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Sarasota

West Coast

Florida

USA

Sarasota - from her white beachfront on the Gulf of Mexico in the foreground across most of her keys in Sarasota Bay to the harbor and downtown bay front in the middle ground and residential neighborhoods in the distance

Tourism is a main industry for the City of Naples. Notable resorts and hotels within the city limits include the Ritz-Carlton, the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club, La Playa Beach and Golf Resort, the Naples Grande Beach Resort and Club (which will join The Waldorf-Astoria Collection in the fall of 2008.), the Inn on Fifth and the Edgewater Beach Hotel and Club.

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Sarasota - from her mainland showing much of downtown (from Burns Square to Main Street in the extreme foreground) and the bay front from Marie Selby Botanical Gardens to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, as well as Sarasota Bay, portions of her keys, and the Gulf of Mexico in the distance

Closest Airport:
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport

Airport Code:
SRQ

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General Location:
Located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast. Much of the land mass of the state is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.

Downtown Sarasota from the John Ringling Bridge

Local Motto or Saying:
In God We Trust

Nickname:
Paradise

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Sarasota Offical Website

Chamber of Commerce Info:
http://www.sarasotachamber.com/

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