You know your interests better than anyone. Have you picked up a travel
guide book of Florida or looked at one in your library. It might also
help you focus on destinations that mesh with your interests. Visitor
information is well represented on the internet. Use your favorite
search engine to pull up on line travel info about destinations you may
want to see.
The personal approach is good too. The Keys may or may not be for you.
Do you like to snorkel, scuba or deep sea fish? These are the primary
daytime activities in the Keys. The Florida Keys being created from
coral reefs and mangrove swamps do not have very many sandy beaches. If
that's what you like there are a few places. Bahia Honda State Park has
a lovely beach unspoiled by development. Harry Harris State Park in Key
Largo is pleasant, more like a lagoon with a picnic area. But sit down
on the beach slowly, the ground is rather firm almost concrete like.
Smathers beach in Key West is very large, easy to get to and the sand
can be broken up to be a little less firm. Smaller and more quiet is
Higgs Beach and Rest Beach. All beaches in Key Largo and Key West do
not have waves. If you like to surf aside from wind surfing the Keys
are not the place.
On the other hand if scuba, snorkel, deep sea fishing and sailing are
your thing -- Key West is Paradise. Key West is also great if you like
open air bars and clubs with live music and no cover.
The summer is great if you are looking for lodging bargains. Most of
the hotels and inns charge considerably less in the summer as winter is
'high season". The other thing that's nice is that in the summer it's
not as crowded, there's less wait for a table at most restaurants.
The down side to all this is that June through early November is "Rainy
Season". In other words it's hurricane season. No worries in Florida
on the north Atlantic coast. The Kennedy Space Center rarely gets hit so
that leg of your trip is ok. Just be aware that anywhere in South
Florida could see landfall of a hurricane. That there will be one is
never a certainty. Your vacation could only be marred by a brief rain
squall.
On 5/5/2007 12:03 PM Xavier wrote:
> Thank you both for your help.
>
> I'll keep asking as my trip plan gets more detailed.
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> "Rog'" escribió en el mensaje
> news:Vi%_h.30501$qB4.16037@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
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>>> "Xavier" wrote:
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>>>> I am planning a one or two-weeks vacation in Florida this summer.
>>>> The main reason to choose Florida is because I want to visit the
>>>> Kennedy Space Center and spend there several days doing as
>>>> many activities as possible.
>>>> After (or before) going to the KSC, I would like to visit Florida
>>>> or a nearby state.
>>>> Here is when I ask for your advice: I think that visiting the Florida
>>>> Keys> would be interesting, but I don't know what else to visit
>>>> (not interested in Disneyworld).
>>>>
>> I'll bite. After doing KSC, head South on I-95 into Ft. Lauderdale.
>> The beach there is IMHO better and less croweded than So.Beach
>> in Miami. From Ft. Lauderdale, you can tour Miami Beach and
>> then Viscaya in Coconut Grove (on the bay between Miami and
>> So.Miami, then drive South on U.S. 1 (~4 hours) to Key West.
>>
>> On your way back, detour into Biscayne National Park to the
>> East and take a boat tour, then head West across Tamiami Trail
>> (U.S. 41) through the Everglades to Shark Valley where you can
>> take a tram ride into Everglades National Park. Stay in Marco
>> Island or nearby Naples. Head North, up the West Coast thru
>> Lover's Key St. Park (rated a "best" beach by Travel Channel)
>> and into Sanibel Island (near Ft. Meyers) for fantastic shelling.
>>
>> Thence, continue North thru Siesta & Longboat Keys, and
>> stop to tour the Ringling Museum in Sarastota. From there,
>> head North on I-75, stopping in Ybor, part of Tampa. Enjoy.
>> =R=
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>> North
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