Table of Contents

  1. How to Use this Guide
  2. Introducing Florida
    1. The Best of Florida
    2. Florida through the Year
    3. Sports and Outdoor Activities
    4. Going Wild
    5. Getting to Florida
    6. Getting around Florida
    7. Practical Information
    8. Where to Stay
    9. Where to Eat
    10. Shopping
    11. Entertainment
    12. The History of Florida
  3. Exploring Florida
    1. Miami
      1. Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, and around
        1. Coral Gables
        2. Coconut Grove
        3. The Barnacle Historic State Park
        4. Peacock Park
        5. Fairchild Tropical Garden
        6. Deering Estate at Cutler
        7. Zoo Miami
        8. Coral Castle
      2. Downtown, Little Havana, Vizcaya, and around
        1. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
        2. Calle Ocho -- Little Havana
        3. Pérez Art Museum Miami
        4. Miami Children’s Museum
        5. Jungle Island
        6. Miami Seaquarium®
        7. Virginia Key Beach Park
        8. Crandon Park
        9. Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
      3. Miami Beach and around
        1. South Beach
        2. Middle Beach, Bal Harbour, North Miami Beach
        3. Enchanted Forest Elaine Gordon Park
        4. Oleta River State Park
        5. Ancient Spanish Monastery
        6. Where to Stay in Miami
    2. The Gold and Treasure Coasts
      1. Fort Lauderdale
      2. Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
      3. John U. Lloyd Beach State Park
      4. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
      5. Davie
      6. Flamingo Gardens
      7. Butterfly World
      8. Boca Raton
      9. Delray Beach
      10. Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
      11. Palm Beach
      12. Flagler Museum
      13. Palm Beach Zoo
      14. Lion Country Safari
      15. Juno Beach: Loggerhead Marinelife Center
      16. Vero Beach
      17. Fort Pierce
      18. Hutchinson Island
      19. Jupiter Island
      20. Where to Stay on the Gold and Treasure Coasts
    3. Orlando and the Parks
      1. Walt Disney World® Resort
      2. Universal Studios Florida®
      3. Universal’s Islands of Adventure®
      4. SeaWorld® , Aquatica, and Discovery Cove®
      5. Icon Orlando
      6. Crayola Experience
      7. International Drive
      8. Marsh Landing Adventures
        1. Orlando, Winter Park, and around
          1. Orlando Science Center
          2. Loch Haven Park
          3. Downtown Orlando
          4. Winter Park
          5. Winter Park Scenic Boat Tours
          6. LEGOLAND® Florida Resort
          7. Where to Stay in Orlando and the Parks
    4. The Space Coast
      1. Kennedy Space Center
      2. Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
      3. Cocoa Beach and Pier
      4. Ron Jon Surf Shop, Cocoa Beach
      5. Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science
      6. Brevard Zoo
      7. Where to Stay on the Space Coast
    5. The Northeast
      1. Jacksonville
      2. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
      3. Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
      4. Fernandina Beach
      5. Fort Clinch State Park
      6. Cumberland Island National Seashore
      7. St. Augustine
      8. Lightner Museum/Ponce de León Hotel
      9. Castillo de San Marcos
      10. Environmental Education Center
      11. Anastasia Island
      12. Marineland Dolphin Adventure
      13. Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
      14. Daytona Beach
      15. Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS)
      16. Blue Spring State Park
      17. Ocala National Forest
      18. Ocala Thoroughbred Farm Country
      19. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
      20. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
      21. Florida Museum of Natural History
      22. Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park
      23. Where to Stay in the Northeast
    6. The Panhandle
      1. South Walton
      2. Air Force Armament Museum
      3. Gulf World Marine Park
      4. ZooWorld Zoological & Botanical Conservatory
      5. Pensacola
      6. National Naval Aviation Museum
      7. Tallahassee
      8. Mission San Luis
      9. Tallahassee Museum
      10. Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
      11. Wakulla Springs State Park
      12. San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
      13. Apalachicola
      14. Where to Stay in the Panhandle
    7. The Gulf Coast
      1. Gulf Coast Beaches
      2. Busch Gardens, Tampa
      3. The Florida Aquarium
      4. ZooTampa at Lowry Park
      5. Tampa Bay History Center
      6. Ybor City
      7. Glazer Children’s Museum
      8. Manatee Viewing Center
      9. The Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg
      10. Bayshore Drive
      11. Museum of Fine Arts
      12. Great Explorations Children’s Museum
      13. The Ringling, Sarasota
      14. The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory
      15. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
      16. The Circus Arts Conservatory
      17. Where to Stay on the Gulf Coast
    8. The Lower Gulf Coast, Everglades, and Keys
      1. Fort Myers
      2. Sanibel and Captiva Islands
      3. Upper Islands
      4. J. N. ‘Ding’ Darling National Wildlife Refuge
      5. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
      6. Naples
      7. Marco Island
      8. Everglades National Park
      9. Biscayne National Park
      10. Miccosukee Indian Village
      11. Big Cypress National Preserve
      12. Everglades City
      13. Key West
      14. Big Pine Key
      15. Bahia Honda State Park
      16. Marathon
      17. Islamorada
      18. Key Largo
      19. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
      20. Where to Stay in the Lower Gulf Coast, Everglades, and Keys
    9. Florida Maps
    10. Acknowledgments
    11. Copyright
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