Local Attractions
Sabal Harbour is ideally placed to enjoy everything that Florida has to offer. Typical drive times to local attractions are (click to open the relevant web site)...
15 minutes to John & Mabel Ringling Art Museum
20 minutes to Ellenten Outlet Mall
............and glorious sunsets
30 minutes to a variety of wildlife at Sarasota Jungle Gardens, the Mote Aquarium and the Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary. For Floridian nature at its best, try Myakka State Park and see alligators close up from the largest airboat in the world.
Myakka Airboats
30 minutes to the art shops of downtown Sarasota, the cultured shopping and dining of St Armands Circle, the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, which entertains regular big name artists plus the Sarasota Ballet and the Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra.
40 minutes to St Petersburg, to the North, and Venice to the south (we heartily recommend popping into the Soda Fountain on Main St for a real taste of 20th Century America, and Sharkys on the Pier for a great food and entertainment).
Sharkys on the Pier 
.......Venice Pier (seen from Sharkys)
50 minutes to Tampa and the thrill a minute theme park at Busch Gardens (with SheiKra, the tallest dive coaster in the world!)
90 minutes to the Universal and Disney theme parks at Orlando.
Bradenton Marina