Cirque St. Armands Beachside · Lido Key
Black Car Service to Cirque St. Armands Beachside
Sarasota was the Ringling circus's winter home, and this hotel commits to it — striped columns, feather chandeliers, a restaurant called Ringside. It opened on Benjamin Franklin Drive on the site the Holiday Inn Lido Beach occupied for years.
The old Holiday Inn Lido Beach, rebuilt as something else entirely.
Cirque St. Armands Beachside occupies the Benjamin Franklin Drive site that spent years as the Holiday Inn Sarasota Lido Beach, reopened under the Opal Collection as a 135-room hotel themed on Sarasota's circus history. Guests reach a private stretch of Lido Beach through its sister property, Lido Beach Resort, next door.
As with any rebrand, the old name lingers in navigation data and in guests' memories. We dispatch to the Benjamin Franklin Drive address, so a booking made under either name reaches the same porte-cochère.
- Dispatch by address, not by brand name
- Shared Lido Beach access via Lido Beach Resort
- St. Armands Circle a short run north
- Sedan or GMC Yukon SUV by luggage
02 / St. Armands Circle
Five minutes away, and impossible to park at in season.
St. Armands Circle — the ring of shops and restaurants John Ringling laid out — is a few minutes north of the hotel and the reason many guests choose Lido Key. From January to April the Circle's parking is genuinely the worst part of visiting it.
Being dropped at the Circle and collected afterwards removes that entirely, and it means a long dinner does not end with somebody driving back over the causeway. Book the return with the outbound.
Lido is at the door, Longboat Key runs north from St. Armands, and Siesta Key is south across town. All three are better visited than parked at.
Lido Beach Resort
The Car & the Chauffeur
A detailed sedan or SUV, and a chauffeur who waits.
Every Cirque St. Armands Beachside transfer runs in a Mercedes-Benz E 350 sedan or a GMC Yukon SUV, cleaned before it leaves and driven by a chauffeur in coat and tie. Flights are tracked against the actual landing rather than the schedule, so a delay moves the pickup instead of costing you the car, and the driver meets you rather than texting a plate number from a garage.
- Mercedes-Benz E 350 sedan — up to 3 passengers
- GMC Yukon SUV — up to 6 passengers and luggage
- Flight tracked; wait time built into airport pickups
- One dispatch desk for multi-car and multi-day movements
Max Luxury Limo is an independent chauffeur company. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a preferred provider for Cirque St. Armands Beachside.
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Cirque St. Armands Beachside Black Car Service — FAQ
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Airport pages for this property: Sarasota–Bradenton International (SRQ) · Tampa International (TPA)