Fort De Soto Park was voted Florida's “Best Family Beach” and Anclote Key Preserve State Park notched “Best Hidden-Gem Beach by USA Today readers at the close of 2013. Earlier in the year, Clearwater Beach won “Florida's Best Beach Town” in a USA TODAY reader's poll.

Earlier in the year, Clearwater Beach was named “Florida's Best Beach Town” in a USA TODAY reader's poll. The popular vacation destination also caught renowned travel guru Peter Greenberg's eye, naming it to his list of “Best Beaches in the U.S.” And on top of all that, fresh off its #1 TripAdvisor Beach ranking in 2012, St. Pete Beach was named to Parents Magazine's list of “10 Best Beach Towns for Families” for 2013.

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