SANDCASTLE RESORT AT LIDO BEACH, Sarasota

Sandcastle Resort At Lido Beach provides guest rooms with views, including Northside, Courtyard, Poolside, and Gulf. Rooms include in-room coffee, an in-room safe, a hairdryer, a mini-refrigerator, and wireless internet. Gulf View Suites feature a king bed, a private balcony, a Jacuzzi tub, a walk-in shower, and a queen-size sleeper sofa. A kitchenette includes a coffee maker, a mini-refrigerator, and a microwave. Two-bedroom suites include junior suite amenities, a king bed in one bedroom, two double beds in the second bedroom, an office with a queen-sized sleeper sofa, a dining area, 2.5 bathrooms, and a private patio. Rooms provide ironing facilities, tea and coffee facilities, a sitting area, a patio, a sink, free toiletries, AM/FM alarm clock, a flat-screen TV, and carpeted floors.

The Sandcastle Resort offers coastal cuisine at the Candlelight Restaurant & Lounge, open for breakfast from 8am-11am daily and Friday & Saturday from 12pm-5pm. The Sandcastle Tiki Bar serves cocktails and a light menu from 11:30am until dusk daily, with lunch from 12pm - 6pm. Poolside food consumption is limited to food and beverages purchased from the resort. An in-room dining menu is available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Sandcastle Resort features 600 feet of beach. There are two heated outdoor pools surrounded by lounge chairs and umbrellas. Guests have access to a beach volleyball court. Blue Water Explorers is available for diving activities. The Ringling Museum of Art, Ca' d'Zan, Circus Museum, Historic Asolo Theater, and Bayfront Gardens are nearby.

Sandcastle Resort At Lido Beach is located 15 km from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport and 30 minutes by car from Vanderipe. The hotel is near Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium (3 km), Public Beach (1 km), Lido Public Beach (0.5 km), Lido Key Beach (0.5 km), Clyde Butcher St Armands Gallery (2 km), Saint Armands Circle (2 km), Ted Sperling Park (0.5 km), South Lido Key Beach Park on the Gulf (0.5 km), John Ringling (2 km), and Lido Key (1 km).

Sandcastle Resort offers self-parking, wireless internet, in-room bottled water, in-room coffee, and a shuttle to St Armands Circle (8:30 am-10 pm). Beach chairs and towels are provided, with a self-serve coin laundry and a lobby business kiosk. Unlimited local and toll-free calls and courtyard, pool deck, and beach games are available. The hotel has two ground floor meeting rooms, The Lido and The Sarasota, accommodating banquets up to 160 people and meetings up to 225. The hotel is pet-friendly for dogs 30 lbs or less (maximum two dogs per room).