Boca Ciega Adult Community-St. Pete 55 + Boating Community

Welcome to Boca Ciega Point,

a 55 Plus Active Adult

Retirement Community,

located in the Tampa Bay Area

St. Petersburg Florida!

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Boca Ciega Point was built in 1972. It's a beautiful Gated Waterfront & Boating community located in Saint Petersburg, Florida just a half a mile from the stunning Gulf Beaches. There are total of 48 apts in the 3 story bldg. and 317 one story villas, for a total of 365 units. Walk to all amenities: the heated pool, saunas, tennis, bocce, shuffleboard, horse-shoe courts, fitness center, library, club houses, the putting green and the 9 hole chip n'putt course. This is a not just a Retirement community, it's a relaxing, active lifestyle!

It started with an idea, the know-how and a perfect location for developer Bernard Greenbaum to put his notion into motion. Greenbaum a well known builder with a solid reputation and a penchant for building shopping centers and industrial plants all over the country had a proposal and a design to transform nine thousand feet of shoreline on a beautiful stretch of fingers that jutted three thousand feet into Boca Ciega Bay into a new Condominium concept. In the 1960’s as developers were examining option other than beach front property for water front homes they obtained permits to dredge Boca Ciega Bay and create “fills” that we now refer to as fingers and it was this forty two acres that Greenbaum planned for his “Island In The Sun”.

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St. Petersburg Florida is known as the "City Always in Season"! Take in a major league ball game, hit the beach, browse through a world class museum or stroll along streets lined with graceful Mediterranean-style architecture. Whatever your taste, St. Petersburg offers everything under the sun. With an average temperature of 73.6 degrees, St. Petersburg records 361 days a year of sunshine - no wonder the city's moniker is the Sunshine City. Here is a lineup of fascinating things to do and see in St. Pete...

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PEER OVER THE PIER : It's the city's landmark, that inverted pyramid that juts a half mile into Tampa Bay from downtown's shores. The Pier, attracting two million visitors a year, is a five-story marketplace with shops and restaurants, The Pier Aquarium, an observation deck, a bait shop and more (727-821-6443).

STROLL THROUGH THE GARDENS: Everything is in bloom at Sunken Gardens, an exotic collection of more than 50,000 tropical plants and flowers. The four-acre botanical attraction features a butterfly garden, wedding lawn, a walk-through aviary with exotic species of birds, and an orchid arbor. This garden is open seven days a week. (727-551-3100).

TAKE THE HIGH WAY: The Sunshine Skyway, the Interstate-275 bridge that connects the southern tip of St. Petersburg with Manatee County and Sarasota 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 into Tampa Bay). The toll is $1, each way.

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Our Beaches are one of a kind. White sand, Oil-Free Water and an amazing sunset makes the perfect Beach Experience.

Ft. DeSoto Beach, located off of St. Petersburg's southern tip, has been named the number one beach in the United States. Named after the historic fort located on the 900-acre county park, visitors can tour the five interconnected islands that comprise the park. More than a beach, Ft. DeSoto includes a year-round county campground, miles of nature trails and paved fitness trails, 2.25 miles of canoe trails, an 800-foot boat launch with floating docks, fishing piers, picnic pavilions with grills, a concession stand and restroom and shower facilities. From the island's southern shores, visitors enjoy a sweeping panorama of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge

St. Petersburg Municipal Beach

11260 Gulf Blvd. Treasure Island

St. Petersburg's Municipal Beach on the shores of a neighboring Gulf of Mexico community, Treasure Island, boasts 500 feet of sandy white shores. The St. Petersburg Recreation Department operates the beach, the beach concession stand and parking area. The beach includes full shower and changing facilities, a snack bar, beach volleyball courts, and a beach wheelchair for handicapped beach goers.

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