Clearwater Beach is located on a barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida. The white sand beach, which stretches for 2.5 miles along the Gulf, is supported by what USA Today readers deemed to be Florida's Best Beach Town 2013. The area, which was once a convenient second destination for visiting the theme parks of Orlando, has w...

Palm Beach County in southeast Florida, also known as the Palm Beaches, is located some 60 miles from Miami and 150 miles from Orlando. The Atlantic Ocean runs along the eastern half of the county, offering 47 miles of beach and sea water warmed by the Gulf Stream. Its northwest part takes in Lake Okeechobee, the second largest freshwater lake in t...

Manisota Key forms part of Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf Islands, an area of Southwest Florida between Tampa and Naples. The Key has four stunning beaches including Englewood Beach, the focus of this feature, and one of the purest stretches of shoreline anywhere. It is a year-round, eco-tourism destination of unspoiled beauty teeming with Florida w...

The City of Sarasota is located around Sarasota Bay in Southwest Florida. With 40 miles of Gulf of Mexico coastline, it also takes in the three keys (islands) of Longboat Key, Lido Key and Siesta Key. Sarasota is the cultural centre of west central Florida with an opera and ballet companies, a symphony orchestra and theatre companies all based here...

New Smyrna Beach is located on Florida's Atlantic coastline, near to Daytona Beach and an hours drive from Orlando. The one time New Smyrna added Beach to its namein 1947, when the city incorporated the coastal community of Coronado Beach, which lies just across the Indian River. For the visitor, New Smyrna Beach offers two thriving, totally differ...

St. Augustine, a strikingly attractive city in north eastern Florida, is 'the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the United States'. More commonly called the Nation's oldest city, it was founded in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, a Spanish admiral, and grew in prominence as a Spanish military ou...