Water Club Living Residents Enjoy Downtown St. Petersburg!

Water Club Snell Isle residents enjoy the private enclave of Snell Isle but also the old world charm of downtown St. Petersburg. Residents are located about 10 minutes from 1st Ave. in downtown St. Pete. where they can enjoy fine dining and cultural events. 



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Things To Do in St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg residents and tourists can enjoy a variety of activities ranging from outdoor water sports to culture events and museums such as the Salvador Dali Museum all within a close driving radius. 

EXPERIMENT WITH SCIENCE: The Science and Technology Education Innovation Center, formerly the Science Center of Pinellas County, offers an observatory, theater and planetarium, an animal room with over 30 species of animals, a 600-gallon marine touch tank, future plans for a Sustainability Village, and exhibits about scientists, inventors and astronauts, all for your learning pleasure. www.sciencecenterofpinellas.org or 727-384-0027.

BEACH IT:  Three of the Top 20 beaches in the United States are in Pinellas County. From St. Petersburg, the closest and most pristine is also the No. 3 Beach in the continental U.S., Fort DeSoto, a 900-acre county preserve consisting of five islands, seven miles of undeveloped beaches, a camp ground, boat ramps, fishing piers, paved fitness trails and a historic fort. The sugary-white sands of St. Petersburg's 500-foot Gulf-front municipal beach on Treasure Island are certified annually by the National Clean Beaches Council as an outstanding environmentally-friendly "Blue Wave" beach. 

GET INTO THE SWING OF THINGS: St. Petersburg has been crazy for baseball since its former Mayor Al Lang became known as the “father of spring training” in Florida. Currently, more than half of the 15 Major League teams that train each spring in Florida’s Grapefruit League play in the Tampa Bay area. St. Petersburg’s home team, the Tampa Bay Rays, play through the regular season at Tropicana Field, www.raysbaseball.com or 727-825-3250 or 888-FAN-RAYS.

GO FISH:  Waters along St. Petersburg's 260 miles of shoreline are abundant with great fishing haunts that yield delicious catches of grouper, mullet and sheepshead. In addition to deep sea fishing charters, popular fishing piers are located at and around the city marina, old Sunshine Skyway Bridge and Fort DeSoto Park. 

SAY “HI” TO JAI-ALAI: The city has a public Jai-Alai Cancha at Jack Puryear Park in northeast St. Petersburg. A first of its kind in the United States, the outdoor court is free for those slinging a pelota and enjoying the fastest sport on earth. www.stpeteparksrec.org.

HOP FROM GALLERY TO GALLERY:  In addition to St. Petersburg's world class museums, the visual arts are vibrant in the Sunshine City. More than two dozen galleries open their doors on the second Saturday evening each month for a downtown gallery hop. Among stops on the hop -- the Warehouse Arts District, Florida Craftsmen Guild's statewide gallery and the Morean Art Center Galleries and Hot Shop, which allows the audience to actively participate in the glass-blowing process, from first gather to the finished creation, through demonstrations or a hands-on contribution. www.stpetearts.org or 727-323-2787, 727-821-7391 or 727-822-7872.

RENT A BOAT:  Pontoon boats (18' or 24') as well as Water Bugs, kayaks and day sailboats are available from Boat St. Pete Rentals at the Vinoy Yacht Basin. Boats hold 8 to 14 people and are available for 1/2 day or full day rental. 727-898-2628.

TAKE THE HIGH WAY: The Sunshine Skyway, the Interstate-275 bridge connecting the southern tip of St. Petersburg with ManateeCounty andSarasota to the south, is one of the largest suspension bridges in the Western Hemisphere, measuring 4.1 miles long and 19 stories high (more than 160 feet above the shipping channel leading intoTampaBay). For breathtaking views of the Gulf, the toll is only $1 each way. 

GET SURREAL: Where can you see the world's most comprehensive collection of Salvador Dali's surrealistic art works, a spiral staircase resembling a strand of DNA, and a flowing glass dome rising 75 feet in the air? In St. Petersburg's newest museum –- the 66,450 square foot tribute to Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali. The new museum, more than twice the size of the previous, opened January 11, 2011, at One Dali Boulevard (Bayshore Dr. S.E. and 5^th Ave N.E.). www.thedali.org or 727-823-3767.

GET FESTIVE: A big part of St. Petersburg's premier springtime celebration for decades, the Suncoasters’ Festival of States Illuminated Night Parade with floats, krewes, marching bands and race car drivers signals the official start of the Firestone Grand Prix race weekend. All year long, St. Petersburg hosts 1,000 events in its downtown facilities and waterfront parks, ranging from food festivals to jazz concerts and sporting events to American Stage in the Park. www.festivalofstates.com or www.suncoasters-stpete.com or 727-821-9888.

GET IN THE ACT: Florida's top-ranked resident professional theater, American Stage, performs highly acclaimed works each spring during its outdoor festival, American Stage in the Park, and from its intimate theater downtown, now part of at the St. Petersburg College downtown campus, www.americanstage.org or 727-823-PLAY. The Palladium, once a church sanctuary now also under the auspices of SPC, offers the community a more intimate, 850-seat setting for eclectic performing arts, orchestra and opera, drama and dance, concerts and more, www.spcollege.edu/palladium/index.php or 727-822-3590. A newcomer on the St. Petersburg stage, FreeFall Theatre presents a variety of bold, daring and diverse classical productions and new works from its theater complex in west St. Petersburg, www.freefalltheatre.com . And, the St. Petersburg City Theater (formerly St. Pete Little Theater) presents an entertaining line-up of diverse theatrical offerings (www.spcitytheatre.org or 727-866-1973).

DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY: The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg was featured in the motion picture "Cocoon." Now restored, it boasts one of America's largest dance floors -- 13,000 square feet of polished maple -- and vintage 1924 architecture. Its event calendar includes regularly scheduled ballroom dancing, a Big Band series, swing dances, sock hops, country-western dancing, high school proms, gala events and more.www.stpete.org/coliseum or 727-892-5202.

RUN LIKE CRAZY! St. Petersburg’s year-round sunshine and unparalleled beauty drives amateur and professional athletes to the streets to compete in running and walking events, such as the Women’s Running Magazine’s Half Marathon/5K, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Three Day event, and the Jingle Bell Run.

GO WILD: Visit Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, a city-owned 245-acre park along the shores of Lake Maggiore. This award-winning oasis features nature trails, an environmental studies area, an outdoor classroom, a conference center, a pioneer settlement/living history park, and the Lake Maggiore Environmental Education Center featuring “The Ripple Effect” exhibit. 727-893-7326 or www.stpete.org/boyd or www.stpeteparksrec.org/boyd-hill-nature-preserve.html.

Fun and Fascinating things you can do in the St. Petersburg, FL. area. 

Water Club Snell Isle

Luxury Condos in St. Petersburg, FL with homes starting at the $500s.

1325 Snell Isle Blvd NE
St Petersburg
Florida
33704
United States of America