2014 Official Florida Travel Industry Guide - (Page 8)
BEACHES
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Let's start at the tippy-top of Florida's northeast coast
extending 800 ft. out over the Atlantic, and with restaurants, bars,
where you'll find the treasure that is Amelia Island with
gift shops and live musical entertainment, the pier definitely beckons
its 13 miles of pristine beaches and some sand dunes
and is also a prime spot to watch surfers "hang ten." Another beach
that reach as high as 40 ft. Amelia Island is so popular that for the
bum destination, this one located along Florida's Panhandle, an
seventh consecutive year, this barrier island was voted "Top 10
area known for its sugar-soft sand, is Mexico Beach, a beachside
Islands in the United States" by Conde Nast Traveler's Readers'
community known as the "Unforgettable Coast."
Choice Awards. Amelia Island is also home to the Isle of Eight
Flags Shrimp Festival held on Fernandina Beach every May.
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Florida's beaches are made for beach bums. From the
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A fun family activity can be found in Cape San Blas in
Gulf County, a 17-mile-long barrier peninsula that curves
around St. Joseph Bay in Florida's Gulf, a destination
gulf coast to the east coast, the unlimited sun beckons
known for its clear blue (sometimes green) water and gentle lapping
beachgoers to either sit back and do nothing while soaking
waves. What's most popular here is scalloping: searching in shallow
in the rays or grab a stand-up paddleboard and head out into the
waters within the bay's grass flats for these succulent seafood
water. Cocoa Beach, located on a barrier island just six miles long
delicacies-all you need is a snorkel mask, a mesh bag (you can
and one mile wide, is where beach bums can sit back and watch
only collect two gallons of whole scallops) and your hands! Scallop
surfers hit the waves. The Cocoa Beach Pier is a visitor's hotspot
season is on from July to September.
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Dive into Family Fun
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Destination Weddings
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