Siesta Beach
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Siesta Beach is a beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...

 located on Siesta Key, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, United States
United States
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. The sand is 99% pure quartz, soft and cool on the feet.

The many awards it has earned include:
  • “the whitest and finest sand in the world” (The Great International Beach Challenge, 1987),
  • “The Best Sand Beach in America” (The Travel Channel, 2004),
  • “The Best Beach in America” (Dr. Beach, 2011).

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