Ca' d'Zan
John Ringling built a 36,000-square-foot, 56-room Mediterranean revival mansion and filled it with the Roaring Twenties; architect Dwight James Baum finished it in 1926 after two years of construction. This was the Ringlings' winter residence and the social hub of 1920s Sarasota, and it still sits on the bay it was built to show off. Admission bundles the whole Ringling estate.
The Ringlings' Venetian Gothic mansion on Sarasota Bay — the house a circus baron built when he had decided exactly how much he had won. It is the single most photographed building on this coast for a reason.
Read the full 17 Best Things to Do in Sarasota, Florida (2026 Local Guide) →Late afternoon, when the light comes low across Sarasota Bay onto the mansion's bay side.
Do Ca' d'Zan first thing, then retreat to the air-conditioned galleries when the afternoon heat lands.
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