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Sarasota Sightseeing Trolley Tour: City Exploration
4.8
944 Ratings
Sarasota
Experience Sarasota’s BEST City Sightseeing Tour, an excellent opportunity to discover top dining spots, shopping areas, attractions, and the city’s fascinating history. Perfect for longtime residents, newcomers, and visitors alike. Enjoy the journey in our comfortable, air-conditioned trolley.
Experience Sarasota’s BEST City Sightseeing Tour, an excellent opportunity to discover top dining spots, shopping areas, attractions, and the city’s fascinating history. Perfect for longtime residents, newcomers, and visitors alike. Enjoy the journey in our comfortable, air-conditioned trolley.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
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…
- 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
- Bottled water provided
- Air-conditioned vehicles
Additional Information
- Guests must be 10+; no children under 10 allowed except on our family tours designed for children. Every guest must have a paid ticket in order to board.
- Guests must be 10+; no children under 10 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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Gaylep570
Nov 24, 2025
Perfect adventure for visitors as well as locals - Our guide, Steve, a Sarasota native was great, informative, entertaining, very knowledgeable. The shop is cute, staff very pleasant. Highly recommend.
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Dorothys745
Nov 23, 2025
Best Trolley Tour for Locals and Visitors - This was the BEST trolley tour ever!! I have done several and I am living in Sarasota County for 14 years. It was about an hour and a half tour all over the city and included a brief visit to St Armand's Circle. We saw historical sites, restaurants to try and places to visit. Pat, our guide was knowledgeable, funny and personable. We had a wonderful trolley driver who took us everywhere safely. (sorry I forgot his name.) This tour is a must do for locals and visitors.
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554cjr
Nov 19, 2025
Entertaining Tour! - My husband and I recently took the Sarasota City Sightseeing Tour (this was my second time taking the tour). We had a great time - John and John (our driver and our guide) kept us entertained the entire time. John told us many great stories, provided us with so much information about the neighborhoods and their history, and made the tour personal. We are moving to the Longboat Key area and it was wonderful to have someone else drive us and provide overviews of the neighborhoods in nearby Sarasota so we could sit back and make plans of where to return to and plenty of great restaurant ideas. Thanks for a great tour!
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Gary_g
Nov 18, 2025
Best Bang for your Buck in Sarasota Tours. - You finished the Trolley tour feeling like you knew all the important historical and current points of interest. The narrator, John was having fun telling you about the key people who made Sarasota happen. You can not fake the enthusiasm shown in his voice, nor in the sparkle in his eyes as he informed you about all things Sarasota, and doing it in a very entertaining way.
We now know the where, when, and why of what made Sarasota one of the fastest rowing communities in the country. John pointed out the Best restaurants, Beaches, museums, theaters, and attractions, along with his tips on getting the best out of a Sarasota stay.
How good is the Trolley Tour? One of our passengers was making a repeat tour, and a Alabama lady was taking her third tour in 7 years, and we all know customers do NOT return if they had a bad experience in the past. Simply the BEST!!!!
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761gfg
Nov 18, 2025
A fantastic Trolley Tour, for young and old. - You finished the Trolley tour feeling like you knew all the important historical and current points of interest in and around Sarasota. The narrator, John was having fun telling you about the key people who made Sarasota happen. You can not fake the enthusiasm shown in his voice, nor the sparkle in his eyes as he informed you about all things Sarasota, and doing it in a very entertaining way.
We now know the where, when, and why of what made Sarasota one of the fastest rowing communities in the country. He pointed out Sarasota's Best restaurants, Beaches, museums, theaters, and attractions, along with his tips on getting the best out of a Sarasota stay.
How good is the Trolley Tour? One of our passengers was making a repeat tour, and a Alabama lady was taking her third tour in 7 years, and we all know customers do NOT return if they had a bad experience in the past. The BEST!!!
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Q7155gikennethh
Oct 25, 2025
Satisfactory - We had an amazing tour! We would do it again. Sarasota is beautiful and our Tour Guide, John, was very knowledgeable and experienced. Oh! Joan, our customer service rep. was truly courteous, customer-oriented. She made our trip so very welcoming that we were anxious to start our tour. Keep up the awesome work you do in making our tour wonderful
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Rickbx4643fh
Oct 24, 2025
History of Sarasota - Patrick is extremely knowledgeable of Sarasota’s history and very funny! Alex did a fine job driving our trolley. They made a terrific team.
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Vacationer664398
Oct 24, 2025
Great Tour! - The tour and guide were excellent! Very knowledgeable and informative! May have to try some of the other tours available at some point.
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Daydream21507845025
Oct 22, 2025
Couldn't have been better. Thank you very much! - John and John made the trip most pleasurable. Just great. I can recommend for everyone. Great experience. An education can be very valuable
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Travel201669
Oct 22, 2025
Great first time tour of Sarasota/ bus needs to be more comfortable. - Very informative 90 minute tour of many different parts of Sarasota. Great live narrator Jon who has lived in Sarasota his whole life/ his parents were active members of the Sarasota community too so he know alot. Admission fee was reasonable. The trolley we were on needs better AC and also the seats were soo uncomfortable. Hard wood with only a thin pad to sit on and nothing to cushion your back for 90 minutes. This is a round trip, no hop on hop off tour, but it provided information about places to return to on your own. The tour route, narrator information and enthusiasm (Jon) and driver (John) were excellent but the trolley itself needs to be more comfortable. This operator has many other customized tours which we will try - Murder Mystery, Christmas Caroling, etc.
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