Best places: Beaches in Florida

Swimming beach with seasonal lifeguards, plus a picnic pavilion, bathhouse & outdoor showers.

Long public swimming beach featuring picnic tables, cabanas & play areas, plus a casual cafe.

Wide, sandy beach featuring water sports, rental umbrellas, dolphins & beachfront restaurants.

Vast white strand known for its broad tidal pool, sand dollars & a pirate ship-themed play area.

👍👍 I absolutely love going to this place. It's a long drive for me and traffic over that way it's just crazy. But it's well worth it when you get there to the beach and relax all day. The breeze blowing and the waves crashing .❤ Have campsite if you want to camp for the weekend or for a while. The cam...

👍👍 Siesta beach is very nice beach ,but a lot of people around. if you like something quieter, then you should look for another beach. lots of parking space, but only if you arrive in the morning, in the afternoon it is almost impossible to find parking. the beach has toilets and shower, which is ve...

Peaceful locale known for its wide sandy beach, tranquil waters & stunning sunset views.

👍👍 Our family with pups loved this beach. A great experience for a couple fresh water dogs! The beach was clean as far as dog waste goes so that was refreshing. There were loads of seashells along the water line which weren’t necessarily fun to walk on barefoot. It was more sparsely populated than the...

👍👍 Great beach. 8 dollars per car is better than 5 per hour over on Sanibel Island. They even have a tram that will drive you the half mile. The beach was full of so many beautiful seashells and it wasn't crowded at all. It even had a little bit of waves to do some body surfing which we haven't found b...

👍👍 This beach is beautiful! It is definitely warm enough to swim in. They definitely aren't lying when they say it is the shark Capitol of the world. We saw so many sharks when we were there. I think the sharks were migrating. There are plenty of restaurants near by. My only advice is dont go too deep...

This busy public beach offers white sand & palm trees, plus restaurants, lodging & stores.

👍 Pretty decent pier out in St. Andrew's park that has gold views of Panama City Beach and the other westward towns along the gulf coast. Unfortunately dogs are not allowed on the pier, and when we went the very end of the pier was closed off. Still, it is nice to stand out above the water and watch t...

Sandy beach featuring a concession stand, gift shop & picnic tables, plus a swimming pool.

👍👍 This is a public beach and it was pretty easy to access. There was inexpensive paid parking in a parking lot not far away. The area that I went to is more of a walking by the beach kind of area but I was able to sit down and soak in some sun.

Low-key sand bar with a rustic, powdery beach for picnics & parties, typically reached by boat.

7+ miles of sandy oceanfront featuring water sports & a promenade plus access to shopping & dining.

👍👍 Beautiful beach that is always kept impeccable. The sand is limestone quartz sand that is fine and white, beautiful. I love Pensacola Beach. Been coming to this beach since the late 70s. Nice selection of bars, hotels and restaurants. If you are looking for a nice beach you can't go wrong here.

👍👍 Short walk to beach. Restrooms, outdoor showers and filtered water to refill bottles. Plenty of parking but if lots are full you can park across the street where the boat ramp is located. There's a lot of shells and broken shells near the shoreline. Depending which end of the beach you sit you need...

Seven-mile, white-sand beach along the turquoise gulf with a serene atmosphere & a fishing pier.

Swimming beach also offering picnic pavilions, parking lots, restrooms & outdoor showers.