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Regions in Florida : Central Florida, Emerald Coast, First Coast, Florida Panhandle, Florida Keys, Gold Coast, Nature Coast, North Central Florida , South Florida, Southwest Florida, Space Coast, Sun Coast, Tampa Bay Area, Treasure Coast, Walt Disney World.

Cities in Florida : Cape Coral, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Hialeah, Hollywood, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Miami Gardens, Miramar, North Miami, Orlando, Pembroke Pines, Plantation, Pompano Beach, Port St. Lucie, St. Petersburg, Sunrise, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm Beach and more...

Florida is a U.S. state located in the southeastern United States.

Florida is situated mostly on a large peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida.

It is bordered on the north by the states of Georgia and Alabama, and on the west, at the end of the panhandle, by Alabama. It is near the countries of the Caribbean, particularly the Bahamas and Cuba.

Capital City Florida : Tallahassee.


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Camp sites & Caravanning

 
Kissimmee/Orlando, St Petersburg/Madeira Beach, Naples/Marco Island, Sugarloaf Key/Key West.

  Koa   -   Campgrounds of America
  National Park Service Campground and Tour Reservation Site
  Funroads   -   Get Outta Town!

Car Hire Florida / Motorcycle Rental

  Holiday Autos   -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

  Sixt   -  
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

   -   Motel 6 and Red Roof

  Hotels.com   -   

    -   Create your perfect trip to Florida
Flight, Hotel and Car

 
Book cheap flights to Orlando at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

  Ebookers   -   
Book cheap flights to Tampa at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares.

     -   Flights from London to Miami and Orlando

KLM UK 
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines take you to hundreds of destinations everywhere in the world.

  Airline Tickets Florida / Bargain Flights to Florida  
Price comparison possible.


Links

  Flausa   -   Florida's Official Vacation Guide

  MyFlorida   -  Official Portal of the State of Florida
History & Culture,  Florida Museums , Research Genealogy ,  Restaurants, Beaches & Coastal,  Events,  Nature & Outdoor Activities,  Theme Parks & Cruises,  Professional Sports and much much more

  Tallahassee   -   Hauptstadt Florida

  Central East   -   Daytona Beach, Melbourne, Orlando/Sanford, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach
  Central Florida   -   Orlando
Central Florida is the area around Orlando, famous for Walt Disney World, EPCOT Centre, MGM Studios, Universal Studios and Sea World. They are all within easy reach of the city of Orlando. In Orlando, you can find the famous restored "Church Street Station", once a railway station that has been trans-formed into an attractive fun park and lively shopping centre today.
  Central West   -   Tampa, Clearwater
Tampa Bay is the economic centre of western Florida. The city of Tampa has an international airport with direct flights to and from Europe. It is an ideal starting point to visit the resorts of the Pinellas Suncoast on the Gulf of Mexico, including St Pete Beach, Treasure Island and Clearwater Beach, all with uncrowded long sandy beaches. Visit Tampa's lively "latino" quarter, Ybor City. Also at Tampa Bay is the city of St Petersburg, known for having lots of sunshine and greenery. Here, you can count the number of days in a year when the sun doesn't shine, on one hand. 
  Florida Keys
The "Keys", an archipelago in southern Florida, was made famous by Ernest Hemingway who wrote about its beauty and Caribbean lifestyle. The "Overseas Highway" links drivers from the continent to Key West by an amazing 180 km long road over crystal clear waters part of the way. Key West is also the most southerly point of the United States and the largest resort of the Keys. There are many places worth visiting here: the coral reef near Key Largo (in the John Pennekemp State Park), Windley Key with the "Theatre of the Sea", the city of Marathon, known for sports fishing, and Bahia Honda State Park offering a magnificent white sandy beach, fantastic for swimming and diving.
  Northwest Florida   -   Destin,  Panama City,  Pensacola
  North Central Florida   -   Gainesville, Tallahassee, Williston
  Northeast  Florida   -   Jacksonville
Daytona Beach is situated north east of Florida on the Atlantic coast, and is a popular destination especially with students. This resort boasts a vast white sandy beach that can also be driven on. Highway A1A is a popular route to follow as it offers beautiful scenery along the Atlantic coast. On the way from Daytona Beach to the north, you will pass St Augustine, the oldest city in North America, founded in 1565 by Spanish conquerors, and today one of the biggest attractions in Florida. At the end of this highway is Amelia Island, offering miles of long sandy beaches and green forests.
  Southwest Florida   -   Punta Gorda, Naples, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Venice
Naples is a pleasant resort with many similarities to other Caribbean towns. In inland Naples, on the way from Miami, lie the Everglades which you can visit from the Everglades Parkway. This road is also called "Alligator Alley" because the most popular "inhabitants" in the Everglades are alligators. The Everglades are a unique reserve. Situated opposite Fort Meyers are the side by side islands of Sanibel and Captiva, offering magnificent sandy beaches where you can find beautiful seashells and fauna. The islands have preserved their original character due to strict laws concerning new construction. Opposite the coast and Naples is Marco Island, a holiday island resort with top quality facilities, immense beaches, excellent restaurants and the list goes on. It's also an ideal base to discover the Ten Thousand Islands.
  Southeast Florida   -   Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Marathon, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart
South east Florida owes its popularity to Miami and to resorts such as Miami Beach, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, which are highly rated holiday destinations known worldwide. In Miami Beach, there is the marvellous "Art Deco" district with beautifully restored houses from the thirties. Palm Beach is situated approximately 120 km north of Miami Beach, the place where the "rich and beautiful" hang out between Christmas and Easter. Approximately half way between Palm Beach and Miami is Fort Lauderdale, otherwise known as the "Venice of America".

Emerald Coast, First Coast, Florida Panhandle, Gold Coast, Nature Coast, South Florida,  Space Coast, Sun Coast, Tampa Bay Area, Treasure Coast, Walt Disney World.

Cape Coral, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Hialeah, Hollywood, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Miami Gardens, Miramar, North Miami, Orlando, Pembroke Pines, Plantation, Pompano Beach, Port St. Lucie, St. Petersburg, Sunrise, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm Beach.

  Absolutely Florida   
Florida Travel, Hotels, Attractions, Beaches, Recreation, Maps & Much More @ Your Fingertips!
  Florida's Museums   -   Florida Association of Museums
Their searchable museum database is your online invitation to explore the cultural, historic, and scientific resources of the more than 339 museums in the state.
  Miami Herald   -   Your Miami Everything Guide
The Miami Herald online, offers local news and information. The site features in-depth and breaking news coverage, searchable entertainment listings, newspaper display and classified advertising and more.

  List of cities in Florida
  List of Towns and Villages in Florida

Cuisine / Floribbean Cuisine

Visitors have a huge choice of all types of restaurants, especially in the main resorts, including Greek, Italian, Spanish, local and traditional specialities, from fast food to gourmet standard. Of course, there are also the wellknown chains like "Denny's" and "McDonald's". The speciality of Florida is "Key Lime Pie", which you must try.

  Cuisines of the world   -   Article by By Errol Croft
Before you eat many meals in Florida, you're going to run into the term Floribbean cuisine. No one seems to have a definitive explanation of what Floribbean is, except that it was first used in south Florida, notably Miami, where the chefs were preparing a lighter version of Caribbean favorites. Known as the "mango gang" , these chefs were frying less and going lighter on oils. Obviously, the term is a combined form of the words Florida and Caribbean, so diners can expect to find lots of Florida's seafood selections, fresh fruits and local vegetables prepared with the islands' traditional tropical ingredients like mangos and papayas, coconut milk, plantains, yams, okra, squashes, chilies and legumes .........
  Foodies
On the curriculum vitae of a foodie, "eating" is listed as a hobby. The foodie lives to eat, and to eat to live is definitive boredom. A true foodie clings to all things culinary. From soup to nuts, a foodie seeks out the fun stuff about fine fare, along with the arcane, the academic, the in-depth, and the latest. To find the perfect cheese or the best macaroon recipe is life's work.
  Historic American Recipes 
Apple-Fritters | Dough-Nuts | Cocoa-nut Drops | Molasses Gingerbread | Common Gingerbread | Election Cake | Indian Meal Pudding | Fried Sweet Potatoes | Sweet Potato Pie | Beef-Stake | German Chicken Stew | Jack Rabbit Stew | To Roast a Pig | Broiled Scrod | To boil a Cod's Head.

History of Florida

The Seminole: The First People of Florida (American Indian Nations)  -   by Mary Englar
The Seminole are a Native American Indian people of Florida. The Seminole nation came into existence in the early- and mid-18th century, and was composed mostly of refugees from Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Library Binding 48 pages (September 1, 2002); Publisher: Bridgestone Books

  The Unconquered Seminoles   -   by Dru J. Murray
The Seminoles. A fierce, proud tribe of Florida, let neither three wars with the United States Army or the harsh Everglade swamps defeat them.
  Indians - Seminole Tribe of Florida   -   official web page

Music, Arts & Culture, Events

  Culture in Jacksonville, Florida  [ largest city in Florida ]

  Annual events in Jacksonville


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