st. pete beach recommendations

[mikki'smom]

We are planning one night in the St. Pete Beach area before our stay at Disney. We would prefer the Clearwater/ Pass-a-Grille area. Can anyone make any recommendations for clean, family-oriented hotels that are on the beach and won't cost an arm and a leg. Thanks.

 

[DCTooTall]

We are planning one night in the St. Pete Beach area before our stay at Disney. We would prefer the Clearwater/ Pass-a-Grille area. Can anyone make any recommendations for clean, family-oriented hotels that are on the beach and won't cost an arm and a leg. Thanks.

The only experience I have with a hotel over there is at the Beachcomber, which was actually on St. Pete Beach. The hotel wasn't too bad. You could tell it was a slightly older hotel which was in decent shape for being directly on the beach.

Parking was...interesting... but I'd stay there again if i ever decided to do a beachfront hotel over there in the future.

 

[cv499]

Hi, It depends on when you are going, and what you consider an arm and a leg. We are going to be staying at the Best Western Sandcastle inn Treasure Island the weekend after easter. I have never been there, but my mother in law said its really nice. Directly on the beach. and we got a 2 bedroom suite AAA rate around $130.

 

[corky441]

We are planning one night in the St. Pete Beach area before our stay at Disney. We would prefer the Clearwater/ Pass-a-Grille area. Can anyone make any recommendations for clean, family-oriented hotels that are on the beach and won't cost an arm and a leg. Thanks.

On Pass-a-Grille you are mostly limited to small condo style buildings or private homes. There aren't really hotels on that end.

There is the Don Cesar hotel - that is right at the end of the beach between Pass-a-grille and St. Pete Beach - but they are Pricey

There is a wonderful complex of sister resorts on the beach that are operated my the same company. If you do a search for: The tradewinds on St. Pete beach you'll find it.
It is a beautiful resort - but it also caters to a lot of convention traffic. If that doesn't bother you I would recommend it highly. They have a wonderful casual restaurant called the Flying Bridge.

My DH & I used to stay there every year until we bought a timeshare on Sanibel, but every year on our way up to WDW we stop there for lunch. Needless to say - we enjoy the place

 

[LeeLee'sMom]

We stood at the Tradewinds--(I think Sandpiper) last year...was nice, clean too and decent restaurant on site. I believe it has a sister property also next door. I know there is a huge inflatable water slide which looked really fun but you have to pay to ride it, not included in hotel price.

 

[doclegler]

We have stayed at Celebrity Resorts (now renamed Legacy Vacation Resorts apparently!) and have loved it both times! Its in Indian Shores just south of Clearwater Beach in a nice, quieter part of the coast. The hotel seems to cater towards the older crowd, so it was perfect for us (and our 3 boys!) We all loved it. Very tiny pool though, but with the ocean directly across the street, who needs a pool?!
We usually get a 2 room/2 bath combo and its been quite cheap in the off-season. I'm not sure how summer might cost though.
Best of luck and ENJOY the gulf coast. Its SO beautiful and such an easy drive from WDW!!

 

[GoldenAfternoon]

The Keystone Motel in Pass-a-grille is safe, clean and inexpensive. It's an older place (not exactly luxurious) but we didn't have any complaints the two times we stayed there.