Page 19: A private island oasis,
Little Bokeelia Island, $26,000,000.
Represented by Klaus Lang,
Realtor Michael Saunders & Company
LittleBokeelia.com
Page 20: 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath
Longboat Key Club Condo, $1,250,000.
Represented by Ian Witty,
Realtor, Michael Saunders & Company
IanWitty@MichaelSaunders.com
Page 21: West Wind on Casey Key is an
architectural work of art, $9,900,000.
Represented by Deborah Beacham,
Realtor, Michael Saunders & Company.
DeborahBeacham@MichaelSaunders.com
Page 22: Magnificent Guy Peterson
home on Siesta Key , $4,750,000.
Represented by Barbara Dumbaugh
Realtor, Michael Saunders & Company.
BarbaraDumbaugh@MichaelSaunders.com
Page 23: Stunning Gulf-to-Bay estate
on Casey Key, $4,650,000.
Represented by Michael Moulton
Realtor, Michael Saunders & Company.
MichaelMoulton@MichaelSaunders.com
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with his guide via a "Longboat". Five hundred years later, Longboat Key
has become one of the premier resort communities in Florida, offering
world-class golf courses, tennis facilities, deep water marinas, plenty of
shopping and fine dining, all of it surrounded by grand estates and spectacular condominium developments.
South of Longboat Key, and just across the bridge from downtown
Sarasota, you'll find Lido Key, which is actually a small cluster of three
tiny islands. Bird Key is the name of the island as well as the exclusive
yacht club community that envelops it. St. Armand's Key is home to St.
Armand's Circle, with its posh shopping, exceptional dining, and exciting
nightlife. And Lido Key is the home of the world renowned Mote Marine
Laboratory and the lovely Lido Shores enclave, a residential neighborhood, brimming with old Florida cottages mixed among extraordinary
architectural masterpieces from the Sarasota School of Architecture.
Just south of Lido we find Siesta Key, the ultimate in Florida beach casual. While Gucci sandals may be the footwear of choice on St. Armand's,
on Siesta Key, it's all about the flip-flops. As late as the 1940s, Siesta Key
had less than 300 inhabitants, while today it hosts more than 100 times
that many visitors every year. Despite its growing popularity over the
past 70 some years, Siesta Key has managed to retain its quaintness and
charm. This may be due in part to the lasting legacy of the island's colony of world famous artists who, beginning in the mid 1950s, escaped the
stress of the mainland to imagine and create on Siesta. In its heyday, Siesta
Key's artist colony was home to nearly 100 artists, including Impressionist
Syd Solomon and Illustrator and Watercolorist Thorton Utz. Siesta Key
remains a place that captures the imaginations of artists, or those possessing the soul of one.
Siesta Key
