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Originally Posted by Heartnsoul
We want to get out and start discovering FLA. Has anyone been to the Clearwater beach area? Is it nice! Any recommendations for hotel or a resort that isn't 300 or more a night?? Any information appreciated
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I have lived in the tampa area for almost 15 years, and spent a year near downtown Clearwater, very close to the bridge that goes to the beach.
is it a nice beach? yes. it's very wide and there are lot of businesses and restaurants that popped up. the beach side of Clearwater is very expensive.
that being said, especially during "the season", the beach is so popular, it backs up traffic literally over the bridge and into downtown Clearwater. It can be quite staggering. It could easily take 30 minutes to literally cross the bridge and then parking on the beach side is not plentiful and the paid lots are not cheap.
it has its good points and bad points. depends on what you want out of a beach. Peace and tranquility? CB is not the place. fun fun fun? It is.
personally, mostly it's only tourists that go to the beach. Residents tend to stay away
I would have never lived on the beach side. I mean, during certain times of the year, just going to the 'mainland' to shop or something? you could get caught in some pretty major traffic jams. biking over the bridge however, was challenging (it's steep) but a fun way to go over there. personally after the first couple years, I never went on the beach. no reason to want to get burned to a crisp. but I enjoyed several of the restaurants and bars on that side