Florida
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About Florida
Florida is best known for its 1,750 km of beaches, with the worlds’ best surfers breaks, and some of the best places in the world to enjoy snorkeling, diving, boating, fishing, shelling, birding, beach events and people watching. It is also home to the worlds most exciting theme parks like Disney World, Universal Studios and Seaworld. Florida has a rich wildlife with diverse habitats like the coral reefs of the Keys or the cypress swamps of the Panhandle, and animals like manatees, dolphins, alligators, tiny Key deer and many different species of water birds.
Good to know
- Capital: Tallahassee
- Climate: Humid subtropical climate with 300 days of full sunshine, with summer(July) temperatures over 32 °C and winter(December) lows of 7-10 °C
- Timezone: UTC -5
- No. of inhabitants: 17,397,161 (2004)
- Travel alert: EnjoyYourWorld strongly advises you to take necessary precautions for a safe travel. For more info please follow this link
Highlights
- Miami Area with famous attractions like Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Key Biscayne and Everglades National Park
- Palm Beach-playground of the rich and celebrated
- St. Augustine-the oldest permanent city in the U.S. founded in 1565)
- Daytona Beach with the famous motorsports attractions and driving on the beach
- Fort Lauderdale area on the east coast, with Fort Lauderdale the bustling center of beach, water sports and nightlife and Hollywood home to the famous Broadwalk and the Anne Kolb Nature Center and Marina
- Sarasota area with the downtown Theater and Arts District, Lido Key’s Mote Aquarium, Bradenton the village of the arts, and Venice the shark tooth capital of the world
- Tampa Bay-Florida’s largest inlet- with the Busch Gardens one of Florida’s leading theme parks, but also nature parks with alligators, hawks and cypress trees such as Wilderness Park and Hillsborough River State Park
- St. Petersburg on the West Coast with the famed Pier
- St. Peterburg-Salvador Dali Museum
- Key West off the southern tip of Florida-a world of street performers, sidewalk cafes, raw bars and a sunset celebrations
- The Orlando area with Disney World, Seaworld, Universal Studios
- NASA Kennedy Space Center's Spaceport USA
Getting Around
- If you are in hurry take the Interstates (I-4, I-10, I-75, I-95)
- If not take the scenic tours
- A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway-this National Scenic Byway (made up of three individual State scenic highways the Scenic and Historic A1A, A1A River and Sea Trail, and A1A Ocean Shore) offers beautiful views of the Atlantic Ocean. It begins at Ponte Vedra Beach, just south of Jacksonville, and travels 115 km south along the Atlantic Ocean and Intercoastal Waterway ending just south of Flagler Beach. It takes you to places as St. Augustine, Washington Oaks Gardens State Park and The Flagler Beach pier.
- Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Highway-a family-friendly 265 km loop beginning at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge takes you to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, the Indian River Lagoon Estuary System, the Sebastian Inlet State Park, with great fishing surfing, canoeing, kayaking or ranger-led boat cruises to the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.
- Florida Keys Scenic Highway-170 km of scenic roads connecting the Florida Keys along U.S. 1 to Mile Marker 1-travelling over forty-three bridges from Key Largo to Key West with breathtaking sights. It takes you to one of the greatest Florida attractions: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary that surrounds the entire archipelago of the Florida Keys. Follow U.S. 1 south to Key West where you can enjoy some of America’s finest beaches and visit the famous Hemingway House
- Tamiami Trail Scenic Highway crossing the southern tip of Florida, runs through the Florida Everglades tropical wilderness, Big Cypress National Preserve with the endangered Florida panther, Egret-Everglades National Park, the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park and just before the end of the trail the Miccosukee Indian Village
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