Upscale resort with spa and golf on the gulf of mexico beaches shops and art offering miles of private gulf beaches the resort at longboat key club lies less than 20 minutes from sarasota sites including the circus arts conservatory the sarasota opera and the ringling museum shopping is the main attraction at st armands circle 5 minutes away beethoven and barracudas whether youre in the mood for broadway blues or beethoven youll find headlining acts 5 miles away at the van wezel pe