FLORIDA PLACES AND DESTINATIONS :
ST PETE BEACH

St Pete Beach, Florida

The City of St Pete Beach is a barrier island community located just off the Pinellas County mainland west of St Petersburg itself. In fact, locals voted in 1994 to change the name of the city from St Petersburg Beach to the shorter version to distinguish it from its larger neighbor.

Today the city is a popular winter residence for many people living in other parts of the United States, Canada and Europe.

One of the main landmarks of the community greets visitors as they enter the resort. The Don CeSar Beach Resort opened in 1928 and is an over-the-top mélange of Moorish and Mediterranean architecture. Its signature hue has led to its nickname, the Pink Palace. The palace numbers celebrities such as F Scott Fitzgerald, Ringo Starr and Bill Clinton among its guests.




St. Pete Beach is part of “Florida's Beach”, thirty-five miles of Gulf of Mexico beaches featuring the resort communities of Treasure Island, Madeira Beach, where unique settings for shopping and dining are found at John's Pass Village, Indian Rocks Beach, Dunedin, Safety Harbor and Tarpon Springs.

St Pete’s Beach is the ideal base to explore the area, offering it’s own year-round opportunities for swimming, sailing, fishing and shelling as well as the attractions of St Petersburg, Clearwater and the Tampa Bay area.





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