Local area:
Kissimmee is a popular vacation base, south of Orlando and a few minutes from Walt Disney World. The centre of town, Broadway, still has historic shop fronts and there are cattle auctions at the livestiock market on Wednesdays. Down by Lake Tohopekaliga (Lake Toho) boats and fishing tackle can be hired and you can depart for 2 hour nature safaris and Bass fishing trips. Between I-4 and the town centre, US192 is known as Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway. To help visitors find their way around there are numbered guide markers set approximately 1 mile apart. Orlando welcomes you as the number one tourist destination on Earth ! while this sunny city is best known as the home of Walt Disney World - which is twice the size of Manhattan - Orlando is theme park heaven with more than 60 attractions, including Universal Orlando, Seaworld and Wet'n'wild. Great golf can be found on the area's many top golf courses. Evenings at downtown Disney and Universal Studios' Hard Rock Cafe are ever popular.
The coast:
Lapped by the warm, translucent waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Floridas' West Coast is an alluring mix of white sand beaches, water sports, world class museums and wildlife and is just 90 minutes away. Visit Clearwater or St.Petersburg on the western shores of Tampa Bay, St. Pete is the cultural centre of Pinellas County and like neighbouring Clearwater is divided into two parts, with the downtown heart on the mainland linked by causeways to a barrier island beach. Downtown St. Pete looks out over Tampa Bay behind it's landmark pier and new BayWalk shopping, dining, and entertainment complex, which opened in autumn 2000. Alternatively, head to the East for Daytona Beach or Cape Canaveral. A seamless run of beach communities spills down the coast, from Cocoa Beach down to the Treasure Coast around Fort Pierce and Vero Beach. Sebastian Inlet State Recreation Area is a great place to stop off with two jetties and a catwalk giving access to waters teeming with Bluefish and Spanish mackeral.
