Florida Attractions Guide

Orlando

• Walt Disney World Resort — Four theme parks (Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom), two water parks, and Disney Springs.
• Universal Orlando Resort — Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure (The Wizarding World of Harry Potter), and Volcano Bay water park.
• ICON Park — The Wheel at ICON Park observation wheel, SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium, and Madame Tussauds on International Drive.
• Winter Park — A charming suburb with the Morse Museum (the world's largest Tiffany glass collection) and scenic boat tours through its lakes and canals.
• Leu Gardens — 50 acres of botanical gardens with camellias, roses, and a historic home, just north of downtown Orlando.

Miami

• South Beach — The iconic Art Deco shoreline with Ocean Drive, Lummus Park, and miles of white sand and turquoise water.
• Wynwood Walls — The open-air street-art museum and surrounding warehouse district packed with murals, galleries, and breweries.
• Little Havana — Calle Ocho's Cuban heart: domino park at Máximo Gómez Park, cigar rollers, cafecitos, and live salsa.
• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens — A 1916 Italian Renaissance-style waterfront villa with formal gardens and bay views in Coconut Grove.
• Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) — Contemporary and modern art in a Herzog & de Meuron building on Biscayne Bay, next to the Frost Museum of Science.

Key West

• Duval Street — The island's main strip of bars, shops, and restaurants running from the Gulf to the Atlantic.
• Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum — The author's 1930s Spanish colonial house, famous for its six-toed cats and writing studio.
• Southernmost Point Buoy — The giant striped buoy marking the southernmost point of the continental U.S., 90 miles from Cuba.
• Dry Tortugas National Park — A day trip by ferry or seaplane to Fort Jefferson, plus snorkeling over coral reefs in clear water.
• Mallory Square sunset celebration — The nightly waterfront gathering of street performers, food carts, and sunset watchers.

Everglades

• Everglades National Park (Anhinga Trail) — A short boardwalk trail at Royal Palm famous for alligators, anhingas, herons, and turtles up close.
• Airboat tours — High-speed airboat rides through the sawgrass marshes offered by operators around Everglades City and the park's edges.
• Shark Valley — A 15-mile loop road through the "River of Grass" with a 65-foot observation tower and abundant wildlife.
• Big Cypress National Preserve — The adjacent preserve with swamp boardwalks, the Kirby Storter boardwalk, and dark-sky stargazing.

Space Coast

• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex — Bus tours to launch pads, the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit, and the Apollo/Saturn V Center.
• Canaveral National Seashore — 24 miles of undeveloped barrier-island beach along the northern Space Coast, with sea turtle nesting in summer.
• Cocoa Beach — The classic surf town with the historic Cocoa Beach Pier and the Ron Jon Surf Shop flagship.
• Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge — Manatees, alligators, and 300+ bird species sharing land with the space center.

Practical Tips

The best season is winter and spring (December–April): dry, sunny, and warm without the summer humidity and hurricane risk. Summer is cheaper but hot, rainy, and hurricane season runs June–November. A rental car is nearly essential — the Orlando-to-Miami-to-Key West triangle spans hundreds of miles and public transit between cities is limited. Book theme-park tickets and Dry Tortugas ferries well in advance.

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