Tampa Bay Beach Makes Travel + Leisure's Most Beautiful Beach List

Travel + Leisure unveiled its “25 Most Beautiful Beaches in the World” this week and Clearwater Beach, which is just a short 25 minute drive from Tampa International Airport, made the list! A Hawaiian beach was the only other beach from the U.S. to make the list.

"Clearwater Beach is enormously popular for its headlining virtue, but powdery white sands, flame-colored sunsets, and sensational weather year-round are other big perks. It's not out of the ordinary to spot dolphins leaping over the water and pelicans hanging out with the fishermen on Pier 60. If a break from all that Florida sunshine is in order, visit the sea turtles, stingrays, and penguins at Clearwater Marine Aquarium."