The Best Hotels for First Time Visitors in Sarasota

Art Ovation Hotel Autograph Collection

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Sarasota

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

Located at 1255 North Palm Avenue, Art Ovation Hotel Autograph Collection has great rooms from $180 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and a fitness center. It has a terrific 9.10 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. Only 0.9 miles from the city center, first time visitors will especially love a bar, laundry services, golf, pet-friendly rooms, and city views at this relaxing hotel. The pool bar here is a fun spot to relax while you unwind on your trip.

The Ritz-Carlton - Sarasota

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

• Family-Friendly
• Heated pool

A great place to stay is The Ritz-Carlton - Sarasota which has nice rooms starting at $495. Offering an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and scuba diving, it also has a great guest rating of 8.50 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 1111 Ritz-Carlton Drive. This convenient hotel is also nice because it offers snorkeling, a bar, parking, hiking, and child care which visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 1.1 miles from the city center. Everyone loves a good hot tub, and this one is really nice.

The Westin Sarasota

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

We found The Westin Sarasota to be a great place to stay, and the price starts at $203. We loved that is has an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and scuba diving, and it also has a terrific guest rating of 8.50 out of 10 from previous guests. It's located at 1 N Tamiami Trl. You'll also find snorkeling, a bar, parking, laundry services, and golf which travelers will love. And this fun hotel is just 1 miles from the center of town. The restaurant serves delicious food, too.

Hyatt Regency - Sarasota

Perfect for Your First Visit to Sarasota

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.
• Heated pool

With terrific rooms from $190, Hyatt Regency - Sarasota, at 1000 Blvd Of The Arts provides an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and scuba diving. Its terrific guest rating is 8.10 out of 10 from previous guests staying here. New visitors will really like this amazing hotel which also offers a bar, parking, child care, laundry services, and golf. It's located just 1.1 miles from the city center, too. The pool here was very nice, relaxing, and fun.

Hyatt Place Sarasota Bradenton

A Good Stay for Your First Trip

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• Family-Friendly

Hyatt Place Sarasota Bradenton has a great guest rating of 8.40 out of 10, and offers an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar. The great rooms here start at $128 before taxes and depending on the season. It can be found at 950 University Parkway. Furthermore, it also offers breakfast, laundry services, a free breakfast, pet-friendly rooms, and a hot tub, which is nice for first time visitors. Just 3.4 miles from the city center, this fantastic hotel is a terrific choice. You'll enjoy relaxing while having room service delivered. We found the price of this hotel to be a great value because the price is less than average for first time trip hotels.

Homewood Suites by Hilton Sarasota

Perfect for Your First Time in Sarasota

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

The great guest rating of Homewood Suites by Hilton Sarasota is 8.19 out of 10. This place has an outdoor pool, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and breakfast. Prices for the terrific rooms are from $127, and it's located at 3470 Fruitville Road. We also love the rooms with kitchens, laundry services, a free breakfast, pet-friendly rooms, and a hot tub which are great for visitors. And since it's just 1.9 miles from the center of the town, the location is great, too. Having a kitchen in the room is a great way to make meals and save money, too. The price of this hotel is less than average for first time trip hotels, which makes it a great value.

Carlisle Inn Sarasota

Perfect for First-Timers

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for first time trip hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

A cool place is Carlisle Inn Sarasota because it has great rooms that start at $160. It has an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and snorkeling, it also earned a great guest rating of 9.60 out of 10 from people who have stayed here before. It's found at 3727 Bahia Vista Street. Only 2.4 miles from the city center, travelers will especially love a kid-friendly buffet, breakfast, hiking, rooms with kitchens, and rooms with kitchenettes at this convenient hotel. Having a kitchenette is a nice way for you to have some meals in the room, too. It's also less than the average price for first time trip hotels, so it's a great value.

Courtyard Sarasota University Park/Lakewood Ranch Area

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Sarasota

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Courtyard Sarasota University Park/Lakewood Ranch Area offers an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar which we really like. The terrific rooms here start at $150 (before taxes). It's located at 8305 Tourist Center Drive and has earned a guest rating of 8.60/10. This fun hotel is also nice because it offers rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, golf, pet-friendly rooms, and a hot tub which new visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 5.8 miles from the city center. It's a great value, too, because it's less than the average price for first time trip hotels.

Lido Beach Resort - Sarasota

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

• Beach
• Family-Friendly
• Heated pool

Located at 700 Ben Franklin Drive, Lido Beach Resort - Sarasota has great rooms from $279 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and a fitness center. It has a terrific 8.40 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. You'll also find a bar, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, and a hot tub which first time visitors will love. And this amazing hotel is just 3.3 miles from the center of town. After a busy day, the heated pool is a nice place to unwind.

Courtyard Sarasota Bradenton Airport

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

A great place to stay is Courtyard Sarasota Bradenton Airport which has nice rooms starting at $123. Offering an outdoor pool, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and laundry services, it also has a great guest rating of 8.40 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 850 University Parkway. Visitors will really like this fantastic hotel which also offers pet-friendly rooms, free parking, laundry facilities, family rooms, and air-conditioning. It's located just 3.4 miles from the city center, too. We found the price of this hotel to be a great value because the price is less than average for first time trip hotels.