Clearwater Beach
Clearwater Beach is home to lovely island beaches with the warm weather people throughout the country have come to expect from the Tampa Bay area. Located on the west coast of Florida, Clearwater Beach offers a number of recreational activities, restaurants, and attractions that are sure to please everyone in your travel group.
For those interested in exploring an outdoor water theme park, Adventure Island may be a good attraction to add to the vacation itinerary. For those wishing to combine their love for adventure with their love for animals, nearby Busch Gardens is an obvious choice. Here, visitors can watch animals in naturalistic habitats while also enjoying roller coasters, rides, and live entertainment.
Visitors interested in seeing sea life up close and personal will be interested in visiting the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, which is home to dolphins, sea turtles, river otters coral reefs, sting rays and more. The Florida Aquarium, which is home to 5,000 plants and animals, is another option. For those more interested in plants than animals, the Florida Botanical Gardens are a must-see. Here, visitors can explore natural bridges and restored wetlands.
Those hoping to find animals in their natural habitats may want to make a stop at the Moccasin Lake Nature Park. Here, visitors can explore a number of nature trails that will likely lead them toward encounters with a variety of amphibians, insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals. Those that prefer seeing animals that are not necessarily native to the Florida area may prefer visiting the Lowry Park Zoo, which is considered to be one of the top three zoos of its size in all of North America and offers over 1,500 animals.
Visitors interested in museums and culture will also find plenty to do at Clearwater Beach. The 180 acre Pinewood Cultural Park, for example, offers numerous opportunities to learn more about local history as well as nature and the visual arts. The Dunedin Fine Art Center and David L. Mason Children's Museum is also nearby. Here, visitors can enjoy the works of local artists while children also explore the unique children's art museum.
History also comes to life at Clearwater Beach with the 21 acre open air living history museum of Heritage Village. Here, visitors can see firsthand the numerous turn of the century structures on display.
Clearwater Beach in Florida offers a number of activities normally associated with beach vacations, such as snorkeling ands SCUBA diving. In addition, it provides visitors with an opportunity to become better educated about animals, culture, history and the arts while enjoying the many exciting attractions the area has to offer.
