While frequently the "first runner-up," this year Siesta Key beach has won the title of the "Nation's Top Beach" last week.
Steven Leatherman, (known to many as Dr. Beach) and director of the Florida International University Laboratory for Coastal Research, every year compares the best beaches in the country and selects the top 10 based upon 50 criteria. Those criteria include the look and feel of the sand, quality of the water, facilities available among other factors. The top possible score is 250 points; Siesta got 230 to win the competition this year.
Coronado Beach in San Diego, California, which placed at #1 last year, was the runner-up this year. Number 3 was Kahanamoku Beach in Hawaii, while #4 was Main Beach, in East Hampton, NY. Rounding out the top 5 was Cape Hatteras Beach in North Carolina.
Among other factors, Siesta Beach, a 40 acre quartz crystal, soft and powdery, pure white beach scored well on its shallow, warm water and gentle currents while losing a few points due to the heavy vista of condominiums.
Praise for Siesta Key beach comes as no surprise to Andree Huffine, a respected Realtor selling Siesta Key and Longboat Key homes and condos or to Connie Belmont, a Sarasota real estate agent who loves to show and sell Siesta Key condos. Says Connie, "there are simply no better beaches in the world than those we have here on the Florida Sun Coast and Sarasota."
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Siesta Key is home to some of the nicest condominium communities in the Sarasota area. I'd be delighted to show them to anyone interested in living in a beautiful location among the most friendly people I've ever found.
This place cannot be beat. Even if we didn't have the #1 beach, Siesta Key is "paradise."
Love htat beach and there are bargain properties on Siesta Key right now like we haven't seen in over adecade. Time to get your family down here and check out these great bargains.
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If you'd like a more quiet setting than the hustle and bustle of Siesta Key, you should look into Longboat Key where the lifestyle is more elegant and refined, yet still casual
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