only golfer ever to accomplish this feat. Today,
Sarasota offers more than 1,000 holes at public, semi-private
and private courses.
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COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL - 941-356-5118