Florida Tourism Events & Places

Florida Tourism Events & Places

Florida State situated on the South East Coast of Mexico Gulf. Surrounded by the Alabama to the north-west, Georgia to the northern, and Atlantic Ocean to east.

Third most populous state in the United-State, has an area of ​​155,369 km2. With Tallahassee for politic capital, but the city of Miami is the most populous, with 5.5 million inhabitants.

Florida is like a pan shaped tail, long of 700 km and dominated by the omnipresence of water, with the Everglades is one of the most famous national parks and the area of ​​alligators and manatees.

Are relief is characterized by a low altitude, with a peak reaching only 105 meters, as well as sedimentary.

With a subtropical climate in the north and tropical in the south, is under constant threat of hurricanes, does not prevent the cultivation of vine.

His discovery is from 1513 by the Spaniard Juan Ponce de León, who named its Pascua Florida, flowering Easter in reference to Palm Sunday.

Theatre of Seminole wars against the European colonial powers

Are economy, consists of tourism, agriculture and transport, which developed in the late nineteenth century. Known, for this is amusement parks, the oranges production and the Kennedy Space Centre, at Cape Canaveral.

Country Touring, Florida has a climate of summer humidity, influenced by maritime air masses and the Gulf Stream. Always hot, with 240 days of sunshine a year, it is nicknamed Sunshine State. In September, the storms are usually short-lived with an incredibly violence.

With 1700 stream, 7800 freshwater lakes, and 700 sources, Florida is marked by the omnipresence of aquatic environments. Besides, the courses of underground waters and groundwater table that provide to some 8.1 million peoples, exploited for agricultural purposes, industrial and tourist activities.

Florida is composed of some beaches; countless parks, and nature reserves. Including, between Fort-Pierce and Titusville, the natural park Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, sanctuary for many migratory birds, as manatees, turtles hull and eagle turtles.

Florida is a paradise for tourists on over 1900 km of coastline, dotted with barrier islands, lagoons, bays, and almost 4500 islands. Ideal destination for water sports: sailing, kayaking, catamaran sailing, scuba diving with the presence of many coral reefs and wrecks.

Are flat topography allows countless rides on bike paths, but also overlap on more suitable paths, where in Orlando area you can see, some orange groves. He reigns in this state exhilaration.

Are passed it is offered very different architectural styles, mixing different colonial cultures, with strong old and headlights or ruins such as Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins, as well as museums that are among the richest States. You can also discover Miami's most populous city and the most tourist area. Or the whole world are coming in its Art Deco district of this eccentric city always ready for some parties before embarked on his famous cruise ships.

Tourists can also stroll through charming small towns like St Augustine and Pensacola. Finally the visit to Cape Canaveral, the quoted Space, created in 1966, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida one of the most popular attractions including simulations of rocket starts. Where shuttles, are bringing you, to the foot rockets or showing some movies on a giant screen.