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Our new luxury townhome with 5 bedrooms & 4 bathrooms (2x Masters with en-suites) will sleep 10 people in superb comfort. There is a well-equipped kitchen located adjacent to the dining area, with seating for 10. Flat screen TVs in every room, a multi-region DVD player and an Xbox are provided for your home entertainment. Free WiFi is also available. The property has its own private heated pool and patio area with a covered Lanai.

Located in one of Florida’s premier resorts, Paradise Palms is a gated community offering all the amenities you’d expect in a 5-star facility, including a pool, game room, fitness room and movie theatre. The grounds are beautifully landscaped and there is a poolside Tiki Bar and shop. The resort also offers a shuttle service to many of Orlando’s attractions at an additional fee.

Paradise Palms resort is just minutes away from Orlando’s main attractions. Walt Disney World is just a 10 minute drive and Universal Studios, Seaworld, Wet ‘n Wild, Legoland and other attractions are easily accessible. Highway 192 is just a couple of minutes away and here you will find an amazing range of grocery stores, other retailers, restaurants and bars.

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Florida Villas - Beaches – The East Coast

This is the first in a series of articles looking at the Floridian beaches. This article will focus on the beaches on the East Coast.

Starting on the Northeast coast is the attractive island of Amelia. Amelia has nearly 15 miles of beautiful beaches, with Victorian Fernandina Beach and Fort Clinch State Park , being the most prominent. Further down the coast we encounter Jacksonville, which has a number of family friendly areas, and further on St Augustine, an historic town in its own right but which also hosts a number of beaches, perhaps the standout being Anastasia State Park. Anastasia State Park is an outstandingly beautiful area, and visitors can enjoy the many nature trails, sand dunes and partake in the fishing from a base at one of the numerous campsites. Further on down the coast we come to the world famous Daytona Beach, a magnet for motor-racing enthusiasts, which sports over 20 miles of sand, some portions of which visitors are allowed to drive on. If you feel the need to get away from the undoubtedly crowded boardwalk you could do worse than head for the more sedate option of Ponce Inlet, located towards the south of Daytona. The water on the East Coast is very pleasant for swimming during the summer months, but taking a dip during the autumn and winter months is for the hardier swimmer.

Working our way towards the southern section of the East Coast we encounter a number of the most popular beaches in Florida. The rich enclave of Vero Beach has excellent surfing, and Fort Pierce provides a lovely beach area. Moving down, we then reach Florida’s Gold Coast, which comprises Palm beach, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter and Boca Raton, in total over 60 miles of mostly great shoreline. The Gold Coast is beautiful and clean, which unfortunately leads to overcrowding at certain times of the year. Carrying on we reach the Miami area, boasting a large number of beaches including the ever popular South Beach, catering for the trendy end of the market.

Look in our article What is there to do in Florida? to find other ideas for things to do in the Sunshine State

Florida Wildlife - Where to Go

Most visitors coming to Florida are attracted by Walt Disney World and the other major theme parks, or are here to enjoy the climate or possibly the golf. Florida has seen massive development over the past few decades with thousands of holiday homes being built, along with shopping malls and restaurants, to support these visitors. However, Florida is a large state and there remains plenty of room for one of Florida’s other main attractions, its wildlife. Although evidence of the state’s wildlife can be found all around us, often in an urban setting, there are a number of dedicated reserves and sanctuaries where wildlife can be seen in its natural state. In this article we cover a few of those ‘best for wildlife’ locations.

Manatee Springs

Under three hours northwest of Orlando, the constant 70 degree temperature of the water in the rivers headspring, where around 100 million gallons of water bubble up every day, acts as a magnet for West Indian Manatees, which head up river to the source of the river from the cooler Gulf of Mexico. At times the beautiful turquoise water is almost swamped by large numbers of manatees and scuba divers travel from all over the world to swim in the waters alongside the creatures and the other wildlife to be found there.

Everglades National Park

An easy drive south of Miami and you enter another world far removed from the city, in the shape of the 2,500 square miles of everglades teeming with alligators, snakes and insects. The Anhinga Trail is a mile long boardwalk through part of the everglades giving a close up view of some of the local inhabitants, including birdlife.

Merritt Island

This nature preserve’s location near Kennedy Space Center has been a blessing as the space program’s security concerns has prevented anything other than space related development, leaving plenty of room for manatees, sea turtles and other wildlife. The refuge spreads over 220 square miles and an easy way to get a feel for the wildlife it contains is to take the Black Point Wildlife Drive, a seven mile long meander bringing you close to a wide variety of wildlife.

Gatorland

We covered Gatorland in another article, but it is a great opportunity to see these creatures close up, albeit in a controlled environment.

5 Things to do in Kissimmee

If you have come to Florida and intend to spend at least some time in the main theme parks (and that is what most first time visitors to Florida want to do) then the city of Kissimmee and the surrounding area is the perfect location. Ideally located right in the midst of the main parks Kissimmee is also a good base for other activities, being within easy driving distance of either the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico coasts, with Kennedy Space Center only an hour or so drive away. Orlando is also close by and there are a large number of excellent golf courses in the immediate vicinity.

Kissimmee is a relatively small city (population circa 50,000) in its own right, but the surrounding metropolitan area is home to around 2m people, not including the vast number of tourists who visit each year. Located in Osceola County, Florida, the main industry in the area is, not surprisingly, tourism although there is still many cattle ranches and orange plantations harking back to pre-Walt Disney days.

There are myriad entertainment activities in Kissimmee and the surrounding area, and here are just a few of them;

#1 Theme Parks – you are very close to all of the major theme parks with the largest being Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. Non-Disney parks include Universal’s Studios and their Islands of Adventure park which includes the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. There is also SeaWorld, with its recently opened penguin based exhibition, Antartica.

#2 Water Parks – there are a large number of water parks in the area, the largest of which is Wet ‘n Wild. This features a number of water-based rides ranging from the sedate (Lazy River) to a number of very exciting rides (Surge). A tip to remember is that once you have paid to get in once, you can get in free anytime in the next two weeks, a great saving if you have a young family and intend to visit more than once.

#3 Gatorland – an easy drive from Kissimmee, this American alligator themed park and nature reserve is a great way to spend a few hours, and is quite a bit cheaper than the main theme parks. There are literally hundreds of alligators of all sizes and ages in the park and there are a number of entertaining shows involving the gators and their keepers to keep you amused. For the more adventurous there is a zip-line covering several hundred feet, allowing a birds-eye view of the park and part of the breeding marshes.

#4 Airboat Rides – there are a number of places offering Airboat rides, based in the wetter, marshy parts of the state, and Florida Wild is an easy drive from Kissimmee. This is a fantastic experience, with the boat ride lasting about an hour, giving a close up of much of the wildlife in the park, although the alligators were a little shy when I was there! You also get the opportunity to hold an adolescent gator, which is probably not for the squeamish!

#5 Shopping and Dining – Highway 192 runs straight through the centre of Kissimmee and has mile upon mile of shops, restaurants and entertainment venues on either side. All the big supermarkets are represented (Walmart, Publix), as well as literally hundreds of bars and restaurants.

If you are looking for other suggestions for things to do in Florida try our article What is there to do in Florida?

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