Florida

1. Central Florida (Orlando-Disney World)

Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Kissimmee, ..

Tourism in central Florida is dominated by the world of Disney and the kids’ fantasy land of amusement parks that have sprung up on its shirttails. The Orlando-Kissimmee hub can provide enough...

2. West Central Florida

Tampa, Sarasota, Saint Petersburg, ..

The stretch of Gulf shoreline from the so-called Big Bend south to Sarasota and its environs undergoes many mood swings. At its northern reaches, mangrove coast replaces barrier island beaches,...

3. Southeast Florida

Miami, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, ..

Southeast Florida—home of Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and other giant resort towns—is the first Florida many get to know. From the north, you first enter Palm Beach...

4. Panhandle

Pensacola, Panama City Beach, Tallahassee, ..

In the Panhandle or Northwest Florida, folks talk with a twang and invite you in with Dixie hospitality. Oaks and pines, not palms and orange trees, grace roadsides brightened by magnolia, camellia,...

5. Northeast Florida (Jacksonville)

Jacksonville, Saint Augustine, Jacksonville Beach, ..

Just imagine! History was being made in Florida fifty years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock—history of the most raucous, adventuresome sort! The city of St. Augustine, hub of the...

6. Southwest Florida

Sanibel, Naples, Fort Myers, ..

Primal wilderness lies less than an hour away from the skyscrapers and bright lights of Miami. Homestead is the threshold between two unique federal parks. At the juncture of Palm Drive, head in one...

7. East Central (Daytona - Cape Canaveral)

Daytona Beach, Titusville, Cocoa Beach, ..

Much of east central Florida was built with an eye toward travel—whether by train, race car, motorcycle, or spaceship. Still, the area balances space age technology with untamed wilderness to...

8. Florida Keys (Key West)

Key West, Big Pine Key, Islamorada, ..

You are now leaving Florida and the United States as you know it and entering the world of the Florida Keys—part Bahamian, part Caribbean, and part plain unclassifiable. This becomes especially...