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Discover Sarasota Tours Recognized as Tripadvisor® 2023 Travelers’ Choice® Award Winner Discover Sarasota Tours today announced it has been recognized by Tripadvisor as a 2023 Travelers’ Choice award winner for Attractions for the second year in a row. The coveted award celebrates businesses that have consistently received great traveler reviews on Tripadvisor over the last 12…

DISCOVER SARASOTA TOURS ANNOUNCES HALLOWEEN & CHRISTMAS TOUR SCHEDULE Discover Sarasota Tours offers 16 different tours running daily in our air-conditioned trolley or van. Holiday Tours for Halloween (The BooMobile and Haunted Sarasota) and Christmas (Christmas Carol Trolley: Letters To Santa) run nightly in October and December and sell out in advance. Daytime sightseeing tour…

DISCOVER SARASOTA TOURS NAMED 2023 SRQ BEST LOCAL TOUR COMPANY! Discover Sarasota Tours announces that it has been named the PLATINUM winner in SRQ Magazine’s 2023 SRQ Best of Local Competition in a new category called BEST LOCAL TOUR COMPANY. SRQ readers submitted a record 104,395 “Best of SRQ” Local votes this year, in the…

DISCOVER SARASOTA TOURS PRESENTS NEW Sunset Cabaret Tour! Hop aboard Discover Sarasota Tours’ air-conditioned Dolly the Trolley for our newest tour, Sunset Cabaret with local actor, songwriter, and raconteur Steve McAllister. This entertaining tour kicks off with free wine/beer in the Trolley Cottage Tiki Bar, and then heads on a two-hour adventure. The tour includes stops at…

DISCOVER SARASOTA COUNTY HISTORY NEW History Hop Trolley Tours Offered By Discover Sarasota Tours During the week of March 14-16, 2023, Discover Sarasota Tours will offer three separate days of trolley tours in three Sarasota County towns: March 14 – Englewood, March 15 – Sarasota and March 16 – Venice. Two 90-minute tours each day…

Discover Sarasota Tours PRESENTS NEW DINE ALONG TROLLEY TOUR   November 7, 2022 — Discover Sarasota Tours launches Dine Along Trolley, in partnership with Sunset Food Tours. This fabulous new foodie tour features progressive dining at three downtown restaurants, starting with small bites, then a main course, and finally a dessert. Along the way enjoy…

Discover Sarasota Tours PRESENTS NEW CHRISTMAS CAROL TROLLEY TOUR   October 17, 2022 — Discover Sarasota Tours adds a NEW Christmas Carol Trolley, a fun-filled musical holiday light tour for the whole family. Runs nightly Dec 10th-30th at 7:30 PM. Includes FREE beer/wine or fizzy punch before boarding. Celebrate the holidays with your family onboard…

Sarasota has many ghosts who are just dying to tell us their stories! Hop aboard a Haunted Sarasota Trolley Tour to hear their side of the story. During the month of October Haunted Sarasota, Discover Sarasota Tours’ beloved Friday night tour returns for the Halloween season for 13 nights starting October 14 and running through Oct 31 at…

Discover Sarasota Tours launches a brand-new interactive musical theater experience aboard Dolly the Trolley called Murder Mystery Trolley Tour: Who Killed the Circus Queen? The show opens Saturday, April 30, and runs Saturday evenings at 7:30 PM year-round. This original script, written by local playwright and director (and recently named DST Artistic Director) Michael Newton-Brown,…

Discover Sarasota Tours brings back a fun way to celebrate Ireland’s patron saint—the third annual Irish “Hooley” on the Trolley tour. Join us for the wearin’ of the green! Guests will enjoy complimentary wine or beer at the Trolley Cottage Tiki Bar while browsing through our Vintage Sarasota gift shop, full of fun old-time treasures….