Florida Tours

Orlando, known as the theme park capital of the universe, attracts almost 90 percent of the state’s 95 million-plus annual visitors. It’s a fascinating place of elaborate fantasy, and its core business is the mass market, there are more luxurious experiences in spas, hotels, dining.

Florida is a place of the, a rich Native American heritage (with the Seminole tribe), America’s oldest city (St Augustine).

A legacy of early 20th-century expansion (Henry Flagler’s railroads) and the home of space exploration (Kennedy Space Center) and the Ringling circus business, which offers “the Greatest Show in the Universe”. Flabbergasting!

• When should you visit Florida?

During the month of May to September can be extremely hot and humid, with temperatures above 95F/35C. The cooler and pleasant weather run from March to May and October to November.

The Southern part of Florida usually has 70sF/20sC in winter while the temperatures in the far northern part usually go below the freezing at night.

• Where to visit in Florida?

Florida is divided into five distinct areas in tourism terms, which are central, southeast, northeast, Gulf Coast and the Keys. Visit the beaches with more than 1,300-miles of coastline is also a good idea. The Gulf Coast is known to be calmer and warmer. While surfing and watersports are more common on the Atlantic side.

Panama City Beach, known for its great destination for sightseeing tours and attractions of Florida, restaurants, hotels, attractions and nature parks with diverse wildlife, both on land and at sea, is a huge attraction in Florida’s ‘panhandle’ It attracts big crowds during the US Spring Break holiday

Other resort areas are Destin, Seaside, watersports, state preserves and sightseeing tours and attractions in Florida

• North-east

Jacksonville is the principal city in the northern quarter of Florida; Jacksonville is a lively place with modern developments in the nightlife, shopping, riverfront, beaches and the renowned golf resort of the Tournament Players Club in Ponte Verde.

The town is also a home to the Castillo de San Marcos, known as one of the United States’s most iconic monuments and America’s oldest fort. Colonial buildings are also present in the town.

• Central

Orlando is at the heart of the United States of America, literally and metaphorically. Almost one-thirds of British visitors, love spend at least a week exploring its theme parks, water parks, dinner shows, nightlife and other beautiful attractions, including golf, outlet shopping and some thousands of restaurants.

This is the home of Universal. Disney, the Kennedy Space Center and Tampa. And the they offer the Lowry Park Zoo, the animal-themed Busch Gardens Park, and the Florida Aquarium, as well as the attracting district of Ybor City.

Florida offers a consistent, reliable and quality-minded holiday. Although Orlando has the top attractions, many visitors choose to stay in the southern part, in the area of Kissimmee, a place with numerous and yet affordable holiday villas. Such as, Forever Florida center on a ranch to the south, chances to go kayaking, ballooning, bass fishing and boating are also available.

• Gulf Coast

South and west from Orlando, visitors have the pick of 211 miles of beautiful white-sand beaches, along Greek-tinged Tarpon Springs to the south of Marco Island, at the slight edge of the Everglades.

There are modern communities Immediately west of Tampa, places like Clearwater and St Pete’s Beach, where families have fun.

 The seafront resorts and towns appear to become more amazing as you move south through, Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Port Charlotte, Captiva, Cape Coral, Naples, and Sanibel with a nice country-club atmosphere. It is also popular for occasions like weddings and honeymoons.

The beaches here are notable for amassing thousands of sea shells. Therefore, they are famous for shelling, while Venice, known as the “shark tooth capital of the world” the place where thousands of shark teeth are washed up on the beaches and dedicated festivals to the collectors takes place in May.

• South-east

West Palm Beach in the southeast of Florida is home to the rich and famous hoping to enjoy winter away from the cold climate. With condos and hotels present in the seafront, plus standard shopping outlets along the Worth Avenue, Flager’s The Breakers Hotel and also the heroic Flager Museum.'

• The Keys

South of Miami on Highway 1, locate there are the chain-link islands known as the Keys, the islands, which was made famous by the Humphrey Bogart film which is now commemorated in an annual Bogart Film Festival. It’s also the home of the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.

Other main towns alongside the Keys trail before arriving in the USA’s southernmost point are Islamorada and Marathon.

• Local laws & etiquette

Make sure you always with your car rental contract and driver’s license.

When driving, you can turn to the right at a red light, but you must come to a full stop first and be sure there is no traffic coming and also no sign that shows off “No turn on red”.

Also, your lights must be on when it’s raining. On motorways, either you move over one lane, or you slow down for an emergency vehicle. While on minor roads, you should pull over and stop for a vehicle of urgency moving in the either direction.