Table Of ContentP
D
F
Florida
PDF ebook
Edition 8th Edition
Release Date January 2018
Pages 544
Useful Links
Want more guides?
Head to our shop
Trouble with your PDF?
Trouble shoot here
Need more help?
Head to our FAQs
Stay in touch
Contact us here
© Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd. To make it easier for you to use, access to this PDF ebook is not digitally restricted. In return, we think it’s fair to
ask you to use it for personal, non-commercial purposes only. In other words, please don’t upload this chapter to a peer-to-peer site, mass email it to
everyone you know, or resell it. See the terms and conditions on our site for a longer way of saying the above – ‘Do the right thing with our content’.
4 easy-to-use How to use this book
sections
Look for these symbols to quickly identify listings:
1 4
Sights Sleeping
r 5
Beaches Eating
2 6
PLAN YOUR TRIP Activities Drinking
C 3
Courses Entertainment
Your planning tool kit
T 7
Photos & suggestions to help Tours Shopping
you create the perfect trip.
z Festivals 8 Information
& Events & Transport
All reviews are ordered in our writers’ preference,
starting with their most preferred option. Additionally:
Eating and Sleeping reviews are ordered by price
range (budget, midrange, top end) and, within these
ranges, by writer preference.
ON THE ROAD
Your complete guide
Expert reviews, easy-to-use
maps & insider tips.
These symbols and abbreviations give vital
information for each listing:
Must-visit recommendation
Sustainable or green recommendation
No payment required
% Telephone number f Ferry
UNDERSTAND h Opening hours j Tram
p Parking d Train
Get more from your trip n Nonsmoking a pt apartments
Learn about the big picture, to a Air-conditioning d double rooms
make sense of what you see. i Internet access d m dorm beds
W Wi-fi access q quad rooms
s Swimming pool r rooms
v Vegetarian selection s single rooms
E English-language menu ste suites
c Family-friendly tr triple rooms
# Pet-friendly tw twin rooms
g Bus
SURVIVAL GUIDE
Your at-a-glance reference For symbols used on maps, see the Map Legend.
Vital practical information
for a smooth trip.
©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
Florida
The Panhandle
p442
Northeast
Florida
p340
Orlando &
Walt Disney
World®
p245
Tampa Bay & The Space
Southwest Florida Coast
p384 p322
Southeast
Florida
p203
The
Everglades Miami
p153 p64
Florida Keys
& Key West
p171
Adam Karlin, Kate Armstrong,
Ashley Harrell, Regis St Louis
P LAN
ON THE ROAD
YOUR TRIP
Welcome to Florida . . . . . 4 MIAMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Jupiter &
Jupiter Island . . . . . . . . . . 237
Florida Map . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Florida’s Top 15 . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE EVERGLADES . . 153
Fort Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Need to Know . . . . . . . . . .16 Everglades Sebastian Inlet . . . . . . . . . 241
National Park . . . . . . . .156
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Vero Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tamiami Trail . . . . . . . . . . . 156
If You Like… . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Southern Everglades . . . . 163
Month by Month . . . . . . . 23 ORLANDO & WALT
Biscayne
Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 National Park . . . . . . . .169 DISNEY WORLD® . . . 245
Theme Park Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Trip Planner . . . . . . . . . . . 33 FLORIDA KEYS Winter Park . . . . . . . . . . 270
Outdoor Activities . . . . . .41 & KEY WEST . . . . . . . 171 Winter Haven . . . . . . . . . 273
Eat & Drink Upper Keys . . . . . . . . . . 174 Walt Disney World® . . .274
Like a Local . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Key Largo & Tavernier . . . 174 Magic Kingdom . . . . . . . . . 287
Travel with Children . . . . 54 Islamorada . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Epcot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Regions at a Glance . . . . 60 Middle Keys . . . . . . . . . .180 Animal Kingdom . . . . . . . . 297
Grassy Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Hollywood Studios . . . . . . 299
Marathon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Typhoon Lagoon &
ALEXANDER DEM LBHoiogwn Pdeiarn eKK eeKyye sy&, .BL .oa .oh .eia . K . e .y . . . . . .118844 DDBliiissznnzeeayyr d’sS BpBreoianacgrhdsW . . . .a . .l . .k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333000321
YANENKO/SHUTTERSTOCK © SBKDNuoeraygyct aia ToWr oCnleorhasatilutfc Pga K .aa eK .rsy .ek .y& . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121880671 UOTCnHrOliaEvAne SSdrsToPa .ARl . eC .sE .o .r t . . . . . . . . . . . . .332026
Merritt Island . . . . . . . . . . 324
Cocoa Beach . . . . . . . . . . . 328
LIFEGUARD HUT, SOUTH SOUTHEAST
BEACH, MIAMI P65 FLORIDA . . . . . . . . . 203 Cape Canaveral . . . . . . . . 331
Cocoa Village . . . . . . . . . . 333
Gold Coast . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Melbourne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
JUSTIN FOULKES/LONELY PLANET © HDFLDBDoaoaeeorunelcltrldaryi aaLfe wyiR areB odBualedoatdeao ldeaeBcn . rc-ehbd . . hay . . . . a c- . . . .lteh . . . .h . . . . . . e . . . . . .- . . . . . .S . . . . . .e . . . . . .a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222222200011116985777 IATNFnitLtdOluOaiaRsnRlvaTtiiInlHclDet iECAc . . .A o . . .aS . . .s . .T .t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333344330277
Daytona Beach . . . . . . . . . 342
Lake Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Flagler Beach . . . . . . . . . . 347
Palm Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
St Augustine . . . . . . . . . . . 348
West Palm Beach . . . . . . . 230
COCKTAILS IN KEY WEST Jacksonville . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
P198 Treasure Coast . . . . . . .236
Contents
UNDERSTAND
Jacksonville Area Naples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Florida
Beaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Gasparilla Island . . . . . . . . 439 Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484
Amelia Island . . . . . . . . . . 365 Marco Island . . . . . . . . . . . 439 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Palatka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Pine Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
People & Culture . . . . .496
Talbot Island &
Fort George Island . . . . . . 370 The Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
THE PANHANDLE . . 442
North Central
Landscape & Wildlife . . . 507
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Gulf Coast . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Cassadaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Pensacola . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
DeLand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Pensacola Beach . . . . . . . 452
Ocala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Perdido Key . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Ocala National Forest . . . 376 Fort Walton Beach . . . . . . 455
Gainesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Destin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
High Springs . . . . . . . . . . . 382 South Walton & SURVIVAL
Barberville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 30A Beaches . . . . . . . . . . . 458 GUIDE
Panama City Beach . . . . . 462
Cape San Blas &
TAMPA BAY & Directory A–Z . . . . . . . . .518
Port St Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . .465
SOUTHWEST
Apalachicola . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Transportation . . . . . . .526
FLORIDA . . . . . . . . . 384
St George Island . . . . . . . . 469 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Big Bend . . . . . . . . . . . .470
Tampa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Map Legend . . . . . . . . . . 543
Tallahassee . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
St Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . 397
Steinhatchee . . . . . . . . . . . 476
St Pete Beach &
Cedar Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Barrier Island Beaches . . . 406
Apalachicola
Clearwater &
National Forest . . . . . . . . . 479
Clearwater Beach . . . . . . . 409
Quincy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Gulfport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Honeymoon Island &
Caladesi Island . . . . . . . . . 411
HURRICANE IRMA
Nature Coast . . . . . . . . . 412
On September 10, 2017, one of the largest hurricanes
Weeki Wachee Springs . . . 412
ever recorded barrelled over Florida, causing flooding
Homosassa Springs . . . . . 412
and destruction. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the
Crystal River . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Florida Keys as a category 4 storm the width of Texas.
Tarpon Springs . . . . . . . . . 415 Homes and businesses in Everglades City were left
Southwest battered and mud-soaked after an 8-foot storm surge;
Gulf Coast . . . . . . . . . . .416 in the Keys, a FEMA survey reported that 25% of build-
Sarasota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 ings had been destroyed, with another 65% damaged.
Sarasota Keys . . . . . . . . . . 422 This book was researched before the storm hit and
sent to print soon after, when Irma’s long-term effects
Venice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
were still unknown. Most cities were already announc-
Fort Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
ing intentions to be ready for visitors soon. Still, those
Fort Myers Beach . . . . . . . 429 traveling to Florida, especially the Keys (www.fla-keys.
Sanibel Island . . . . . . . . . . 431 com) or the Everglades (www.nps.gov/ever), should
Captiva Island . . . . . . . . . . 434 check official websites for the latest information.
©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
4
Welcome to
Florida
A hundred worlds – from magic
kingdoms and Latin American and
Caribbean capitals to mangrove islands,
wild wetlands and artist colonies – are
all contained within this flat peninsula.
Seaside Fantasy Tropical Mosaic
Maybe there’s no mystery to what makes While many know Florida for beaches and
the Florida peninsula so intoxicating. theme parks, few understand that this is one
Beaches as fine and sweet as powdered of the most populous states in the country,
sugar, warm waters, rustling mangroves: a bellwether for the American experiment.
all conspire to melt our workaday selves. And that experiment – and this state – is
We come to Florida to let go – of worries more diverse than ever. From rural hunters
and winter, of inhibitions and reality. Some and trappers in the geographically northern,
desire a beachy getaway of swimming, sea- culturally Southern climes, to Jewish trans-
food and sunsets. Others seek the hedonism plants sitting side by side with Latin arrivals
of South Beach, spring break and Key West. from every Spanish-speaking nation in the
Still more hope to lose themselves within world, it’s hard to beat Florida when it comes
the phantasmagorical realms of Walt Dis- to experiencing the human tapestry at its
ney World® and Orlando’s theme parks. most colorful and vibrant.
Sexy Swamps Culture By the Coast
Within Florida’s semitropical wilderness, Tan, tropical Florida is smarter and more
alligators prowl the waterways, herons strut culturally savvy than its appearance sug-
through ponds, manatees winter in springs gests. This state, particularly South Florida,
and sea turtles nest in summer. Osprey has a reputation for attracting eccentrics
and eagles, dolphins and tarpon, coral-reef and idiosyncratic types from across the US,
forests, oceans of saw grass: despite the best Latin America and Europe. Many of these
efforts of 21st-century humans, overwhelm- folks, and their descendants, have gone on
ing portions of Florida remain untamed. to create or provide patronage for the arts,
In a nation where natural beauty is often as evidenced by enormous concert spaces in
measured by topography, flat Florida is Miami, a glut of museums on the Gulf Coast,
underappreciated by outdoors fanatics, but and a long, literary tradition – Florida has
here you can paddle a kayak over the back produced more than its fair share of great
of a sleeping Jurassic-era alligator, and meet American authors.
loggerheads and manatees underwater, eye
to eye.
5
ROM
RODPHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK ©
Why I Love Florida
By Adam Karlin, Writer
I was raised on wetlands and I’m drawn to wetlands, and I can’t think of a state that better
combines that favored biome with some of my other great travel loves – good food, ethnic
entrepôts, warm weather and nice beaches. What can I say? Give me the ocean on one hand,
swamps on the other and some fried conch and iced tea for lunch and I’m happy as a clam
(which are great fried at a dockside restaurant, by the way).
For more about our writers, see p544
Above: Everglades National Park (p156)
Florida
89ºW 88ºW 87ºW 86ºW 85ºW 84ºW
ALABAMA Dothan
31ºN
Lake
Mobile Seminole
MISSISSIPPI
3B0iºlNoxi PensacolPaeBnesaacchola ForBt eWacahltoGnrSatyCattiotePyn a P BnBaeareamkacchah PCaitnyamaCentral TiEamset eZron neTiNme AZaontepiaolnaaclh FTicAoorLleLasAHtHavAaSnSaEE
Apalachee
Apalachicola Bay
Gulf Islands National Apalachicola River
Seashore
Stunning beaches (p452)
29ºN Apalachicola
Mecca for sweet Florida
oysters (p466)
Crystal River
Kayak and swim with
wintering manatees (p413)
28ºN
St Petersburg
G U L F O F Artful encounters at the
M E X I C O Salvador Dalí Museum (p397)
27ºN
Sanibel Island
Upscale beach getaway;
legendary shelling (p431)
26ºN
Everglades National Park
Kayak in the swamp
ELEVATION with gators (p156)
400ft
0
25ºN Key West
Everyone’s welcome at this
party (p187)
88ºW 87ºW 86ºW 85ºW 84ºW
Florida
0 100 km
0 50 miles
89ºW 88ºW 87ºW ALAB8A6MºWA Dothan 85ºW 84ºW GEORG8IA3ºW 82ºW 81ºW 80ºW 79ºW 31ºN
31ºN
Lake
MISSISSIPPI Mobile Seminole BFeerancahndina NatiSont ’As oulgduesstt icnitey is a
3B0iºlNoSxGituunlnf iInsSglae banesdahsco hNreeas t(ipo4Pn5ean2ls)acolPaeBnesaacchola ForBt eWacahltoGnrSatyCattiotePyn a P BnBaeareamkacchah PCAaitpnyaalmacaChentriacl oTiEamlset aeZron neTiNme AZAaonteppiaoalnRlaaaciclvh heFTirciAocorLoleLalsaAHtHaAvAapSnaSBalEaaEcyhee uwanneeRiver Gainesville NOatciaolnaaSltJJoahn'sRivcerkIAssomlnSatven ilIAAdlislaunelaganusdtsatisniea time waArnp ir(npeda3OlG4ileuy8O a m)tridconuaocesolkasirscv Npi(slpacaler3etan7id7oe)i nsthea alo AtFf ohTOri LkeCi s AnEtg NA TN I3 0CºN
S Forest and crystal springs (p376)
Suwannee Daytona Beach
29ºN Apalachicola Ocala 29ºN
Mecca for sweet Florida Cedar Key Canaveral
oysters (p466) National
Crystal River Seashore Canaveral National
Seashore
Homosassa Kayak with dolphins (p326)
Springs Orlando
Cape
Crystal River Canaveral
Kayak and swim with
wintering manatees (p413) Cocoa Beach
Universal Orlando Resort
28ºN CCalIelsaaldarwnesdaiter TamSpta PeteLraskbeulargnd Florida'sTurn Melbourne woEndxceerlflueln wt orirdldess a(pn3d06)
GM U E L X F I C O O F SalvAardtfouSrl tDe Pnaeclíto eMurnustbseeurusr mgat (tph3e97) FSot rPt eDteeP SBaoertakoch Bradenton pike(toll) PFoierrtce Walt Disney World®
Tampa Only the world’s grandest
Bay theme park (p274)
Sarasota
27ºN Venice 27ºN
Lake
Okeechobee
Sanibel Island
Upscale beach getaway; Fort Palm Beach
legendary shelling (p431) Captiva Myers Corkscrew
Island Swamp Delray Beach
Sanctuary
Sanibel Boca Raton
Island Big Cypress
26ºN ELEVATION EveKrwgalyiatahdk e gisna tN tohraest i(sopwn1a5am6l) Ppark Naples Alligator Alley NPraetEsvieoerglrnavadeels BMeDFiaaoacmrnht iiaL aBuedaecrhdale Chic, seMxy,i aLmatiin-sp2i6cºeNd
400ft The VShaallreky Miami culture and nightlife (p64)
25ºN 0 EveryonpeKa’rset wyy e(Wplc1eo8sm7t)e at this NatEiovneFarlgla lPmaadinregkso FlBoKariyedFyalCosirtiyda Key LSCJaotroaghrtonae lPP Reaenreknfekamp StraitsofFlorida 25ºN
Fl o ri d a John Pennekamp State Park
Dry Tortugas Key Coral reef cities of uncommon
National Park West abundance (p174)
88ºW 87ºW 86ºW 85ºW 84ºW 83ºW 82ºW 81ºW 80ºW
©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
8
Top 15
Florida’s
