Petersburg Shuffleboard Club, the biggest and oldest of its kind, on Mirror Lake Drive. Or ditch the high heels to join a hip crowd at the free Friday night Shuffle, hosted at the St. Petersburg is the new spot to see and be seen, sipping cocktails on couches and private cabanas, all overlooking the water. With restaurants, shops and nightclubs, Ybor pulses long after the stroke of midnight with events catering to same-sex couples, earning the district the nickname of GaYbor (For those preferring drinks with a view, the Canopy Rooftop Lounge atop the Birchwood on Beach Drive in St.
Petersburg’s mile-long waterfront museum corridor is the Dalí Museum, the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí outside his native Spain, housed in a newly constructed building featuring a 75-foot (23 m) geodesic glass bubble known as “the enigma.”
Here are tips for getting the most out of the Tampa Bay area from Reuters, whose 2,600 journalists in all parts of the world offer visitors the best local insights. Waterfront museums, funky coastal towns with an artsy vibe and an eclectic night life that includes retro shuffleboard (yes, shuffleboard can be trendy) have some calling the region a New Yorker’s answer to life in Florida. Petersburg enjoys an urban renaissance that defies its onetime image as the epitome of gray-haired Florida, for which it was good-naturedly dubbed “God’s waiting room.” REUTERS/Steve Nesiusīeyond the beaches, the region’s largest city, Tampa, is outgrowing a reputation for sleepy suburban sprawl, while neighboring St. Petersburg, Florida, in this Janufile photo. Visitors walk outside the new Dali Museum during the grand opening and dedication for the museum in St.
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