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Amenity highlights: Guests enjoy complimentary access to the private Ritz-Carlton Members Beach Club, located four miles away on a white-sand beach of Lido Key. The resort also offers complimentary shuttle service to its Tom Fazio–designed championship golf course, 14 miles away. Other highlights include three lighted tennis courts, an outdoor heated pool with bay views, a fitness center, and an award-winning spa with women's and men's wellness areas.
Insider tip: The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, one mile from the hotel, encompasses 14 acres of tropical plants on Sarasota Bay and Hudson Bayou. The gardens contain greenhouses, a museum shop, a book and gift store, and a plant shop. Also included are 12 displays and exhibits, with poison dart frogs, rain forest plantings, waterfront trails, garden art, 6,000 orchids, ferns, mangroves, and a wheelchair-accessible tree house.
Rooms
This luxury resort offers 266 guestrooms, all with private balconies overlooking Sarasota Bay, the marina, or the city skyline. Rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota have plush feather beds with down or foam pillows. High-speed Internet access is complimentary. Other features include desks, three telephones, CD players, complimentary premium channels, laptop-compatible safes, and minibars. Italian-marble bathrooms have telephones, European toiletries, handheld showers, scales, slippers, and bathrobes.
Smoking is not permitted inside hotel rooms.
Room Amenities
- Internet access - high speed
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Cable/satellite TV
- Pay movies
- CD player
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Balcony
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Internet access - complimentary
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Internet access - dial-up
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Bathroom telephone
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Makeup mirror
- Massage - available in room
- Slippers
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
- Desk
- Clock radio
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Recreation
The Ritz-Carlton offers an outdoor lap pool with bay views, three lighted tennis courts, and a fitness center with free weights, cardio equipment, and strength-training equipment. Use of the (non-spa) fitness center is complimentary, but there is a surcharge for use of the women's and men's wellness areas in the spa. Classes or private training in Pilates and yoga are available for surcharges in the movement studio, located in the spa's fitness center.
Four miles from the hotel, the Ritz-Carlton Members Beach Club is a 30,000-square-foot facility on a private, white-sand Lido Key beach. The club has a beachside pool, a children's pool, and children's programs (surcharge). Complimentary shuttle service is available from the hotel.
Guests enjoy preferred tee times at the 18-hole, Tom Fazio–designed Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, 14 miles from the hotel. Tee times may also be arranged at other courses nearby.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Personal watercraft nearby
- Swimming on site
- Boat launch nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Aerobics on site
- Bird watching nearby
- Playground on site
Property Amenities
The Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, designed by Tom Fazio, offers an 18-hole, par 72 championship course, set on 315 manicured acres.
The spa offers a choice of about 100 health, beauty, and wellness treatments and includes separate women's and men's wellness areas (surcharge), each with a steam room, sauna, and spa tub. The Ritz Kids program (surcharge) provides supervised activities for children ages 5 to 12.
Four miles from the hotel, on the white-sand beaches of Lido Key in Sarasota, the Ritz-Carlton Members Beach Club is a 30,000-square-foot facility with private beach access, a beachside pool, a children's pool, children's programs, and a variety of dining options. Complimentary shuttle service is available to the club.
Meeting and social function space covers 18,000 square feet. A conference concierge can assist with preparations; audio-visual equipment and high-speed Internet access (surcharge) are also available. A business center has a computer, printing, faxing, and copying (fees may apply).
Valet parking: $18 per 24-hour period with in/out privileges.
Fee does not include tax and is subject to change without prior notification.
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Audio-visual equipment
- Ballroom(s)
- Parking (valet) $18 Per Day
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Beauty services
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Business services
- Coffee shop or café
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Event catering
- Concierge desk
- Exhibit space
- Conference room(s)
- Dry cleaning service
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service health spa
- Express check-out
- Fitness equipment
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Children's club
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Massage - treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Multilingual staff
- Number of rooms: 266
- Parking (secure)
- Parking garage
- Patio
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (24 hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Sauna
- Secretarial services
- Security guard
- Shoe shine
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Supervised child care/activities
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Tour assistance
- Technology helpdesk
- Wedding services
- Doorman/doorwoman
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pet fee charged at hotel/condo
- Small pets only
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Know Before You Go
This hotel has a smoke-free policy.
Dining
Vernona Restaurant - Fine dining; views of Sarasota Bay and the nearby marina. Contemporary American cuisine with emphasis on locally and organically-grown ingredients. Menu offerings include lobster macaroni, duck-confit succotash, and roasted Myakka sturgeon. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Bay View Bar & Grill - Waterfront grill set among swaying palms. Local ingredients featured in Caribbean-influenced menu that also includes tropical drinks and fruit smoothies. Open for lunch and poolside service from mid morning to late afternoon, Tuesday through Saturday.
Cà d’Zan Bar - Named after John Ringling's bayfront Sarasota mansion. Paneled in hickory; overstuffed couches and leather club chairs. Upscale selection of bar foods and drinks, including two dozen martinis. Open daily from mid afternoon till late evening, with entertainment nightly.
Lobby Lounge - Afternoon tea served on Wedgwood china. Cocktails and other beverages served throughout the day. Walls showcase fine art; a guitarist or harpist provides entertainment during afternoon tea service.
Boutique Chocolat - Serving pastries and specialty coffees in the morning and desserts and chocolates throughout the day.
Beach Club Grill: Situated Gulf-front at The Members Beach Club on Lido Key. Menu features gulf-coast cuisine inspired from cultures ringing the Gulf of Mexico, (including the Yucatan Peninsula) as well as the Florida Keys. Casual bar; sunset terrace also offered.
Awards And Affiliations
The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota is listed in the 2007 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world’s best places to stay.
Address
1111 Ritz Carlton Dr
Sarasota, FL 34236
USA
Nearest major airport:
Sarasota, FL (SRQ-Sarasota-Bradenton Intl.)
Area:
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
