- Cirque Saint Armands Beachside opened its doors in March of 2025. It is a boutique-hotel with a circus theme near Lido Beach, in Sarasota.
- The 135 rooms have floor-to ceiling windows that offer Gulf Coast views. They also feature contemporary interiors, with striped fabrics and gold accents.
- The lobby bar serves inventive cocktails, and Ringside is the hotel’s signature seafood restaurant.
New boutique hotel Cirque St. Armands Beachside Opened its doors in Sarasota On March 25, enjoy Gulf Coast views, an ocean-themed restaurant, and whimsical circus-inspired details.
The Opal Collection is a group consisting of 28 luxury hotels in Florida. Cirque St.Armands Beachside is a circus and art deco themed hotel. a nod to the town’s history—John Ringling moved the winter headquarters of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to Sarasota in the late 1920s. The rooms are decorated with geometric tiled flooring, striped fabric, golden wall lights, and ostrich’s feather chandeliers.
Melissa Kaplan is the general manager at the hotel. She said, “Cirque St. Armands Beachside’s honors Sarasota’s Circus heritage with a chic and bold design that combines art deco with roaring twenties, reimagining this space with playful eye-catching details.” Travel + Leisure. This boutique hotel offers elevated hospitality in a style that is unmatched. Ringside is the hotel’s signature restaurant. The dazzling beaches of Lido Beach, with their white sands, are only steps away.
Ringside offers smoked Gulf Coast Shrimp and seafood towers, all set against a velvet curtain, a mural of trapeze artists, performers and a striped ceiling arch that resembles a Big Top Tent. Midway is the lobby bar lounge that specializes in creative cocktail creations (at check-in guests receive a carnival themed cocktail or mocktail), whereas Ringmaster, an ocean-view poolside bar, offers a variety of cocktails.
A pool with a sundeck elevated in the shape of three connected circles is also on display. The theme continues with striped cabanas, and a gelato cart that can be enjoyed al fresco. Also, guests have exclusive access a 300-foot stretch of private sand in the nearby sister hotel Lido Beach Resort.
Cirque St. Armands Beachside offers rates starting at $309 per night. You can book a stay by visiting opalcollection.com.
