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World famous Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, Florida


A CITY FOR THE DISCERNING SARASOTA:


In the fi rst part of a new series, we home in on a hotspot for British buyers in the Sunshine State. Cheryl Markosky kicks off with arty Sarasota on Florida’s Gulf Coast


WHITFIELD


LONGBOAT KEY


SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT


PALM AIRE


SARASOTA BAY


SARASOTA SOUTH LIDO


COUNTRY PARK SIESTA KEY SARASOTA NORTH MEADOWS THE


LAKEWOOD RANCH


SARASOTA SOUTH TUSCANA


e might not all like the idea of Scottish devolution, but we do have the Scots to thank


for the Gulf town of Sarasota, 50 miles south of Tampa. Scottish families set sail in the mid-1800s to this once sleepy fi shing village in search of fresh air, citrus groves and affordable housing. Scottish lawyer John Hamilton Gillespie built America’s fi rst golf course, the DeSoto Hotel here and became Sarasota’s fi rst mayor. Today, Britons still head out to


art-meets-nature Sarasota County, (population 370,000) with America’s number one beach, Siesta Key, as rated by ‘Dr Beach’ coastal scientist Stephen Leatherman, and cultural pursuits aplenty (opera, ballet, theatres and a symphony orchestra for starters) not normally associated with the Sunshine State. Émigrés will also be pleased to


hear that Pine View is in the top 10 of American high schools, explains Sunderland-born Pat Tan from Coldwell Banker (www. yourglobalagents.com).


SOUTHSIDE VILLAGE


SARASOTA SPRINGS


STONEHAVEN


VAMO VENICE BEACH


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