Siesta KeyAn 8-mile barrier island south of Sarasota — Siesta Beach's 99% pure quartz sand (the whitest in America), the Sunday drum circle, and the largest Sarasota-area condo-rental cluster

Siesta Key sits off Sarasota's Gulf coast — two bridges connect it to the mainland (Siesta Drive into the Village on the north end, Stickney Point Road into Crescent Beach mid-island) and Midnight Pass-closed-1983 separates it from Casey Key to the south. Siesta Beach is the main event — Travel Channel ranked it the #1 beach in the United States in 2017 and again in 2020, and Dr. Beach (Stephen Leatherman) put it at #1 in 2011 and 2017. The sand is 99% pure quartz, ground from Appalachian crystals over millennia, and it stays remarkably cool even on the hottest summer afternoons. Crescent Beach runs south of the Stickney Point bridge with the famous Point of Rocks snorkeling spot. Turtle Beach at the south end is the only Siesta Key beach with shells (the Gulf currents drop them there), and where loggerhead sea turtles nest May through October. The Sunday-evening drum circle on Siesta Beach has gathered weekly since the 1980s.

Our Siesta Key inventory leans into the Anchorage Yacht Club ('ANC' tower-condo cluster) on the bay side at the north end — 7-night-Saturday-to-Saturday two-bedroom condos with shared pool, tennis, and a private Crescent Beach cross-walk. Beyond ANC, we have a strong mix of Siesta Beach walking-distance two- and three-bedroom homes (the 'Siesta Sea Gem,' 'Siesta Beach Retreat,' and 'Crescent Siesta Key Charmer' cluster), three- and four-bedroom Crescent Beach pool homes south of Stickney Point, and a few Turtle Beach south-end cottages. Most rentals enforce 7-night Saturday-to-Saturday minimums during peak (mid-February through Easter); shoulder season runs 2–3-night minimums. Sarasota–Bradenton International (SRQ) is 11 miles north, 25 minutes; Tampa International (TPA) is 60 miles north, 75 minutes.