West Coast, Best Coast? Florida’s Gulf Coast is showing off this summer, with circus-themed stays in Sarasota, luxurious new suites in Clearwater Beach, and nightly sunsets that outshine the last.

Condé Nast Traveler, in its 2025 “21 Best Beaches in Florida” list, praised South Beach as the place for “beautiful people, flashy cars, skimpy bathing suits, Art Deco architecture” along a “two-mile ...