Tourism St. Petersburg Florida

AN INDEPENDENT CITY GUIDE
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

ART / STREETS / TAMPA BAY

A city for your curious side.

Look a little closer. Follow a side street. Find art, everyday life and a different kind of Florida city break.

Find your starting point Tours & experiences

Yellow brick frontage of Crislip Arcade on Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Florida
Crislip Arcade / Central AvenueCrislip Arcade, Central Avenue — Beyond My Ken, January 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crop varies by layout.

An independent guide. An open invitation.

The city on Tampa Bay.

A CITY WITH SOMETHING TO SAY

Keep your eyes open.
The good stuff is everywhere.

Glass and concrete exterior of the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida
The Dalí Museum exterior — Ebyabe, 22 June 2011. CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crop varies by layout.

01 / ART & MUSEUMS

Start with the art.
Stay for the questions.

A museum can change the shape of a day. Begin with a subject that interests you, then leave room to look a little longer.

Make a museum day

A covered sidewalk and storefronts on Central Avenue between 2nd and 3rd
Central Avenue between 2nd and 3rd — Jrozwado, 22 August 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crop varies by layout.

Take the street-level view.

Storefronts, side streets and the details between destinations. Read Central Avenue at a human pace.

Follow Central Avenue

A USEFUL DISTINCTION

City first.
Beach another day.

This is St. Petersburg on Tampa Bay. St. Pete Beach and Clearwater Beach are separate places; plan the actual journey between them.

Get your bearings

LOOKING MEANS LISTENING

The city has
more than one story.

The city’s visitor resources include the African American Heritage Trail. Give that history its own time and context, and follow the attributed local resources rather than treating it as a backdrop.

Explore the city’s heritage resources

A detail crop of foliage beside the Sunken Gardens entrance, not the garden interior
Planting beside the Sunken Gardens entrance — Ebyabe, 22 June 2011. CC BY-SA 3.0. Detail crop of entrance planting; resized and converted to WebP.

02 / A GREENER INTERVAL

Change
the pace.

Make room for a garden visit among the city stops. Start with Sunken Gardens’ own visitor information and build a comfortable day around it.

Plan a garden interval

YOUR OPEN-ENDED CITY INDEX

What draws you in?

Choose a starting point. There is no need to fit the whole city into one afternoon.

  1. 01

    Art & museums ↗

    One collection, a new perspective and time to think about what you have seen.

  2. 02

    The city, on foot ↗

    A street-level starting point for places, architecture and everyday city life.

  3. 03

    A little open space ↗

    Gardens and the Tampa Bay waterfront give the day a different rhythm.

LEAVE SOME ROOM AROUND THE PLAN

Look up.
Take a breath.
Go again.

The waterfront can be part of a city day. Check the St. Pete Pier’s own map and visitor information for the places and routes you want to use.

Read the Pier visitor information

A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

Find your way into it.

A guided visit can add context. Compare the route, focus and arrangements before choosing.

Good next step

Compare practical options for the day

Use these picks to compare timing, pickup details, location, and price before you decide what fits.

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FROM THE GUIDEBOOK

Follow a new thread.

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MAKE YOURSELF A BASE

Stay near
your kind of day.

Start with the neighborhood.

Accommodation listings are not available here yet. Think about your arrival, your daily routes and the practical details of the particular property.

Choose a base in St. Petersburg ↗
Good next step

Compare practical options for the day

Use these picks to compare timing, pickup details, location, and price before you decide what fits.

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