I think the Sarasota area is nice. There are beautiful beaches, camp grounds and tourist attractions such as the ringling art museum. Tampa is about 1 hour north and their is bush gardens.... A few hours from orlando and the Disney attractions.
Sarasota is far enough south to have good weather and is not a rough place...a lot of traffic but safer than Tampa or Miami.... Better beaches too.
Clearwater is nice too.. Just west of Tampa with great beaches. Tarpon springs is an old Greek village just north of Clearwater. These areas have a lot of retired people who live here I the winter.
Of course the keys are nice if you want to go that far. They are more small town feel and lots of fishing and water sports, key west is alway fun.
I hope you enjoy your trip,
,
__________________ Shinja mom to  Remy  lil Sis to   Bailey and Sammy  |