The Bilmar Beach Resort in Treasure Island is a scenic beach hotel close to downtown St. Petersburg, John's Pass Boardwalk and Casino Cruises. Featuring 550 feet of Gulf beach property, the hotel offers outdoor volleyball and water sports as well as a beachside fitness trail. Hotel amenities include a beach bar, lounge, gift shop, heated pools, sundeck and jetted tub. Nearby Fort De Soto Park offers picnic shelters, canoeing, a nature trail and fishing.

St Petersburg's pinkest shell is the Don CeSar, a stately Spanish-style resort mansion where fuschia bougainvilleas creep up trellises, Bose stereos play by poolside chaises and leisure-seekers fish for gulf trout on languid lines. The service at this luxury St. Petersburg resort is impressive, from nightly pizza parties and daily excursions planned for kids 4-12 (while parents are in the mosaic whirlpool) to a sea-inspired spa for salty scrub downs and spirulina masks. On the south end of St. Petersburg isle, choose from whitewashed rooms, penthouse suites and even small condos. The Don truly is a florid mini-world as close as you want to be from St. Petersburg and all of its artistic and botanical attractions.

Right on the coast of St. Pete Beach, the Sirata Beach Resort's scenic location comes at an affordable price. Rooms feature balconies with ocean views, beckoning guests to take a quick swim or a sandy stroll just outside the hotel's lobby doors. Three heated pools, beachside bars, a convenience store and a water sports kiosk complete the list of amenities, and guests can also enjoy the use of a nearby fitness center as well as a rotating calendar of live entertainment. The Sirata Beach Resort is close to Tropicana Field, Fort DeSoto and the Salvador Dali Museum.

The Thunderbird Beach Resort Hotel is nestled on the beautiful shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico — a tropical beach retreat with long stretches of pearly-white sand beaches & warm, sparkling blue waters. This family favorite resort is lushly landscaped in "Classic Courtyard Style", providing virtually every room a view of the Gulf and its unforgettable sunsets. The Thunderbird's oversized heated pool, hot tub, Tiki Beach Bar, Karim's Bistro and Tapas Martini Bar are all just steps from any of its 64 spacious Gulf-front rooms.

The Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort Marina Cove is located on 18 waterfront acres on Tampa Bay and can provide everything a guest could imagine for an unforgettable vacation or business trip. We offer a variety of room types including standard, efficiencies, two storey suites and Kidsuites along with a choice of picturesque views.

With two tropically-landscaped pools, gazebo whirlpools, night-lit tennis and basketball courts, beach volleyball at the Cabana Bar and even a barbecue deck--all a shell's throw from gorgeous Gulf waters - it's fair to say that the five-acre Alden understands the Florida sun. The all-suite, all-kitchenette hotel is a utopian paradise one might not want to leave, but with downtown St. Petersburg, Florida's art patron, only fifteen minutes away, you get the best of beach isolation and art museums.

Guests to the Barefoot Beach Resort South in Madeira Beach will find a day on the shore right at their doorstep with the hotel's direct beach access. The specialty shops and seafood restaurants of John's Pass Village and Boardwalk are a short walk away, and the museums, gardens and malls of downtown St. Petersburg are just eight miles from the hotel. Rooms feature kitchenettes, flat-screen televisions and balconies, and the hotel sundeck and pool offer a chance to relax and catch a few rays away from the crowds of the beach.

Smaller than mini-city St. Petersburg resorts, the Beachcomber, with just 102 rooms, still has its own stretch of private beach and a sunset-ready beachfront bar (extra chill with live music seven nights a week). Rooms are spacious and have verandas overlooking two blue pools, the grounds are dotted with palm trees, and St. Petersburg's Dali Museum, Tropicana Fields and the Bayfront Convention Center are all just five miles away.

Waterfront condos at the Boca Ciega Resort and Marina give vacations to St. Petersburg the feeling of home away from home. Rooms feature full kitchens as well as washers and dryers, so visitors on long trips can cook for themselves and keep their beach clothes free of sand and saltwater. An outdoor pool, a spa tub, a fitness center and barbeque grills are available on site, and daily beach shuttles take guests to and from the sandy shores. Nearby John's Pass Village and Boardwalk offers a variety of restaurants and merchants as well as bookings for boat rentals, parasailing, jet skiing, cruise lines and fishing expeditions.

Perched above a gorgeous white sand beach on the pristine Gulf Coast, the Doubletree Beach Resort is located between St. Pete and Clearwater Beaches just 23 miles from the Tampa International Airport. This family friendly hotel offers a completely smoke-free environment and all the accommodations necessary for a fun vacation or successful business trip. Kids will enjoy the hotel's close proximity to Adventure Island and the Lowrey Park Zoo, while parents are sure to love the beachfront tiki bar-perfect for relaxing while keeping an eye on the little ones. Tropically decorated rooms with flowered bedspreads help promote tranquility-leaving the Doubletree Beach Resort may not be easy, but guests are sure to be completely refreshed.

The Grand Plaza Beachfront Resort caters to business travelers, offering amenities like conference and banquet facilities, a business center, meeting rooms and free wireless Internet. Whether away on business or leisure, guests can enjoy airy, brightly-lit rooms featuring private balconies and views of the Gulf of Mexico. The twelfth floor's revolving rooftop lounge and bistro offers a panoramic look at the Gulf and Boca Ciega Bay. The hotel's Bahama Mama's Beach Bar and Grill boasts nightly live music and a menu of over 200 tropical and frozen drinks.

With a kiddie pool and game room in the lobby, this Howard Johnson definitely serves up a family-style St. Petersburg experience. Directly on the beach, this bright white art deco mini-resort has the mandatory beach bar icy cocktails better to watch the kids swim with. Its guestrooms have blond-wood furniture and a peachy bird of paradise feel. From you HoJo home base, St Petersburg's museums, shopping malls and restaurants are all around 20 minutes away.

Relax and enjoy sandy white beaches with a Florida vacation at the luxurious Jacaranda Beach Villas. Part of the Tradewinds Beach Resort, the hotel's guest condos feature balconies with beachfront views and spacious suite-style layouts. Take a nap in the sun or splash around in one of the resort's five pools, or book an afternoon at the Body Works Salon and Spa where hot stone massages and red wine facials top the extensive menu of services. Work up an appetite at the tennis courts or on a paddleboat ride, and then indulge in a host of dining options. Four restaurants and a sports bar cater to an array of taste buds, offering everything from gourmet cuisine to chicken wings and nachos.