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WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA

CALADESI BEACH, DUNEDIN • VISIT FLORIDA

BEACHES AND OUTDOOR GEMS Beach, or Anclote Key Preserve State Park to popular honeymoon destination in the
West Central Florida’s stretches of sugar- the north. Caladesi Island State Park is a 1940s and 1950s, it is now a favorite among
white, powder-soft sandy beaches found perfect destination not only for beaches, birdwatchers and welcomes more than one
along the Gulf of Mexico are perfect play- but also for its four-mile kayaking trail and million visitors annually.
grounds for all ages. its three-mile nature trail. Nearby Not only Floridians think the beaches
For a quiet, more natural beach day Honeymoon Island State Park was here are fantastic. Two local beaches made it
without high-rises towering behind you, connected to Caladesi Island until a onto TripAdvisor’s 2019 Travelers’ Choice list
consider Fort De Soto Park, south of St. Pete hurricane separated them in 1921. Once a of “Top 25 Beaches in the U.S.”—Clearwater

MURAL, POE PARKING GARAGE, TAMPA • VISIT TAMPA BAY/AMY MARTZ

5 MUST-SEE

ATTRACTIONS

1 CLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM:
seewinter.com

2 THE DALÍ MUSEUM, ST. PETERSBURG:
thedali.org
3 THE RIVERWALK, TAMPA:
thetampariverwalk.com
4 THREE SISTERS SPRINGS, CRYSTAL RIVER:
threesistersspringsvisitor.org
5 YBOR CITY, TAMPA:
yborcityonline.com

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