Must-see attractions in Florida

  • Hugh Taylor Birch State Recreation Area

    Fort Lauderdale

    This lusciously tropical park contains one of the last significant maritime hammocks in Broward County. There are mangroves and a freshwater lagoon system…

  • Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

    Tampa

    This small, intimate photography museum is housed on the 2nd and 3rd stories of the Cube, a five-story atrium in downtown Tampa. In addition to a…

  • South Pointe Park

    South Beach

    The very southern tip of Miami Beach has been converted into a lovely park, replete with manicured grass for lounging; a beach; views over a remarkably…

  • Ochopee

    Everglades National Park

    Drive to the hamlet of Ochopee (population about four)…no…wait…turn around, you missed it! Then pull over and break out the cameras: Ochopee’s claim to…

  • Main Street, USA

    Walt Disney World

    Fashioned after Walt Disney's hometown of Marceline, MO, Main Street, USA, is best experienced with an aimless meander. Peruse the miniature dioramas of…

  • Key West Distilling

    Key West

    This tiny craft distiller, basically a one-man operation, creates some excellent rums, two types of vodka (including one with horseradish), one gin and…

  • Miccosukee Resort & Casino

    Everglades National Park

    Here the long-storied legacy of the nation’s indigenous peoples has culminated in…slots. Lots of slots, and comatose gamblers pouring quarters into them…

  • Hollywood Boulevard & Echo Lake

    Walt Disney World

    This is where you'll find the Star Wars–themed Star Tours (FastPass+), one of Disney's best 3D-simulated experiences, the over-the-top stunt show Indiana…

  • Dinoland

    Walt Disney World

    This bizarre dinosaur-themed section seems more like a tired carnival than Disney Magic, with garish plastic dinosaurs, midway games and 'Trilo-Bite'…

  • Spanish Military Hospital Museum

    St Augustine

    Not for the faint of heart, guided tours of this museum discuss Colonial-era medical techniques in all their gory glory: amputations, leeching, the whole…

  • Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail

    Florida Keys

    This 106-mile bike and pedestrian trail will eventually stretch from Key Largo to Key West. About 90 miles of it are currently complete. For more info…

  • Art & History Museums – Maitland

    Orlando

    Founded as an art colony in 1937 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this lovely little spot provides classes and studio space to area…

  • Discovery Island

    Walt Disney World

    The only attraction here is the Bugs' Life–themed It's Tough to Be a Bug!, a 4D movie that includes periods of darkness, dry ice and flashing lights…

  • Faena Forum

    Miami

    Part of the ambitious new $1 billion Faena District, this new cultural center has been turning heads ever since its opening in late 2016. The circular Rem…

  • Country Club Prado

    Miami

    Coral Gables–designer George Merrick planned a series of elaborate entry gates to the city, but the real-estate bust meant that projects went unfinished…

  • Temple Emanu-El

    South Beach

    An art-deco temple? Not exactly, but the smooth, bubbly dome and sleek, almost aerodynamic profile of this Conservative synagogue, established in 1938,…

  • Pa-hay-okee Overlook

    Everglades National Park

    Rte 9336 cuts through the soft heart of the park, past long fields of marsh prairie, white, skeletal forests of bald cypress and dark clumps of mahogany…

  • St Petersburg Museum of History

    St Petersburg

    As city history museums go, St Pete's is intriguingly oddball: a real 3000-year-old mummy, a two-headed calf and a life-size replica of a Benoist plane,…

  • Gallery on Greene

    Key West

    Displaying work by more than three dozen artists, this is one of Key West's best art galleries. The collection focuses on artists in Southern Florida or…

  • Blizzard Beach

    Walt Disney World

    The newer of Disney's two water parks, themed as a melted Swiss ski resort complete with a ski lift, Blizzard Beach is the 1980s Vegas Strip hotel to…

  • Peacock Park

    Miami

    Extending down to the edge of the waterfront, Peacock Park serves as the great open backyard of Coconut Grove. Young families stop by the playground and…

  • Anastasia State Recreation Area

    St Augustine

    Locals come to escape the tourist hordes at this terrific park, which is a beautiful quilt of estuarine marsh, maritime forest, boardwalk paths and sandy…

  • Matheson Hammock Park

    Miami

    This 630-acre county park is the city’s oldest and one of its most scenic. It offers good swimming for children in an enclosed tidal pool, lots of hungry…

  • Cathedral Basilica of St Augustine

    St Augustine

    With its magnificent bell tower lording it over the Plaza de la Constitution, this Spanish-mission-style cathedral is likely the country's first Catholic…

  • Kirby Storter Roadside Park

    Everglades National Park

    Though short in size (1 mile total out and back) this elevated boardwalk leads to a lovely overlook where you can often see a variety of birdlife (ibis…

  • Coconut Grove Library

    Miami

    Completed in 1963, the library has a photogenic design with oolitic limestone walls and a steep roof that pays homage to the original 1901 library that…

  • Plaza de la Constitution

    St Augustine

    In the heart of downtown, this grassy square, the oldest public park in the US and a former marketplace for food (and slaves), has an attractive gazebo,…

  • Congress Hotel

    South Beach

    Close to 11th St, the Congress Hotel is a deco classic, showing perfect symmetry in its three-story facade, with window-shading eyebrows and a long…

  • Veterans Memorial Park

    Florida Keys

    This small park has covered picnic tables and good access to the mudflat and mangrove habitat that makes up most of the Keys’ coastline. The views onto…

  • South Beach

    Key West

    This small sandy beach is a pleasant spot for a dip. A restaurant sits on the edge of the sands, and rents out lounge chairs and umbrellas. South Beach is…

  • Ernest Coe Visitor Center

    Everglades National Park

    Near the entrance to the Everglades National Park, this friendly visitor center has some excellent exhibits, including a diorama of ‘typical’ Floridians …

  • Oasis

    Walt Disney World

    Oasis is the first themed section of Animal Kingdom. It has cool critters, including a giant anteater, but it's best to move along to other attractions…

  • Orange County Regional History Center

    Orlando

    Orlando before Disney? Permanent exhibits cover prehistoric Florida, European exploration, race relations and citrus production, with a re-created pioneer…

  • Lowry Park Zoo

    Tampa

    North of downtown, Tampa's zoo gets you as close to the animals as possible, with several free-flight aviaries, giraffe feeding, a wallaby enclosure and a…

  • St Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts

    St Petersburg

    The Museum of Fine Arts' collection is as broad as the Dalí Museum's is deep, traversing the world's antiquities and following art's progression through…

  • Coral Way Entrance

    Miami

    Coral Gables–designer George Merrick planned a series of elaborate entry gates to the city. Among the completed gates worth seeing is the Coral Way…

  • Granada Entrance

    Miami

    Coral Gables–designer George Merrick planned a series of elaborate entry gates to the city. The Granada Entrance is among the completed gates worth seeing.

  • Maurice Gibb Memorial Park

    South Beach

    A small bit of green space overlooking the water, this park has a playground, benches and grassy areas with fine views. There's ample parking here too.

  • Carlyle

    South Beach

    The Carlyle comes with futuristic styling, triple parapets, a Jetsons vibe and some cinematic cachet: The Birdcage was filmed here.

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