Directions
Palm Pavilion | 10 Bay Esplanade | Clearwater Beach, FL, 33767 | Phone: 727-446-2642
If you’re headed out to the beach and looking for a place to stay, consider the Palm Pavilion Inn located right next door.
BY CAR
From Tampa and Points East
Follow signs for Highway 60 West (Courtney Campbell Causeway) to Clearwater and then to Clearwater Beach via Memorial Causeway. (Highway 60 West is also Gulf-to-Bay Blvd. and becomes Court St. at Highland Avenue.)
Once on the island of Clearwater Beach, enter the roundabout, staying in the right lane. Exit onto Mandalay Avenue and head north. At the third traffic light, Bay Esplanade, turn left. The Palm Pavilion will be ahead on the right. See Beach Parking below.
From St. Petersburg and Points South
Take Interstate 75 (I-75) North to Interstate 275 (I-275) North. Take the westbound exit for 54th Avenue North and at U.S. Highway 19 (34th Street), turn right (north). Travel north to Clearwater and exit at Highway 60 West and travel to Clearwater Beach via Memorial Causeway.(Highway 60 West is also Gulf-to-Bay Blvd. and becomes Court St. at Highland Avenue.)
Once on the island of Clearwater Beach, enter the roundabout, staying in the right lane. Exit onto Mandalay Avenue and head north. At the third traffic light, Bay Esplanade, turn left. The Palm Pavilion will be ahead on the right. See Beach Parking below.
BEACH PARKING*
Palm Pavilion Beachside Grill & Bar guests are asked to use parking provided by the city. Since we began in 1926, our guests have used public parking.
See the More on Beach Parking in the next column.
All City of Clearwater beach parking lots and on-street spaces are enforced every day.
The City of Clearwater utilizes ParkMobile for users to pay for parking. You can download the app, scan the QR code on the Zone sign or send a text to be redirected to ParkMobile.
Users will be asked to enter their Zone (from a sign at your parking space or in the parking garage), enter their vehicle license plate number and state, then enter your credit card information. If you enter your phone number or email address, your start and end times and receipts will be sent.
You may wish to take a photo of your Zone sign and you license tag rather than standing outside your vehicle.
The Rockaway public parking lot, 4 Rockaway Street, will be on the left after turning onto Bay Esplanade. 145 spaces.
The Avalon-Kendall public parking lot, 6 Avalon Street, is located one-two blocks north of Bay Esplanade. Turn left on Kendall or Avalon and drive west. Walk across (south) to the Palm Pavilion. 53 spaces.
The Family Aquatic & Recreation Centers public parking lot, 51 Bay Esplanade, is located one-block east. From Mandalay Avenue, turn right on Bay Esplanade and parking is on the right. 79 spaces.
The McKay Field public parking lot, 605 Mandalay Avenue, is on the right side of the street, just after its namesake park. 17 spaces; metered.
Parking is also available along Mandalay Avenue, on Bay Esplanade near the Family Aquatic & Recreation Center and on Poinsettia Avenue, north of Juanita Way.
MORE ON BEACH PARKING
The city maintains a helpful webpage that includes links to:
- An interactive beach parking map
- A list of parking lots and garages
- A print-friendly parking map (with an overview of all parking lots, the number of spaces in each and fees and on-street parking areas)
- Accessible and handicap parking
- Parking permits
- FAQs
- ParkMobile and resident discount
- Motel parking permit
- Beach employee parking permit
- Pay my parking citation or ticket
BY BICYCLE
We offer a bike rack for those traveling by pedal power. The Memorial Causeway Path connects with downtown and the Clearwater Beach Trail connects with the island of Sand Key.
BY TROLLEY
The Jolley Trolley offers loop service on the island of Clearwater Beach to Sand Key, to the south, to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and Island Estates, to the east, and then to downtown Clearwater’s Park Street (PSTA) transit center. Nominal charge. Download their Trolley Tracker App.
Trolley stops are located throughout the beach route including on Mandalay Avenue near Bay Esplanade. View routes on their website.
For those looking to come to Clearwater Beach, but not drive, the trolley also services a daily Coastal Route to/from Dunedin, Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs.
Riders can connect with the Clearwater Beach loop service at the Publix on Island Estates and then continue on to the Palm Pavilion. Alternately transfers can be made to/from the downtown Park Street (PSTA) transit center. Here riders can use buses to travel throughout the county.
BY FERRY SERVICE
Clearwater Ferry Service operates on the mainland waterfront below the Memorial Causeway Bridge near 14 Drew Street. Free public parking is available in nearby surface lots.
In season, to reach the Palm Pavilion, take the Purple Line which operates daily. It departs from downtown with stops at Island Estates, North Beach (Clearwater Beach Recreation Center, also know as the Family Aquatic & Recreation Center) – just one-block east of the Palm Pavilion at 51 Bay Esplanade – and the Clearwater Beach Marina. Nominal fee. The ferry’s operating schedule is subject to change.
BY BOAT
The Clearwater Beach Recreation Center, also know as the Family Aquatic & Recreation Center, just east of the Palm Pavilion offers approx. 15 free boat slips for day and evening use. Click here, for more details.
BY RV or MOTORCOACH
RV or motorcoach parking is available on the east side of Mandalay Avenue between Rockaway Street and Bay Esplanade and one block north on Juanita Way, too.
BY FOOT
Many of our guests walk up (and down) the beach to find us. Look for the silver roof with the cupola on top.
*Subject to change.
18 Bay Esplanade