Visitor Information -- The visitors bureau's website, at www.floridasbeach.com, has information specific to the beaches.
Once you're here, you can get beach information at the Gulf Beaches of Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, 6990 Gulf Blvd. (at 70th Ave.), St. Pete Beach (tel. 800/944-1847 or 727/360-6957; fax 727/360-2233; www.tampabaybeaches.com). It's open Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm.
For advance information on Clearwater Beach, contact the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1130 Cleveland St., Clearwater, FL 33755 (tel. 727/461-0011; fax 727/449-2889; www.clearwaterflorida.org). You can also walk into the Clearwater Visitor Information Center, on Causeway Boulevard in the lobby of the Clearwater Beach Marina Building (tel. 727/462-6531). It's open Monday through Saturday from 9am to 5pm, Sunday from 1 to 5pm.
Getting Around -- The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority/PSTA (tel. 727/530-9911; www.psta.net) operates motorized trolley service along Gulf Boulevard (Fla. 699) between the Hurricane restaurant in St. Pete Beach and the Sheraton Sand Key Resort (the one-way trip takes about an hour), where it connects with the Suncoast Beach Trolley (tel. 727/445-1200), which continues on Gulf Boulevard through Clearwater Beach. The PSTA trolley runs daily, every 20 minutes from 5am to 10pm, until midnight on Friday and Saturday. Rides cost $1.50, or you can buy a daily pass for $3.50. Call for schedules, or pick up printed copies at the Gulf Beaches of Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce.
Along the beach, the major cab company is BATS Taxi (tel. 727/367-3702). Fares are $2.50 at flag fall, plus 30¢ for each 1/7 mile.
