Tampa Bay & Florida's West Coast Adventure GuideThis easy-to-use book is packed with practical information and enticing facts that make it fun to read: "Sarasota owes its development and artistic reputation to, ironically, the circus, which wintered there beginning in the late 1800s. In contrast to circus raucousness, however, John Ringling was a man swayed by esthetics. The art he loved had a bit of three-ring showiness to it, nonetheless, as shown by the baroque Italianate palace he built himself in Sarasota." A clean, attractive layout makes it easy to find what you're looking for within each of the book's six sections, whether it be suggestions for finding the best food, lodging, kayaking, fishing, or shopping; even driving directions are included. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 52 | |
| 68 | |
Where to Stay | 84 |
Where to Stay | 94 |
Where to | 106 |
ST PETERSBURG CLEARWATER | 107 |
Treasure Island St Pete Beach the Islands | 115 |
Floridas West Coast 14 | 14 |
The Nature Coast 37 | 37 |
Inverness 47 | 47 |
Getting Here | 52 |
Where to Eat 58 | 58 |
Brooksville 66 | 66 |
Adventures | 68 |
St Petersburg Clearwater 79 | 79 |
Festivals Events | 142 |
Sights Attractions | 146 |
Adventures | 149 |
287 | 154 |
Adventures | 168 |
BRADENTON SARASOTA | 177 |
New Port Richey | 194 |
Where to Eat | 200 |
Lido Key St Armands Key | 206 |
Siesta Key | 224 |
CHARLOTTE HARBOR | 243 |
Sights Attractions | 250 |
FORT MYERS SANIBEL ISLAND | 277 |
Where to Stay | 340 |
NAPLES THE EVERGLADES | 343 |
Nightlife | 368 |
15 | 375 |
Everglades City Chokoloskee Island | 379 |
16 | 390 |
Appendix | 393 |
26 | 397 |
MAPS | 400 |
294 | 401 |
Cuisine | v |
76 | vii |
297 | xiii |
Where to Stay | 84 |
Shopping | 104 |
Where to | 106 |
Getting Here | 116 |
Transportation | 125 |
Tampa Area 138 | 138 |
Festivals Events | 142 |
Nightlife | 154 |
Ybor City 158 | 158 |
Adventures | 168 |
35 | 171 |
Bradenton Sarasota 179 | 179 |
Getting Here | 194 |
Crystal River | 204 |
Charlotte Harbor Area 245 | 245 |
Information | 250 |
Information | 258 |
Captiva | 277 |
Fort Myers Sanibel Island 279 | 279 |
Fort Myers Vicinity 298 | 298 |
Sanibel Island Captiva Island 311 | 311 |
Estero Island Fort Myers Beach 327 | 327 |
Where to Stay | 340 |
Naples Marco Island The Everglades 342 | 342 |
Naples 350 | 350 |
Marco Island Everglades City 370 | 370 |
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Admission adults ADVENTURES Airport Anna Maria Island bait bike BOAT RAMPS BOAT RENTALS Bonita Beach Bradenton & Sarasota Bridge camping canoe Captiva Causeway Center Charlotte Harbor children aged Citrus Clearwater Beach cost County cruises Crystal River daily for lunch dining downtown Dunedin entrées Estero Everglades Exit Florida FLORIDIOM Fort Myers Beach full day Gasparilla grilled grouper Gulf Blvd half-day Highway 41 hiking Homosassa kayak Lake Longboat Key lunch and dinner Manasota Manatee Marco Island Marina miles Monday-Friday Museum Myers & Sanibel Myers Beach Naples Nature Coast nature trail nightlife open daily PARKS & NATURAL Pete Beach Petersburg & Clearwater picnic Pine Island Rates rents Resort restaurants sandwiches Sanibel Island seafood shelling shops Siesta Key Sights & Attractions snorkeling Sunday Tamiami Trail Tampa Bay Tarpon Springs town Venice watersports Weeki Wachee West wildlife Withlacoochee Ybor City