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Siesta Key Sarasota Florida Vacation Condo Rentals

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Siesta Key is an eight-mile-long barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico joined to Sarasota by two bridges and is located approximately 55 miles south of Tampa on Florida's Gulf Coast. Founded in 1846, there are now approximately 15,000 full time residents of Siesta Key with another 18,000 "snowbirds" who flock here for the mild winter months.

Siesta Key is renowned for it's sugary white beaches, some of the widest and most popular in the country. Siesta Beach is known as one of the most beautiful beaches anywhere in the world. Since the 1987 "Great International White Sand Challenge," the sugar fine sand here has been officially top-rated. Independent judges selected Siesta Key's sand over 29 other entries, including the Bahamas and Grand Cayman, as the whitest and most powdery in the world. Made from 99% pure quartz, the beach sand is soft, floury and cool to touch even under the hottest sun. It has also been named as one of “America’s Best Beaches”; “Third Best Walking Beach in the USA,” by USA Today International Edition; “The Best of the Best Sand,” by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine; and "Best Sand Beach in America," by Travel Channel.

Many species of tropical trees and flowering shrubs thrive here, as well as exotic parrots and numerous varieties of native birds. Along the beaches and bays you will see gulls, terns, plovers, pelicans, egrets, herons, ibis, spoonbills, storks and cranes. Offshore dolphins and manatees are often spotted in the gulf and bay waters.

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