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Clearwater Beach

Clearwater, FL · Tampa Bay

About

Clearwater's white quartz sand runs right up to a strip of cafes, so you can park once and leave the car until dark. Every evening the free Sunsets at Pier 60 festival fills the sand with buskers and makers before the sky goes pink.

Highlights

Soft, sugar-fine white quartz sand and gentle, swimmable Gulf waterFree nightly Sunsets at Pier 60 festival with crafts and street performersPier 60 fishing and easy access to dolphin cruises and water sportsAnnual Sugar Sand Festival of giant sand sculptures each springRepeatedly ranked a top U.S. and Florida beach by Tripadvisor travelers

Getting there

15 Causeway Boulevard, Clearwater Beach, FL 33767

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