Archive: Dec 2018

Discover Sarasota Tours offers city tours, circus tours and ghost tours. by Business Observer | Staff Clang, clang, clang went the trolley. At least in Sarasota, where a new trolley-based tour company started operating in mid-October. The company, Discover Sarasota Tours, promises tourgoers a dose of Sarasota history aboard an air-conditioned trolley. Tammy Hauser, founder…

Visitors and residents alike now have an engaging and informative NEW attraction in which to experience Sarasota’s multi-layered past. Discover Sarasota Tours, which offers four different daily and nightly sightseeing tours aboard an air-conditioned trolley opened near downtown in October. In addition to the City Sightseeing Tours, Happy Hour Sightseeing Tours, Circus Tours and the Ghost Tour of Sarasota, Discover Sarasota Tours also offers special monthly tours. These tours include: Public Art of Sarasota, Psychic Sundays and The Amish Experience. New specialty tours will be added in each month. All tours depart from the DST Trolley Depot located in a cute 1930s cottage near downtown with a charming vintage gift shop. The 90-minute tours are led by  tour guides most of whom have acting or entertainment backgrounds. Early daytime tours run at 10 AM, afternoon tours begin at 1 PM,…

Magical History Tours When is a trolley a time machine? When it’s one of the trolleys on Tommy Hauser’s recently launched Discover Sarasota Trolley Tours. Each air-conditioned trek is an enlightening voyage through space and time. Want to know where the local ghosts are hiding? Checkout the “Spooky Side of Sarasota” tour for gripping tales…

Five Fun Facts From Discover Sarasota Tours About What Makes Our Town Special BY ILENE DENTON November 30, 2018 Discover Sarasota promises it offers fascinating insight into Sarasota’s rich cultural past. A new trolley tour company launched this fall with costumed guides who offer, as founder Tammy Hauser promises, “tours of the most interesting people,…