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The USA's top vaycay state is best known for its beach resorts and theme parks. But besides the ersatz thrills of Orlando, the nightlife of South Beach, and the well-marketed Victoriana of Key West and Amelia Island, quiet hideaways abound as well.

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The spooky ghost tours of St. Augustine

Victor Block At age 458 - founded during the Spanish empire by Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés - St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States. There’s a lot to recommend a city that old, including charming colonial architecture and a lot of history - not just stretching back centuries but also including its beginnings as a tourism mecca during the Victorian era, the early 20th century, and even the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. And of course…

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12 of Florida's best resorts

Beachcomber Resort & Club Attracting more than 120 million holidaymakers annually, the Sunshine State is famously home to many beautiful beaches on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and is known for its bright sunshine, tall palm trees, crystal clear turquoise waters, expansive beaches, theme parks; and resorts. And here's our list of picks (obviously by no means exhaustive) of a dozen of the best resorts - from very affordable to very exclusive, and intimate to enormous -…

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Luscious Lee County in the wake of last fall's Hurricane Ian

Visit Florida Walking along the Fort Myers Yacht Basin in the center of the city, you would never know that three months ago it was littered with boats and destruction, havoc wreaked by Hurricane Ian in late September 2022 - the worst storm to hit Florida since 1935 and the world's third costliest on record. The feeling of calm felt almost eerie as I remembered the horrific TV images of months past. Nonetheless, this Lee County city along with nearby Bonita Springs are beach towns, bastions…

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Miami's Ultra included in "The USA's Top 10 Music Festivals"

Since debuting here in 1989, one of the world's premier electronic dance music festivals has been held in many cities across the globe, but this March event is still the biggest and most famous, with as many as 155,000 attending over two to three days in the city's Bayfront Park. with acts appearing over the years including Diplo, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Moby, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, and Paul Van Dyk. For more, read post

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Darryl Musick March 3, 2015 at 5:24pm

Spring Training starts today! If you're planning a trip, head over to Tim's Sports World for your Spring Training primer on how to see any or all of the 30 teams tuning up for the MLB season in either Florida or Arizona. It's the 2015 MLB Spring Training Primer

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Ann, TS November 20, 2014 at 12:10am

Fantasy Fest 2014- my 12th-in Key West, Florida- a Halloween celebration known as “Mardi Gras on Steroids”.

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Fantasy Fest 2014 was wild & crazy with 50,000+ revelers with costumed fun day & night with a Zombie Bike Ride, Pirate Night, 35th Annual Toga Party at Sloppy Joes Bar & the culminating parade with over 100 floats the final Saturday night---All awesome costumes, bodypaint, bawdy behavior in the private parties & so much to eat and drink all week!,

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Kathleen Walls January 2, 2014 at 9:40pm

I write a lot about Florida and live int it so I need to join this group. Latest Fl articles are http://www.americanroads.net/music_row_winter2014.htm , http://www.americanroads.net/off_the_interstate_winter2014.htm and http://www.americanroads.net/off_beaten_path_winter2014.htm
Tripatini June 8, 2012 at 10:09pm

Now on our blog: the spectacular rebirth of a Key Biscayne surf-and-turf icon.
Tripatini May 16, 2012 at 10:05pm

One of our members is seeking resort recommendations in Orlando. If you'd like to help, please click on this link to our Ask A Travel Pro forum.

Thanks!!
Ed Wetschler March 13, 2012 at 4:01am

A tripatini member needs some culinary guidance for St. Petersburg, FL. Please reply directly to his question on Ask A Travel Pro: http://www.tripatini.com/forum/topics/restaurants-in-st-pete-s
Tripatini March 12, 2012 at 10:26pm

Those of you familiar with the Tampa Bay area, anyone have good, nonpricey dining suggestions for a fellow Tripatini member? If so, please answer not on this wall but by clicking this link to our Ask A Travel Pro forum. Thanks!!
Tripatini December 30, 2011 at 7:08pm

Moms/dads, thinking Orlando/Central Florida in the coming months? Check out the report on the new Legoland, now in our blog!
Ed Wetschler December 24, 2011 at 4:19pm

Florida's Pasco County (the Tampa Bay area) has voted to fund a campaign to promote itself as a nude vacation destination to 19 million German, Dutch, French, and UK nudists. According to The Australian, In 2008 the commissioners defeated a proposal to promote nudism, but this year the proposal didn't just win, but won 4:1. As Marvin Gay would say, What's goin' on?
David Paul Appell November 25, 2011 at 7:54pm

On our Ask A Travel Pro forum, a member has requested advice on destinations that meet his criteria on the Gulf coast below Tampa. To help him out, please respond to this link. Thanks!!