Top Things to do in St Pete | Best of St Petersburg FL | Pinellas County FL
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- St Petersburg FL is the PERFECT destination for tourists and locals. In this video we are going to share the TOP THINGS TO DO in St Pete, Florida. We hope this video helps you to experience the BEST of St Petersburg & surrounding areas.
St Pete is in Pinellas County and conveniently situated between Tampa Bay and the top-rated gulf beaches. There are ENDLESS OPTIONS for spending time outdoors, experiencing the arts, supporting local businesses and enjoying a tasty cold beverage on a hot day.
If you are planning a visit to the area and have any questions, leave them in the comments and we will do our best to answer them. Links to several websites and more specific travel guide videos are included below to assist with experiencing the best of St Petersburg. If you are familiar with the St Pete area, is there anything you would add to this list?
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St Pete Beach Fishing Charter
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Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
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- • WEEDON ISLAND PRESERVE...
St Pete Brewery Tour
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Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
0:39 - #1 Gulf Beaches
1:57 - #2 Bayfront Parks
3:58 - #3 Sunken Gardens
5:17 - #4 St Pete Pier
7:43 - #5 Museums & Art
10:39 - #6 Local Shopping
11:26 - #7 Boat Charters
12:20 - #8 Boyd Hill Trails
13:44 - #9 Weedon Island Paddling
14:55 - #10 Brewery Tour
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Websites from video:
Sunken Gardens - www.stpete.org/attractions/su...
St Pete Pier - stpetepier.org/
Dali Museum - thedali.org/
Mahaffey Theater - www.themahaffey.com/
St Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts - mfastpete.org/
Morean Arts Center - www.moreanartscenter.org/
Chihuly Collection - www.moreanartscenter.org/chih...
Visit St Pete/Clearwater - www.visitstpeteclearwater.com...
PixelStix - App to locate murals
Localtopia - localtopia.keepsaintpetersbur...
Saturday Morning Market - saturdaymorningmarket.com/
Boyd Hill - www.stpeteparksrec.org/boydhil...
Weedon Island - www.weedonislandpreserve.org/
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Thanks so much for watching. We hope this video gives you some ideas for things to do in the St Pete area. If you have any questions about visiting St Pete leave them in the comments 😊
If you are familiar with St Pete, what activities would you add to this list?
I visited St Pete before you were born. Failed to mention Pass-A-Griile
Boyd hill will be re visited
Biking St Pete you see it all without the hassle of trying to find and then pay for parking
Weeden Island. Already mapped it so nothing new to me here but thank you, we’ll fine Young Lady
@@BrianCarnevaleB26 Pass-A-Grill is a great suggestion to add to the list :)
Been traveling to St Pete’s beach for years and still didn’t realize how much the area had to offer. This top 10 list will help us make our list of things to do when we go in late may. Thank you
We're so happy that our video was able to introduce you to some of the great things our city has to offer! We hope you have a great time here in late May. Thanks for watching, Gary!
Born and Raised!
It's a great city to call home, A.J.
We hit the StPete Pier Tiki Bar last year...very cool spot with a fantastic view.
It really is a fantastic view of downtown, especially at sunset!
Your videos are so beautiful scenery is so inviting
Thank you so much for your ongoing support!
The Sunken Gardens are so pretty! We love flamingos and turtles...I can see why it's a popular spot for weddings. The pier looks like a fun place to explore...between the restaurants, splash pads, and discovery center, I think we can spend quite a bit of time there. The aerial sculpture looks so cool at night time! Kayaking underneath the mangroves must be such a unique experience. That's definitely on the top of my must do list when I visit St. Pete!
Yeah between the beaches and the sunken gardens, we really have some great spots for outdoor weddings around here. We hope to see you down here sometime!
I live here its so cool to see how much our city is appreciated I didn't know st Pete beach was #1
The Dali Museum is very impressive.
Hopefully you will get to check out some more of the St. Pete museums next time you make it down to visit!
Last visit to St Pete was 2017. What a lovely place
We agree, Rosie. We hope you get a chance to visit again soon!
The sculpture at St. Pete pier is so cool, I’ve never seen a sky sculpture like that all lit up too.
It’s cool seeing all the places again in this video, loved the fishing boat charter day and the paddle boarding! Had to have the breweries in there too🍻 there’s so many cool things to do in St. Pete!
Yeah, I think we had some people worried/confused when we made it to number 9 and still hadn't mentioned a brewery!😂
Great views
I love St Petersburg! I was lucky enough to go there in high school. The beaches there were so pretty! These are all great suggestions for when we go back! The pier looks fun!
So glad to hear you have been about to experience St Pete, hopefully someday you both can visit and maybe we can meet up for a beet 🍻
Where’d you go to school?
I love the color of the clouds with the combinations of the water and park. Good presentation and lovely content. Thank you and keep in touch.
Thanks so much for the kind comments. We love showing off our wonderful city!
Love you guys putting this together. We definitely need to save this list so we know what to do when we go. It's a comprehensive list and very helpful for those who want to do it all! Our most favorite would probably be St. Pete's Pier because we love a great spot to chill and eat. Oh wow, the nature reserves is also something we would be interested in! So nice to see them outside as opposed to going to a zoo. Lastly loving the Kayaking through mangroves! Great to see local nature areas. Gotta finish the tour with Breweries! HAHA.
Yes, had to save the breweries for last, as we did not want people to think we were suggesting drinking a bunch of beer BEFORE paddle boarding or having close encounters with alligators! 😆
I've enjoyed all your videos from around St Pete, you have done such a great job of showcasing the area. The sand at all those beaches looks so soft and white! 😍 I remember the paddleboarding video, I would definitely love to do that followed by a beach and a brewery! The lake and trails look fantastic too. Great video guys!
Thanks so much for the kind comments. If you enjoy paddleboarding, beaches, and breweries, I could not think of a better place for you to visit!
great video, cheers. We have been in St Pete for one day and we got to live disco gig by accident. It was our first time and we loved it.
So glad you enjoyed your time here, if even for a day :)
I am officially putting Explorcation on this years ballot for St Pete Mayor! Another amazing video. Thank you for sharing. LLWAV!!
Aww thanks, you know we always appreciate your support :)
Mr. Mayor!
Great tips guys! Loved seeing the gardens and the turtles and that pier sculpture is so pretty at night. Wow, over 100 murals in St. Pete. That would be so interesting to see! Aww, I remember that paddleboarding adventure. Those mangroves were so cool!
Thanks so much. The sculpture really is a site to see at night 😀
St. Pete looks amazing. We go to Florida once a year but have never been here. We will have to make a detour to visit this place next time. Thanks for sharing this helpful information!
We would highly recommend it. Thanks so much for watching!!
A lot of my biking and paddleboarding videos are the the St Pete/ Pinellas parks
It's an awesome area for both of those things for sure. Thanks for watching!
The aerial sculpture at the park looks sooo cool lit up! We loved St. Pete when we were there last, the MFA is super cool and one of my favorite things was chartering a boat and seeing dolphins swimming along the beach. Great coffee and beer there too! Definitely going to add some of your recs when we go back such as sunken. Can't believe it's rated 1 beach in usa by tripadvisor, so cool!
Yeah we love the sculpture too! It's so nice to relax under at night. Chartering a boat and watching the dolphins is one of our favorites as well!
We would definitely love the Sunken Gardens! Have a feeling we would spend a bunch of time with the flamingos and the turtles! Chartering a boat for a day would be right up our alley too, we loved doing it in Turkey too, being out on the water during the warm weather is incredible... and probably would like to try that floating tiki hut one time ;)
If you liked the sunken gardens, then you will definitely like our next video! 🙂 We are definitely going to try out that floating tiki hut one of these days. Should make for an interesting video!
So many amazing things to do! We'll have to keep this video in mind if we make it to St Pete one day!
There really is a ridiculous amount of things to do. We could probably make a top 50 video someday if we really wanted to 😆
Amazing video showcasing what options are available in the area.
Thanks so much for the continued support you two!!
HERE!! Now 🏝🌊😎
That's great! It looks like you'll get to enjoy some pretty amazing weather while you're here. We hope you enjoy St. Pete as much as we do!
You guys do such a great job representing our wonderful city!
Thanks so much for the kind comment, Chris. Comments like these mean so much do us!
We’re going in a week, and can’t wait!
That's so exciting. We hope the video helped give you some ideas and that you enjoy St. Pete as much as we do!
You guys make excellent videos! Thanks! 👍🏼😀
Thanks so much for watching and commenting, we really appreciate it :)
When we're in the area in March, we love to go to Spring training baseball games. Your ideas are great and really showcase how beautiful the area really is. :)
Ahh thanks so much for the kind comment, Chrissy! The area really is so beautiful, and we love showing it off.
Great video and very informative. Thanks! 💕
Thank you so much for watching, Farhad. We are glad you enjoyed it.
Great tips thanks for sharing. We just subscribed!
We really appreciate the support, guys!
I can't wait to get to St. Pete. I'd love to check out the murals, the beach and the nature reserve. I've never seen an alligator in the wild before. I knew the breweries had to be on the top 10 list 👌 my kind of people 🤣
We can't wait for you to get here either! And of course we wouldn't leave out breweries. Just didn't want to put it at #1 at risk of looking like total drunkards 😂
The best thing I did was leave this city its nothing to do boring, I live in Hallandale Beach which is next Miami and Hollywood Beach the night life is amazing and its always some were to go and enjoy yourself
Hi Jamie and Skyler, first of all, thank you so much for your videos. I just love them, and I'm using many of them to decide what to do during my weekends. By watching your videos, I came to know Weeki Wachee Springs, Rainbow River, Indian Shores, and other fantastic places. I'm enthusiastic about stand-up paddle boarding, and I'm always carrying my inflatable board with me. Have you experienced paddle boarding in Indian Shores, not the beach, but the river... it seems an amazing place. Any tips about paddling in Indian Shores or St Pete area?
We're so happy to hear that you've found our videos to be inspiring, Leonardo! We really don't get out paddleboarding as much as we used to due to our weekend filming schedule, but we do sometimes still work some paddleboarding into our videos. We just recently took our paddleboards out in our Indian Rocks video, so if you haven't checked that one out yet, we'd recommend it. We paddled in the intercoastal, which we believe would be a similar experience to padding in the intercoastal near Indian Shores. I'm not 100% sure which river you're referring to, but we have done some river paddling primarily a couple hours to the north around the springs. Our favorite paddle in the St. Pete area has been Weedon Island, but further south we really enjoyed paddling through the mangroves off Lido Key and also around the Turtle Beach area on Siesta Key. Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to comment, Leonardo!
I'm addicted to watching your vlogs. The info & your voice is intoxicating .
We're so glad that you are enjoying them, Phil. We always do our best to keep our videos informative and entertaining. And yeah, we are fortunate that Jamie has such a great "voice-over voice"!
@@Explorcation would love to hang out with you guys sometime exploring. I'm going to check out Wat Mongkloratanram in Tampa & the hard rock casino afterwards this Sunday
@@adventuresfloridatothailan5217 sorry for the delay, we already had plans for the weekend. We have heard Wat Mongkloratanram is worth a visit, how was it?
I love this guys...I nice little overview of the area to give you some ideas on what to do and where to go.
Love all those white sandy beaches...but also love the bars you visit at all these places.
The Christmas lights is something we do over hear too...many different places to choose from.
My pick is the rooftop tiki bar...haha...always like the views....hang on second that. I want yo go on the tiki hut boat 😜🤣🤣
The boys nature reserve looks nice and would definitely get out and go some hiking there. Not sure I have seen a bald eagle in real life 🤔.
The paddleboarding through the mangrove was also very cool....I loved that from the full video you did a while ago 😁.
Great addition guys...I think I need to do more of these of my area 💖💖
Thanks! It was a bit of a challenge to narrow it down to 10 topics, but I think we ended up with a good variety of options. We would love to see a video like this highlighting the top things to do in your area ❤❤
One of these days we will try out the tiki hut boat 😆🍾🍻
@@Explorcation lol....I've done a few of these already...but probably older videos and less of a VLOG
great video you two!! KEep it up, you deserve wayyyy more subs!
Thanks so much, Keith. The subs are coming slowly but surely!
Sunken Gardens used to have a beautiful wax museum...🌴
Wow, we were not aware of that. Thanks so much for sharing, Gabrielle!
@@Explorcation The old timers will remember...bible theme. I was a kid in the 70's. I lived in Clearwater then.
Yay! Makes me so happy to see my beaches in the top for tourists! 😄 just don't go on the weekend if you can avoid it as a Floridan lol.
Yes, that's a great tip, Shaunah. And if you do have to visit on a weekend, get to the beach before 10!
St Pete is awesome...it’s like our city (Durban) on super steroids 😅 I think we’d fit right in.
Love the beaches and the Pier! Love that it’s so walkable and it looks really safe.
There’s so many different things to do, it’s so cool...beach, shops, gardens, nature reserves, restaurants, breweries!
We remember your paddling through the mangroves, so peaceful!
🤗🤗 we were wondering why we haven’t seen any breweries yet, but never mind here it is 😅😅 I think Craig would put it at number 1 🤣
Oh yeah you guys would definitely fit in. Obviously, we saved the best for last with the breweries!!
3 Daughters brewery is great beer and live entertainment by local bands/artists. Love them and so glad they opened one up in Clearwater Beach, closer to my house (some may say too close, lol)
We love 3 Daughters. Such a great atmosphere and good selection of beers, ciders, and seltzer's. It's also one of our favorite spots to catch live music. You could certainly say it's too close to our home in downtown St Pete 😂 We haven't made it to the Clearwater location yet, but next time we get up there, we'll definitely be checking it out. Maybe we'll see ya there!
@@Explorcation If we ever see you two around we will say hi. We typically explore the area via ebikes, paddleboards and boats so I am sure we will cross paths! Have a great weekend :)
@@darcyferrigno yes please do! We are hoping to try out some ebikes soon :)
St Pete is seriously the most beautiful place in the world, I always wanted to go to Hawaii but I think we will rather need to go here. The white sandy beaches are literally my favourite ever. We loved watching the previous videos of the beaches. The Christmas lights were absolutely gorgeous, is it still hot in December? Ah those Flamingos, it's literally Adams most favorite, we've been searching for them here in South Africa haha, so I've told him, well we need to go to St Pete 😂 ah the St Pete Pier looks like such a vibe and especially with it being rated second top attraction in USA. The bending Arch is just flippen amazing especially when it's lit at night, almost like the northern lights - BEAUTIFUL! The glass blowing experience looks really unique, have you guys done this before? We would love to go on all the cruises especially the floating tiki hut. And of course what would an Explorcation video be without a brewery, our fav 😍 we loved watching those 2 previous videos.
I would think one needs at least a month in St Pete to take advantage of all that it has to offer.
Gteat video guys, we hope to come to St Pete in the near future.
Yes! Come to St Pete some day and check out the flamingos 😀 (spoiler alert I think we have some more footage of the flamingos in our next video) Although if your choices are here and Hawaii, I could sure understanding wanting to go to Hawaii (we've never been but want to go!) The average high temperature here in December is 72 F/22 C and the average low temp is 47 F/8 C - winter is a great time to visit for those who aren't a fan of the heat and humidity.
We have not yet done the glass blowing experience, but it is on my list for sure.
And you are right, we couldn't end the video without mentioning the breweries 😆🍻
We will be visiting June 2021
That's awesome! We hope the video will be helpful in planning out your trip.
Love your videos~ where is best to stay a few days? Ty
Thanks so much, Limary. Since we live in downtown St. Pete, we've never actually stayed in any of the hotels, so it's hard to give a recommendation. As far as neighborhoods go though, we'd definitely recommend staying either downtown or close to the beaches. Hopefully in the future we'll get a chance to stay in some local hotels so we can provide recommendations on specific hotels in the area.
I’m about to go there a live on beach. I did in Clearwater already.
That's great. We hope you have a wonderful time. Thanks for watching!
Great video, i made sure I noted some of your suggestions for my upcoming trip. Where is the best place to spot manatees?
Thanks Maria. We are so happy to hear that our video helped you to plan your upcoming trip! It takes a bit of luck to see a manatee (in the wild) this time of year. You can find them in the gulf and in the bay. Coffeepot Bayou may be your best bet, as I've heard of many people spotting manatees there. If you are willing to travel an hour or so, we'd recommend heading north to Homosassa and/or Crystal River. We saw manatees at both places just a few weeks ago. We just posted our Homosassa video, and our Crystal River video will be up this Saturday. Thanks for watching!
@@Explorcation I appreciate your comments. Thank you so much.
Hello, we have a family of 5. We want to come here in the summer. What we want is a large pool and the room/condo has to face the beach, so we can walk right out to the beach
Hi Nick. Check out our Tradewinds Resort tour video. We stayed there a few months back and had a blast, and we think it would be a great place to vacation with a family. That's on St. Pete Beach, which has a lot going on. If you're looking for something a little quieter, maybe look into AirBnBs in the Indian Shores or Indian Rocks Beach area. We've stayed at a few over the years and have always enjoyed them. We have a video on Indian Shores that you might find beneficial to check out as well.
I know the county wouldn't like this, but some of the best times to visit the bayfront parks are during storms (if you don't mind getting wet). You can get absolutely lost just looking out to sea with rain falling and a little wind.
We have gotten (unintentionally) caught in a couple of rain showers on the bayfront before, but never in a full blown storm. I honestly never even thought about intentionally visiting during a storm, but do see how it could be enjoyable if dressed appropriately!
I think you missed the St. Pete Indycar Grand Prix which is this weekend 👽👽
Yea we can hear the cars downtown! It is really cool that they transform downtown into a race track. For this video we tried to focus on year round activities, but the Grand Prix sure is a cool event to experience in the area!
@@Explorcation We're moving to Tampa in a couple of months...just missed it this year but we've been there in the past.
@@DOUGandNIKI that is awesome that you are moving to the area, hopefully next year you can check out the Grand Prix again!
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Thanks for watching!
Can you do a video on dog beaches in the gulf area?
Hello, Damaris. We have gone to dog beaches in a couple of our videos (Honeymoon Island and Pass A Grille). I'm not sure if there are enough around to make an entire video on it, but we'll have to do some more searching around to see. It would be a fun video to make!
My Aunt, Uncle and cousin arer moving there and I've only been to Florida once for Disney world and I was 6 I'm now 29 I never leave Jersey lol I want to tho
We hope you get a chance to come down and visit your family and experience St. Pete for yourself! We'd say you are long overdue for a trip to Florida 😆
at 27 seconds in you show a roof top pool, what/where is that ?
Hey Greg. It's at the Camden Pier District apartment complex.
@@Explorcation just thought that was pretty cool when i saw that, never realized they had a roof top pool !
@@greg33770 yeah it's a really cool rooftop area for sure. They got a gym up there too that's really nice!
@@Explorcation see, thats cool, you guys know all the little things, thats what I mean, I wouldn't mind meeting you guys down there some day/days and we could just wander around, and you can point out things like that, the diff restaurants, whats up with them, etc......i mean if you'd feel up to that....
@@greg33770 are you in IG? If so, send us a DM, it is a lot easier to connect there as sometimes it takes us days/weeks to catch up with comment replies here. Our schedule can be a little challenging, but we may be able to work something out :) And if your not on IG you can always send an email (explorcationblog@gmail.com)
Is there any places to ride atvs?
Not sure, but I would guess that there is somewhere nearby.
For me St.Pete Beaches are far more enjoyable than commercialized clearwater.
No argument from us, Greg. If we are looking for a party atmosphere (which is less and less the older we get), then Clearwater Beach is the spot. But more often than not, we prefer a chill and peaceful beach day!
Dude is trying to get tumbled by a gator in the beginning lol
Luckily the water in the mangroves has a pretty high salt content and is therefore not known to have gators in it. Otherwise, I would have been much more nervous! 😂
@@Explorcation lol. You the man.
To hot way to hot don’t particularly enjoy the idea of sweating my butt off all year however Florida will always be home as I was born in Clearwater and enjoy visiting down there to catch a rays or lightning game and get some good Cuban and barbecue and most of all Visit my little sister’s and my mom plus all my other family members but I will keep my high paying job and my 4 seasons out here up north in New Jersey
Well we definitely can't argue that it's damn hot down here in Florida. Thank goodness for all the beaches and swimming pools around here!
How far is this from treasure island
Downtown St Pete is about 6 miles (approx a 15 min drive) from Treasure Island. Is there a specific place from the video you are asking about?
It's called a banyan tree
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im from saint Pete and I could've named way better places
Each person's top 10 list will be different, but the great thing about St Pete is that it has something for everyone. We'd love to hear some of the things that would make your top 10 list!
5:19) Very ugly is the only thing you can say about the St. Pete Pier.
8:49) I will pass on the Museum. I did foot patrol there 2 or 3 times.
The new pier is certainly not for everyone. But to each their own. Thanks for watching, Leon.
@Sarah G those are some great suggestions to add :)
Call it paradise kiss goodbye 🤯