Save the Date: Sarasota Arts and Entertainment for Fall 2017
With jazz on the waterfront and pop culture–inspired symphonies, the Sarasota arts scene blends the classical with contemporary. Read More
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6 Top Holiday Cocktails You’ll Want to Sip in 2024
These holiday cocktails – part of Opal’s specialty holiday cocktail program – aren’t just complex symphonies of flavor, they’re liquid works of art. And we’ve got the recipes for you to recreate during your own holiday festivities. Read More
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Stone Crab Season in Florida: What to Know & Where to Get It
Beloved for their delicate, sweet meat, Florida stone crabs dominate minds and menus from October to May. Here’s why they’re so sought after and the best places to get your claws on, well, these delicious claws. Read More
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10 Experiences to Level Up Your Next Opal Escape
Opal Collection resorts and hotels are more than just luxurious places to lay your head. From private chef-led culinary events to hands-on outdoor adventures you’ll be raving about for years to come, here’s how our collection can craft and connect you to indelible experiences that discerning travelers covet. Read More
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Weekend Guide: Sarasota, Florida
Sure, a trip to Florida’s Cultural Coast can mean beach time, but this weekend getaway opens doors to so many more unexplored gems. Read More
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Inside the Morean Arts Center’s Dale Chihuly Collection
The world-renowned glass artist may be from the Pacific Northwest, but you can find Dale Chihuly’s works in a much more tropical setting. Read More
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Top Florida Wildlife Encounters
Whether you want to swim with Florida “mermaids” or hand feed sharks, there’s an OPAL destination for your inner Jack Hanna. Read More
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Our Picks: Vacation Ideas For Movie Lovers
Plenty of vacation ideas across the map have caught 15 seconds of fame in movies, but these OPAL destinations figured front and center in classic films. Photo © Alcon Entertainment Great Expectations [Sarasota, FL] By the late 1990s, John Ringling’s Ca’ d’Zan was in… Read More
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Lay of the Land: Sarasota, FL
Sarasota, Florida is known equally as “Florida’s Cultural Coast,” a hotbed for high end fashion, and the home of the Ringling Brothers Circus. Learn why. Read More
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Our Picks: Historical Vacations Without the Dust
Shipwrecks that make millionaires? Circus performers of the South? There’s some unexpected history to plan an OPAL vacation around. Read More
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Sarasota Modern: Simple, Sleek Style
Like so many great pieces of art not appreciated in its own time, Sarasota Modern architecture’s famecame delayed – roughly 60 years tardy. Read More
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