| If you are planning a holiday in Florida and are trying to | | | | south of the state so you are never far away from |
| decide whether to stay in one resort or do some | | | | excellent flight networks and there are a lot of |
| touring around, it is certainly worth thinking about hiring | | | | companies who offer fly/drive packages at very good |
| a car. Most of the airports in Florida have good bus | | | | prices. |
| connections to nearby towns, or Amtrak rail stations | | | | The climate is humid because at no point is the state |
| within easy reach, but a rental car will give you the | | | | more than 60 miles from salt water and no more than |
| freedom and flexibility to get to places off the tourist | | | | 345 feet above sea level. Southern Florida is one of |
| track in your own time. | | | | the warmest places on the United States mainland |
| Some of the attractions in Florida include rides in top | | | | during the winter months and is 400 miles closer to the |
| theme parks like the Walt Disney World Resort, | | | | tropics than northern Florida, but it is cooled by a |
| Universal Orlando®, SeaWorld® and Busch | | | | prevailing sea breeze. Summers are often hot with |
| Gardens®: information on space exploration history | | | | frequent afternoon or early evening thunderstorms |
| at the Kennedy Space Centre: or you can swim with | | | | which occur on about 50% of the summer days from |
| a dolphin at Discovery Cove®, Orlando: experience | | | | June to September. Florida is the thunderstorm capital |
| the excitement of Daytona International Speedway or | | | | of the United States and the "lightning belt" stretches |
| swim and sunbathe on one of the fabulous beaches | | | | between Orlando and Tampa in the south along the |
| on Florida's Gulf Coast. You have a number of airports | | | | west coast to Fort Myers and east to Lake |
| to choose from in Florida which run from north to | | | | Okeechobee. |