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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 - Free Attractions

This is the sixth and last article considering some activities in the Central Florida area, alternatives to the main theme parks. This feature covers activities which are free, a couple of which I have covered in previous articles.

Old Town shopping and entertainment is free to get into and has a full range of activities from shopping and dining to a number of rides in two amusement ride areas (although most of these you have to pay for). Old Town has developed into a magnet for car enthusiasts, with parades of classic cars taking place on both Friday and Saturday nights, alongside free live music, creating a carnival feel.

Another cost free option is to head to some of the older districts in the area, with Kissimmee, St Cloud and Celebration all providing interesting and in some cases historic sights, while at the same time oozing charm. Kissimmee boasts the oldest Floridian Courthouse, continuously used. Kissimmee also hosts the Sculpture Experience where work by a dozen selected artists is displayed downtown.

As well as all the usual tourist attractions Osceola County has a wide array of wildlife including the largest bald-eagle population in America and is the home of a program to re-introduce the endangered Whooping Crane. There are a number of nature reserves in the area to enjoy these and other animals and a good place to start is the Lake Lizzie Nature Reserve.

If fishing is your thing then there is plenty of opportunity in the Kissimmee region, particularly with the abundance of lakes. Lake Tohopekaliga can be found in downtown Kissimmee and is a fantastic place for fishing as well as picnicking and has a renown in fishing circles stretching well beyond the Florida area. East Lake Toho, located in St Cloud really does have everything for the family including a beautiful beach and dedicated play area, as well as a handful of great fishing spots.

For a broader perspective on what to do in Florida try our article What is there to do in Florida?

Orlando Golf - Golf on the Space Coast

Although millions of visitors come to Florida for the Disney experience there are plenty of other attractions and activities which draw in the crowds, chief among them are the fantastic golfing opportunities spread throughout the state. This is the first in a series of articles looking at various aspects of the Florida golfing scene, with this feature concentrating on golf and other attractions that make the Space Coast an ideal venue for a golfing vacation.

The Space Coast runs over seventy miles along Florida’s Atlantic shoreline incorporating Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center as well as a plethora of beach focused towns including Cocoa beach and Palm Bay. As well as the world famous space attractions there are well over 20 golf courses with a huge range of types of course and related facilities. The area is only just over an hour from Orlando so ideally placed if the primary aim of your Florida trip is Walt Disney World, but you find yourself with enough spare time to fit in a round of golf or two.

Great Golf

There is a great range of different types of golf course running from immaculate resort based courses through well managed municipal courses, the latter of particular appeal to anyone on a budget. The course designers have made full use of the area’s natural features including wetlands, pine forests and the ubiquitous lakes. Those designers include Gary Player (Baytree National, which is the pick of the bunch), as well as Arnold Palmer (The Majors Golf Club). For those on a restricted budget, consider Cocoa Beach Country Club or The Habitat Golf Club.

Go on a Cruise

When you have finished playing golf one option is to go on a cruise. Port Canaveral is the starting point for cruises ranging from multiple day outings destined for exotic locations to five-hour long cruises which operate twice daily.

Lie on a Beach

There are a large number of beaches running along the Space Coast, ranging from the hectic Cocoa Beach to the largely undisturbed and under-developed stretch of beaches which make up the Canaveral National Seashore. Cocoa beach is a particular favourite spot for surf enthusiasts.

Go Fishing

Again there is a lot of variety to suit all fishing tastes, ranging from the spectacular deep-sea fishing which can be enjoyed off the Atlantic Coast to the renowned Mosquito Lagoon, which consists of 20 miles of flats running from New Smyrna Beach to Merritt Island.

Space Walk..

..and finally you would be mad to go to the Space Coast without actually experiencing the thrill and excitement of visiting the space region itself, a place that is synonymous with mankinds early exploration of space. The Kennedy Space Center is a must!

Florida Wildlife - American Alligator

Anyone spending any time in Florida will notice the alligator warning signs and will eventually see one whether wandering across a golf course or as they drive around near their wetland habitat. Alligators only exist in two locations, China and the southeast of the USA, predominantly Louisiana and Florida. Although similar, alligators found in China tend to be considerably smaller than their American cousins.

The American alligator was once considered an endangered species but a successful program of State protection, improvement and preservation of their natural habitat and a dramatic reduction in demand for alligator sourced products has led to the species thriving with an estimated wild population in excess of one million. The alligator’s durability has contributed to its 150 million year existence and allowed the species to survive when similar species, like the dinosaurs, became extinct.

Alligators are large reptiles with an adult male growing up to 15 feet long and weighing in at up to 1000 pounds. They live in the freshwater environments that can be found in abundance in Florida, including rivers, lakes, marshlands and swamps.

The species feed on a variety of animals including turtles, fish, snakes and coypu, helping keep the latter population under control. While alligators usually dine on animals they can swallow in one go, they will eat larger creatures if given the opportunity. They will seize larger animals and drag them under water until they drown. They will digest larger prey either by waiting for the animal corpse to rot or by tearing chunks of the animal off by gripping the animal with its powerful jaws and twisting its body around a number of times, in what is known as the ‘death roll’. Alligators will normally avoid human contact moving away if approached, although they will attack if threatened (or hungry!). Feeding alligators is illegal in Florida to ensure that the reptiles do not start associating humans with food, leading to greater contact between the species, with obvious greater risk. Alligators have extremely strong muscles to close their jaws, useful for capturing prey, but comparatively weak muscles for opening their jaws allowing a reasonably strong person to hold an alligators mouth shut with their bare hands.

Adult alligators are solitary creatures and very territorial to boot, selecting and defending prime freshwater locations. Younger alligators are much more tolerant of each other and will spend much time in large groups.

If you want to get a closer look at alligators then the controlled environment of Gatorland is a good place to start.

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