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Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel Sarasota
3 Stars1540 Ben Franklin Drive Sarasota FL 34236
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Rating
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| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Facilities | 4 |
| Service | 4.2 |
| Location | 5 |
| Pricing | 3.8 |
| Overall | 4.4 |
Location
Located in the city of Sarasota, the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel Sarasota is close to shops, galleries, theatres, restaurants and nightclubs.
Rooms
The hotel offers comfortable accommodation units that are gracefully appointed with all the essential amenities required for a pleasant stay.
Restaurant
Guests can relish delicious cuisine in an elegant setting of the on-site restaurant. The cosy bar is an ideal place to unwind with an exotic drink after a busy day.
General
The hotel features a fully equipped business centre as well as meeting and banquet facilities for handling any kind of business or social events. At leisure, you can have a refreshing dip at the swimming pool or spend hours wind-surfing, playing beach volleyball or swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hotel Facilities
- Baby Sitting Service
- Business Centre
- Disabled Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Restaurant
- Shopping Arcade
- Banquet Facilities
- Concierge
- Faxing Facilities
- Parking Facilities
- Room Service
- Swimming Pool - Outdoor
- Bar / Lounge
- Conference Facilities
- Gift Shop
- Reception
- Safe Deposit Box
- Tennis Court
Room Facilities
- Alarm Clock
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Safe
- Cable / Satellite TV
- Modem / Data Port Connection
- Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
- Hairdryer
- Refrigerator
Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel Sarasota Guest Reviews
The location is simply perfect. The hotel is located on the beach and any room is just 1 min from the beach (unless you get a beach view room, of course). The picture on their site seems to indicate quite a walk and this is not so. The beach itself was beautiful and isolated from the usual crowd. The room had a wonderful odor. It was very clean with enough room for a couple to relax and be comfortable. The parking lot is on each level and is free. There is no free breakfast but the buffet was quite good. The swimming pool is heated and is for everyone (3ft - 8ft). They provide lounge chairs to use on the beach for free. Staff is professional and relaxed. The best part is the accessibility to the downtown neighborhood which is right off a novel. Overall, great stay and amazing value.
Ohio Couple wrote on December 7, 2011
Clean & friendly! Right on the beach. Watched dolphins & endangered birds! Cleanest beach in the world. [...] in housekeeping is a gem. [...] at the pool bar was so much fun. [...] at the gift shop was most helpful. The food is so incredibly good (room service too!) Best places to see; Mote Aquarium, take one of the boat tours too. Myakka State Park is a must to see aligators! All of the above are kid friendly even at the pool bar you can watch your kids swim at the 2 pools! We also met so many wonderful people from all over the world. If I had unlimited funds, I would live there. I miss the beautiful sunsets, the ocean breeze, the pina colada's & the crab bisque!
Angiesue wrote on August 9, 2011
Location of the hotel is excellent. Right on the gulf and just minutes from St Armands circle. I thought the beaches there were excellent as you had the nice white sand without all the people that crowd siesta key. I'm not one for crowds so this definitely appealed to me and I will be back
Scott wrote on August 7, 2011
Excellent
Gerty wrote on August 5, 2011
Very good location, the hotel is at the beach, the room is small but very clean, They have very good service and very good employees. Definitively I will comeback in 2012, I recommend, go with your family. There is very good shoppe places and very beautiful beaches around like Siesta Key.
Xandi. wrote on July 28, 2011
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