Siesta Beach

Nearly 100% quartz-crystal sand that the county says never gets hot, plus the largest free beach lot in Sarasota County. The quartz sand stays cool under your feet in August. The county calls it nearly 100% quartz crystal, never hot under the Gulf sun, with daily lifeguards and 950 free spaces — the most of any public beach in the county.

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