BEYOND THE THEME PARKS

The ICON Orlando can be found on International Drive (or more commonly known as I-Drive), an 11 mile stretch of roadway that caters to...

Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive Lake Apopka wildlife drive is an unpaved one-way lime rock road that leads 11 miles around its northern shore....

The first is Dickson Azalea which was originally a watering hole for cattle ranchers and was donated to the City in 1924 by State Senator...

This little area close to Kennedy Space Center, is well known to locals as a great viewing platform to view manatees. There has now been...

Welcome to a wonderful stretch of natural coastline close to Central Florida. If you flew in from Europe or the UK, you are likely to...

To the North East of Orlando (25 miles/35 mins) sits one of the largest of Central Florida’s lakes that connects to St John’s river,...

To follow on from last weeks blog, I thought it would be great to continue onto what else Cocoa Beach has to offer😊 It is probably the...

Cocoa Beach Pier (originally called Canaveral Pier) is a popular landmark and is home to restaurants, bars, gift shops and entertainments...

Anclote Key is the largest Island of the four Anclote Keys located off the Gulf Coast near Tarpon Springs and is known as one of the most...

This is one of my favorite beaches to catch a sunrise😊 It is quieter than the more touristy Cocoa Beach and only takes me an additional...

The small City of DeLand lies 34 miles north of Orlando, in Volusia County. I do like to visit this town, with several restaurants (one...

At the heart of Downtown Orlando, in between the Business District and Thornton Park (residential area), lies amazing Lake Eola Park. It...

This is one of our favorite Springs to visit but is the one more difficult to get to. I don’t really mean difficult, I mean more of a...

Here along the shores of the Tomoka river, you can walk the footsteps that the Timucua (native Americans) once took around their village...

This is one of my favorite places to visit. OK, I might be a little bit biased as it’s only a 20-minute drive from my home, but it is...

We’ve all heard of the tune “never smile at a crocodile”, well the same goes for the Alligator too. I remember when I first visited...

If you don’t want to spend the whole day at Kennedy Space Center but would like to sample a little of the history of space missions, then...

Juan Ponce de Leon led the first known European expedition to Florida (which he named La Florida, “land of flowers”) and was a Spanish...

The strange but gentle manatee was once mistaken (as folk law has it) for mermaids! The sailors that visited the Florida waters had never...

Did you know that there are several types of citrus grown in Florida? There are oranges (of course!), grapefruit, tangerines and tangelos...