St Petersburg

Gulf Coast

St. Petersburg (often shortened to St. Pete) is a city and resort in Pinellas County, on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

The city is located on a peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It is connected to the mainland to the north, connected with the city of Tampa to the east by causeways and bridges across Tampa Bay, and to Bradenton in the south by the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Interstate 275), which traverses the mouth of the bay. Home to over 2.7 million residents, it is a popular tourist destination, mainly due to the fact that it has an average of some 360 days of sunshine each year. For this reason it is nicknamed "The Sunshine City".

St. Pete Beach is the most popular area of this stunning resort and is a barrier island community stretched out along 4.5 miles of sandy beaches. Its permanent resident population of just over 10,000 nearly doubles during the winter months, making it one of the more popular tourism areas on the Suncoast. On the southern tip of St. Pete Beach lies Pass-a-Grille, a charming historical district with a flavor that is reminiscent of an Old Florida artists' colony. This idyllic, unspoiled community started as a fishing village and was inhabited long before the rest of the island. Today, its galleries, restaurants, bed-and-breakfasts and shorelines draw tourists from all over the world.

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