Clearwater
Home to Caladesi Beach, America’s #2 beach in 2006. Also home to Fort De Soto Park, America’s #1 beach in 2005, Clearwater offers 35 miles of white-sand beaches on some eight major barrier islands. Clearwater is within minutes of many popular Florida attractions: just 30 minutes to Busch Gardens in Tampa and 90 minutes to Walt Disney World Resort, Sea World and Universal Studios Escape in Orlando.