Longboat Key Living - Longboat Key in Sarasota and Manatee County, Florida


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Today, Longboat Key is a tropical paradise offering a full spectrum of housing, recreational amenities, arts and cultural attractions and popular shopping centers. In addition to Bayfront Park and the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, there are two championship golf courses operated by the Longboat Key Club and The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort is the best of its kind in the country. The Intercoastal Waterway provides ample opportunities for windsurfing, water-skiing, jet-skiing, boating and fishing. The Gulf Coast is also a vital habitat for shorebirds, such as the osprey, great egret, sandpiper, roseate spoonbill, anhinga and the brown pelican. Nearby cultural destinations include the Longboat Key Art Center, the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Mote Marine and the Sarasota Opera to name only a few.

Drive (or bike or walk!) across the majestic new Ringling Bridge to Downtown Sarasota. With its eclectic arts culture, it is a haven for artists, musicians and writers. Downtown Sarasota abounds with theaters, galleries, museums and ballet, opera and symphony performances. It also provides for numerous outdoor activities, with its many visitor and resident outdoor sports enthusiasts partaking of the excellent fishing, bicycling, boating, kayaking, rollerblading, snorkeling, scuba diving, shelling, sail boarding and parasailing at nearby Siesta Key.