--- title: Sarasota, Florida Is One of the World’s Greatest Places description: Find out why Sarasota, Florida is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. canonical: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079302/sarasota-florida/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-07-20T10:35:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:51:03.442Z og:title: Sarasota, Florida: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:description: Find out why Sarasota, Florida is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places og:url: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079302/sarasota-florida/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt320acad16df69b90/698a1de9096a94a3da6abc4b/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Sarasota-Florida_001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sarasota, Florida: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sarasota, Florida: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Sarasota, Florida is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt320acad16df69b90/698a1de9096a94a3da6abc4b/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Sarasota-Florida_001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # Sarasota, Florida The growing Gulf Coast scene by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Sunset on Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida Sunset on Siesta Key, Sarasota, FloridaPeter Fisher Miami has long held the reins on all things young and hip in Florida. But there’s something special percolating along the once sleepy Gulf Coast these days. Celebrating its centennial this year, Sarasota is proving itself a vital cultural capital with the new Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College, housed in the former Sarasota High School building, with exhibitions featuring the work of artists such as Robert Colescott, Charles McGill and Samo Davis. Phase 1 of The Bay, a project that will redevelop 53 acres of city land into a bayfront public park, is set to debut this year, including the meandering Mangrove Bayou Walkway, which opened in April, and the Sunset Boardwalk. And across the John Ringling Causeway, two upscale beachfront properties recently unveiled major renovations: the Lido Beach Pavilion and the Resort at Longboat Key Club, both superior spots to watch the sun set over the shimmering Gulf waters. _—Brad Japhe_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079302/sarasota-florida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079302/sarasota-florida/"},"headline":"Sarasota, Florida","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:35:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:51:03.442Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079302/sarasota-florida/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt320acad16df69b90/698a1de9096a94a3da6abc4b/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Sarasota-Florida_001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt320acad16df69b90/698a1de9096a94a3da6abc4b/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Sarasota-Florida_001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079302/sarasota-florida/","name":"Sarasota, Florida"}}]}] ```