The Central Florida Gulf Coast is pretty built up and includes all of the towns and beaches from Tarpon Springs past Clearwater and Tampa to just South of St. Petersburg.

Highway 19 is the main road running North and South and it is a busy and ugly road filled with traffic and big retail stores. While traveling on it, you find it hard to imagine that there are remote and beautiful places tucked away just a few miles West of this hideous highway.

Oh, but there are! So don't let this road scare you off. Most of the coastal areas that I want you to visit are along peninsulas and barrier islands so once you make that necessary turn West to the places worth visiting, you will often find a little oasis within that has awesome restaurants, beaches, nature tours, and parks.

Below is a list of my favorite towns. As with my list of beaches, it is a short list right now while I develop this website.

Florida Towns: North of Tampa

Tarpon Springs: 30 miles North of Tampa Airport. A 45 minute drive from Tampa.

Dunedin: About 8 miles South of Tarpon Springs

Clearwater: Just a a few miles South of Dunedin and West of Tampa

Florida Towns: South of Tampa

St. Petersburg: South and West of Tampa

Sarasota:

Venice:

Ft. Myers:

Captiva Island:

Sanibel Island:

Naples:

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