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Holidays in Orlando  -  Travel information Orlando.


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Camping & Campgrounds

 Koa  -  Campgrounds of America

Car Rental Orlando

 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  -   

Holiday Homes Orlando / Apartments

 Sapphire Villas
Luxury Overseas Villas with Private Swimming Pools - at rates that you might pay for a package holiday.

Hotels in Orlando

 Booking - Hotels in Orlando  -  Hotel Guide Orlando

 Caribe Royale Orlando *****, 8101 World Center Drive, FL 32821 Orlando
Set in a 45 acre tropical oasis the hotel is ideal for access to the local theme parks, as well as for meetings and conventions, with 150,000 square feet of flexible meeting space.
The hotel is located minutes from Walt Disney World®, Disney-MGM Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom ® Theme Park, Epcot®, Universal Studios and SeaWorld Orlando®.

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

 Hotels.com  -   

Hostels in Orlando

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Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 Florida Council  -  Florida
 HI-USA  -  American affiliate of the Hostelling International network

Travel Agents / Tour operators

Travelsphere  
Travelsphere is the UK's No. 1 operator of escorted holidays.

 British Airways  -  Holidays in Orlando 
Book Orlando holidays for hair-raising rides at Universal's Islands of Adventure and wild creatures at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Spend Orlando holidays munching on juicy hotdogs and burgers, then dance the night away to reggae or jazz. Save a day of your Orlando holiday for the Kennedy Space Center.

Cosmos 
Cosmos is UK's largest independent tour operator.

  Hayes & Jarvis 
Hayes & Jarvis has been making holiday arrangements for discerning travellers since its formation in 1952 [ [ ATOL 1275 ]

  My Travel  -  Sun Holidays in the Florida

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



Travel Guides Orlando / Related Books

Travel Guides Florida [ Amazon.co.uk ]

The Rough Guide to Florida - by by Mark Ellwood, Todd Obolsky (Editor), Ross Velton (Editor)
Paperback 512 pages (February 26, 2004); Publisher: Rough Guides
A Brit's Guide to Orlando - by Simon Veness
The top-seller in the market yet again! Simon Veness has cornered the market with the No. 1 guide to one of the hottest destinations for British holiday-makers. With so much to see and do around Orlando, it's easy to miss the best and become exhausted by the rest. With this guide you have a holiday planner that takes care of everything - from when to go and how to get there, to where to stay and everything to see and do. It saves time, money and confusion. It produces the best possible holiday. A proven winner with the personal touch. This is the book to display cover-out and to hold in depth. This is the one they want to buy.
Paperback 288 pages (October 1, 2004); Publisher: Foulsham
Beyond Disney: the Unofficial Guide to Universal, Seaworld & the Best of Central Florida By Bob Sehlinger
This is a guide for travellers who have done Disney and are ready for more. It tells you the best non-Disney things to see and do in central Florida and includes complete coverage of Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Islands of Adventure, the Discovery Cove theme park, Busch Gardens, Cypress Gardens, Gatorland, Kennedy Space Center, Splendid China, Wet 'n' Wild Watermania, and Church Street Station. The guide offers practical tips on when to go and how to beat the crowds, first-hand experience on what's worthwhile and what's not at central Florida's major attractions; where to go for the best roller-coaster action; the straight story on the Orlando area dinner theatres; a time-saving unofficial guide; touring plans for each theme park, including the non-Disney parks; and complete profiles of all the international drive attractions, including Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Wonderworks, Skull Kingdom and more.
Paperback 240 pages (August 15, 2003); Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.

Transport / How do I get to Orlando

 Orlando Airport  -  Orlando International Airport - Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

 British Airways  -  Flight tickets Orlando 
British Airways flights to Orlando land at Orlando International Airport, 20 miles south of the city centre. After flights to Orlando, hire a car or take a shuttle bus to Downtown Orlando or International Drive, which links the Disney parks. Stretch your legs after your Orlando flight with a dip in your hotel pool or dine out at Orlando's glamorous Universal CityWalk. Get an early night after your Orlando flight so you can be up early to meet Mickey the next morning.

 Ebookers  -   
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

Virgin Atlantic  -  Flights from London to Orlando

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights to Orlando 

 Mapblast! Driving Directions  -  streetmaps etc.
Provides interactive maps and driving directions, as well as extensive information on services and products near a user's address or travel route.
 Mc Nally  -  Route Planner Florida
 Multimap.com


Links 

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Orlando  -  City of Orlando

 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.

 Orange County Convention Center (OCCC)
Located in the heart of the area's tourism district, the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) serves as the perfect event destination. Whether you are visiting as a planner, an exhibitor, an attendee or a member of the community, the OCCC is committed to making your experience with us a success.
 SeaWorld Orlando
SeaWorld takes you on a one-of-a-kind journey to the wonders that exist beyond the ocean's door. A place where up-close encounters connect you to the energy, excitement, and mystery of the sea and sea life. A world of fascinating days, captivating nights, and exhilarating adventure. Once you've been there, you'll never look at the sea and its incredible inhabitants the same way again. 
 Discovery Cove Orlando
Guests are free to snorkel in the simulated coral reef, float around the tropical river and explore the lush 33 -acre park. Groups of no more than six swim and play with the dolphins, ensuring guests one-on-one quality time with the animals.
 Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure
Journey with your family through five remarkable islands where all your favorite myths, legends, comic books , cartoon heroes and children's stories come to life on the most innovative rides and attractions ever created.
From high-speed roller coasters to whimsical children's rides to groundbreaking 3-D attractions, Islands of Adventure is where once-in-a-lifetime experiences happen every day.
 Universal Studios Orlando
 Wet'n Wild 
Hypnotizing thrills await as you and your friends encounter a splashing dose of group therapy on Brain Wash™, Wet 'n Wild's newest water thrill adventure. Boogie down on Disco H2O™. Take a relaxing journey into Florida's past through breathtaking waterfalls on the Lazy River™ or get soaked down a ruptured pipeline on The Blast [ 2008 ].
 Orlando City Hall  -  see City of Orlando
 Orlando Science Center
Whether you're seven or seventy years old, Orlando Science Center offers hands-on fun for all ages through engaging interactive exhibits, live programming, giant-screen films, school field trips and school-break camps.
 Ripley's Believe it or not! 
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum of the odd, the unusual, the unbelievable with 16 galleries like oddities, illusions, hobbies & collections, pain & Torture and disaster
 Orange County Regional History Center
Embark on a journey and unlock the door to the fascinating history of Central Florida as our five-story masterpiece takes visitors back 12,000 years through a series of interactive permanent exhibits, providing hours of fun and entertainment.
 Mennello Museum of American Art 
 Mall at Millenia -  Shopping 
More than just the ultimate shopping destination, The Mall at Millenia treats guests to a sensory experience. Breathtaking architecture creates a distinct environment that exceeds all expectations.
 Florida Mall  -  Shopping  -  see Orlando Tourist Information Bureau
 Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede  -  Theatre
Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Dinner Shows are wonderful programs for all ages. The fabulous four-course meal and great entertainment makes it the most fun place to eat.

Cuisine / Floribbean Food / Recipes

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

 From Revolution to Reconstruction
A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by the Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
 Links to the past - National Park Service Cultural Resources
 National Park Service - Links to the past
Explore America's cultural resources - buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts.
 US History

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 

Web Portal / Search Engine / Directory

 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
 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.


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