Beaches
The Gulf coast of Florida has some of the most beautiful beaches in the
world. There is an excellent video presentation covering the beaches to
be found here:
St. Petersburg Beaches and Boating.
Fort De Soto Named
America’s Top Beach for 2009 - Pristine
Area Favorite Lauded as “Portrait of Tranquility” - Fort De Soto Park was named
America’s Top Beach for the second consecutive year by Trip Advisor, the
world's largest online travel community. Citing a “spectacular
combination of soft white sand, calm, clear water and a laid-back
atmosphere,” the popular online travel network put the park’s North
Beach at the top of its annual best-of list.
Minutes away is the noted
Pass-A-Grille
Beach, Florida - a great place to spend some of your
vacation time. Experience the sun, surf and fun of this tropical
paradise. Visit the many shops, galleries and restaurants. Another great site that will convince you that
Pass-A-Grille is the greatest is the Trip Advisor site.
Restaurants
There are zillions of great places to eat. We are working our way
through them and will soon have a few recommendations, but here is an
extensive list of St. Petersburg, Florida restaurants - the biggest one we could find.
St.
Pete Beach and Pass-A-Grill have tons of excellent choices as well.
Trip Advisor is a good place to go to check restaurant ratings and
reviews. St. Pete Beach restaurants at Trip Advisor. Pass-A-Grille restaurants are generally included with St. Pete Beach at Trip Advisor.
Most of the restaurants you'll find are within a few minutes drive of your vacation condo, which makes life easy!
Golf
There
are a lot of opportunities to get out and golf in and around your
vacation rental condo - all within 20 to 30 minutes. The best list we
found is here at Golf Link.
Local Things to do
There
are a ton of things to do within a short drive of your wonderful
vacation condo. St. Petersburg is an active, clean, beautiful and
peaceful city. It has many outstanding restaurants and many
attractions. A short drive away is Tampa with many more place to go and
things to see.
Dolphins are often see in waters surrounding the vacation condo.
Excursions
If are game to travel a little further, Orlando is a short
drive away (about 1 1/2 hours, depending on the time of day you
travel).
There you will find a host of fabulous getaways.
