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Sarasota Art Crawl Trolley Tour
4.5
27 Ratings
Sarasota
Discover Sarasota’s art scene with a guided trolley tour. Visit 20+ galleries, enjoy local insights, and sip complimentary drinks. Join us January-March 2024!
Discover Sarasota’s art scene with a guided trolley tour. Visit 20+ galleries, enjoy local insights, and sip complimentary drinks. Join us January-March 2024!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Discover Sarasota Tours - Explore our charming Vintage Sarasota gift shop while sipping on a complimentary glass of champagne before boarding.
- Burns Court Neighborhood - One of the six art hub stops on the Art Crawl Trolley Tour. Explore various galleries and studios, then board the trolley to proceed to the next hub.
- **Towles Court Artist…
- Discover Sarasota Tours - Explore our charming Vintage Sarasota gift shop while sipping on a complimentary glass of champagne before boarding.
- Burns Court Neighborhood - One of the six art hub stops on the Art Crawl Trolley Tour. Explore various galleries and studios, then board the trolley to proceed to the next hub.
- Towles Court Artist Colony - Another of the six art hub stops on the Art Crawl Trolley Tour. Discover multiple galleries and studios, then board the trolley to continue to the next hub.
- Sarasota - Explore Main Street, one of the six art hubs on the Art Crawl Trolley Tour. Visit galleries, then reboard the trolley for the next destination.
- The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime - Part of the new Limelight District, featuring Creative Liberties gallery, Palmer Modern Gallery, several studios, and Hamlet’s Eatery Food Truck and Bar.
- 502 Gallery - Discover Sarasota’s collection of public art along with over 20 art galleries and studios!
What's Included
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Complimentary wine, beer, or water at Trolley Cottage Tiki Bar
- Wine and light bites at participating galleries
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Complimentary wine, beer, or water at Trolley Cottage Tiki Bar
- Wine and light bites at participating galleries
Additional Information
The 2nd Annual Art Crawl Trolley Tour is scheduled for January 10, February 14, March 14, and April 11, 2025. Secure your boarding time, available every 15 minutes, on one of the three trolleys that explore six art district locations on a 45-minute tour route in downtown Sarasota. The arts districts featured are Main St., N. Palm, S. Palm, Burns Ct.,…
The 2nd Annual Art Crawl Trolley Tour is scheduled for January 10, February 14, March 14, and April 11, 2025. Secure your boarding time, available every 15 minutes, on one of the three trolleys that explore six art district locations on a 45-minute tour route in downtown Sarasota. The arts districts featured are Main St., N. Palm, S. Palm, Burns Ct., Towles Ct., and Limelight District. Discover over 20 galleries and studios. This tour provides hop-on/hop-off transportation to all art gallery hub stops.
A $5 contribution from each ticket will be donated to The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County.
While no guide will provide tour content, staff and volunteers will assist in directing you to all galleries and inform you about each district. Three trolleys operate in rotation every 15 minutes from 4 PM to 8 PM. If you miss the last trolley before 7:45 PM, you are welcome to take an Uber or walk back to the Trolley Cottage.
Before boarding, explore our Trolley Cottage Gift Shop and enjoy complimentary beer or wine. All guests must be 21 years or older.
- Guests must be 21+. Every guest must have a paid ticket in order to board.
- Our air-conditioned trolleys take guests to several hub stop locations to visit galleries and studios.
Location
1826 4th St
4th Street
Behind the Breakfast House off Fruitville Road and Osprey.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(27 Ratings)
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Maryloup705
Mar 13, 2024
Fun filled experience - What a great time we had on our tour with 2 other couples. The hosts were so much fun and had a wealth of information to share along the way. Their interaction with the patrons was incredible.
There were so many galleries to explore and a variety of art . We never would have discovered them on our own. We enjoyed the freedom of grabbing the next trolley at our own pace.
Hours of fun for only $10. What a deal!
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Bikediva
Mar 12, 2024
Fun evening on the art crawl - We had a great experience on the art crawl. We enjoyed going into galleries we would not otherwise see. We found the gallery representatives to be very hospitable and informative. Most galleries offered snacks and drinks which was a nice touch.
The docents that were working in each zone were very helpful and friendly.
We enjoyed hearing our trolley guides Jerry and Kathy tell us about the art in Sarasota. They always include some humor!
Everyone in our group had a wonderful evening. We all felt the $10 ticket provided a big bang for the buck. It’s exciting to see how the art community in Sarasota has flourished and is continuing to grow. The city has become very vibrant! It was fun to be out and about with other art lovers.
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Johnpo5050qo
Mar 9, 2024
Loved It! - Loved the art crawl trolley. The docents are super informative and helpful and the hop-on hop-off allows you to explore at your own pace. My only suggestion would be to provide a map showing the trolley route and stops to make them easier to find.
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Redheaddr
Feb 10, 2024
Get your art knowledge of Sarasota and have a great time. - What a great idea! I love art but didn't know where the best art districts were in Sarasota. I knew some of the 6 stops but parking can be so difficult in those areas. Great overview with the history of the art areas provided by the trolley guides. I got the overview that I wanted and enjoyed a special pleasant evening with my husband. Take this great tour.
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Dreamer33373481027
Feb 10, 2024
Introduction to Hidden Treasures - Everyone enjoyed the art crawl immensely.We are all residents of Sarasota and appreciated that we were exposed to artists and studios in the area that we were unaware of. Many of us plan to return to some of the studios and purchase our favorite works of art. Thank you for a great evening filled with art and historical information about Sarasota.
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Upsidedownwoman
Jan 16, 2024
Don’t miss out! - Great idea! Introduces folks to Sarasota Gallery Life.. provides parking!! Was great fun!! Will do again anytime.
Suggestions: At the beginning we were trolley conscious.. see what’s there but don’t miss the trolley! We skipped visiting what looked like a great book store to get to the trolley. 25 minutes we waited and it didn’t arrive !
( Not wasted time because the folks from the company were full of amazing knowledge about art glass, Sarasota, etc). We finally walked to the next venue. Lesson: don’t let the trolley control your evening! Once we got over that, we had a delightful evening! (We lingered on Pine St and saved a venue or two for next time.
Note to the organizers: At the Art Ovation Hotel, there needs to be some table.. display,.. at the very entrance inviting people to the bar for a free glass of wine, and connecting them with the Art Director who will take them on a tour of the art. We were familiar with the Art person from a previous event and accidentally ran into her.
Again, just a super idea and evening.. Thanks to everyone!
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Tourdaufuskie2022
Mar 10, 2024
Wonderful Evening, Worth an Evening! - Wonderful plan if it can be implemented. Need to figure out trolleys so no one's waiting for an hour. Trolleys did not come every 15 minutes, one passed us by on Palm with #3 host calling the driver. Too many riders, too few trolleys, too long waiting. Many galleries were closed, Burns was closed, Palmer opened after trolley left... If you are participating and listed in the brochure, you can at least be open. Loved Jerome and his knowledge, very informative. Kathryn was a bit loud and abrasive with the guests. Would not get on her trolley in the future. I will tour again and again; so much left to uncover. Thank you!!!
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Sandyshe
Mar 10, 2024
Very poor experience. Would not recommend this tour. - We had a terrible experience. Only got to 2 of the 6 stops because the waits for trolley were so long and had to Uber back to parking because after 45 minutes of waiting for trolley we had to give up.
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Adamsonm2017
Mar 9, 2024
Would not recommend this tour - This tour was a huge disappointment as it was extremely poorly organized from the start. Firstly, there was no organization for lining up people for the trolleys. Some people were lined up, but then later people just filled in at the front - everyone just rushing the door. Then the next batch had to wait (30 people per trolley, we heard that Discovery Tours sold nearly 300 tickets - don’t know it those figures were accurate)
The art galleries and other participating stores, like jewellers, were in districts. We stopped at our first stop (supposed to be 6).
Then when we tried to get on the trolley for the next district, it was late. We got walking directions from the guide at this point. (Poor directions and no map) We wasted so much time finally getting to the second stop. After seeing only the art work in a hotel lobby, we decided to catch the trolley to another district. This is where everything completely fail us and a whole lot of other people. We waited 45 minutes for a trolley that had room for only 6 more people. (This left a whole line of people waiting). There was no more time left to see the last district, as the trolleys were going to be stopping the return to Discovery Tour Centre.
When we talked to the attendant there she said they had two prior such Art Crawls that worked, blaming the drivers and traffic.
I would not recommend this tour. It sounded like fun, but they didn’t deliver what they advertised.
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K7739afkims
Mar 8, 2024
A total rip off! - Worst tour ever! Total waste of time and money. Most disappointing, disorganized, so called “art crawl trolly tour”. It was oversold to hundreds of people… with no consideration for those of us who paid to be shuttled to different galleries around downtown Sarasota. After waiting for an hour to get the first trolly out to the first location, which was a Marriott hotel called “Art Ovation”… we saw very little, so called ‘art’, then left there to wait at the stop for the next trolly to take us to the other ‘art hubs’. After waiting over an hour for the next trolly (which was promised to arrive every 15 minutes) we were brought back to the trolly cottage gift shop, where the ‘so called’ tour began.
Do not waste your time and money on this sham of a tour. This company and its lack of respect for it’s paying customers should be shut down for this shameful misrepresentation.
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