Each year, Time magazine puts together a list of , and a major Sarasota tourist destination made this year’s rankings. is one of only eight places in the United States included in the list – and one of two in Florida, along with the . The 2024 list, which covers places to stay and visit, ranges from Maui Cultural Lands in Lahaina, Hawaii, and the Kama African Rainforest in the Republic of the Congo to the Moroccan Culinary Arts Museum in Marrakech, Morocco, and the Saka Museum in Jimbaran, Indonesia.
To compile its list, Time reports it solicited nominations of places, including hotels, cruises, restaurants, attractions, museums, parks and more from its international network of correspondents and contributors, as well as through an application process. While last year’s list featured 50 cities, this year, the list was put together with a focus on places “offering new and exciting experiences.” In March, awards for best botanical garden in the country.
The magazine notes that “Sarasota stands out on Florida’s culture circuit,” and also mentions the Ringling Museum and the Sarasota Art Museum. It says that of the “has all eyes on this thriving oasis of banyan trees and mangroves” and notes that it will be the with the recent addition of a 57,000-square-foot solar array. “A new welcome center beckons arrivals into an open-air structure draped with spectacular air plants that introduce the gardens’ many wonders, including a world-renowned collection of epi.