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St. Petersburg (Florida)

Description: St. Petersburg still retains much of the resort-town flavor its founders so cherished, a community of pelicans, ... more

St. Petersburg (Florida) ... porpoises, endless sunshine and sailboats.

Newest Review: ... the Gulf of Mexico. The keys are interconnected with each other and the peninsula through several bridges, so getting there is really easy. St Peteresburg Beach stretches over nearly 8 miles, which is more then enough for me, and is just stunning. What you can find there is very fine, powdery sand, so white, that it nearly hurts the eyes in the sunlight. It is extremely well looked after, I ... more

... never found it dirty and, surprisingly, it isn't busy. Weekdays you might find yourself often in the lucky position to claim a 100 metre stretch or so to yourself, whereas it does naturally get more busy on the weekend, when the people from the cit...more

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St. Petersburg (Florida): The Writer, Mr President, Al Capone & me (2512 words)
by - written on 01/04/06 (Very useful, 1091 readings)
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Introduction In 1996 when I made my first trip to Florida with my then partner, we planned to travel through the whole state with a rented car for 3 weeks, stopping wherever we had interest and ending the journey with a few days on the beach, to recover from all these new impressions. For these few days of beach holiday we had been recommended to go to Clearwater Beach. Upon our arrival we realized , that this was far from the quiet location we had dreamt about. After a quick cup of coffee in a Cafe overlooking the very lively beach we decided to search for something more quiet and returned to our car to continue our journey on highway 699, which ... Read the complete review