{"id":72668,"date":"2025-12-05T17:23:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/72668\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:23:42","slug":"st-pete-clearwater-area-named-a-top-beach-escape-on-new-travel-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/72668\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete-Clearwater Area Named A Top ‘Beach Escape’ On New Travel List"},"content":{"rendered":"

The region was named a top \u201cBeach Town\u201d in the \u201cBeach Escapes\u201d section. <\/p>\n

To compile the list of winners, more than 125 travel editors evaluated destinations, experiences and products across five continents. They shared photos, videos, and detailed surveys \u201crating everything from service, value and food to entertainment, room design and overall vibe\u201d of hotels and resorts, and also \u201cconsidered the appeal of attractions, accessibility, lodging variety and safety,\u201d the magazine said. <\/p>\n

The St. Petersburg-Clearwater area<\/a> \u201cgives off European vibes, but you can also get your typical \u2018beach town\u2019 vacation fix,\u201d said the travel editor who evaluated the area and stayed at the Vinoy Resort & Golf Club in St. Petersburg. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dali Museum was one of the most incredible ones I\u2019ve experienced,\u201d she added, noting that she also loved the Sunken Gardens. \u201cIt is retro, has a history to it, and feels like the perfect place to bring your kids but also enjoy as adults.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another tester, traveling with her teen, also raved about her stay at the Island Grand at Tradewinds resort, the magazine said. <\/p>\n

“Receiving this award serves as yet another source of inspiration for visitors looking for their home away from home in our slice of paradise,\u201d Brian Lowack, president and CEO for Visit St. Pete-Clearwater<\/a>, said in a statement. \u201cBeyond the validation and prestige of these awards, it is also a celebration of the superior visitor experiences that the destination has become known for.”<\/p>\n

Other Florida destinations to be named among Good Housekeeping’s top Beach Towns include Miami and Miami Beach, the Palm Beaches, Destin and Fort Walton Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The region was named a top \u201cBeach Town\u201d in the \u201cBeach Escapes\u201d section. To compile the list of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-72668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}