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Days 1/2
Miami , Florida
Welcome to the “ Sunshine State ” and a journey through its diverse landscapes and recreational activities that draw millions every year. Check into your hotel and collect your travel documents, then discover Miami ! Cross any street corner here, and you're likely to hear the language and music of many cultures. Although this sophisticated destination boasts miles of wide sandy beaches, Miami offers much more. Have a cup of café con leche in Little Havana, Miami's Cuban community; stroll past art deco architecture in the city's South Beach district; or visit attractions such as the Miami Seaquarium and the Miami Metro zoo. After sundown, you'll find entertainment so varied you'd have to live here year-round to see it all.
Days 3/4
Miami - Key West , Florida (160 Miles)
Travel the length of the Florida Keys . Stop at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, which combines a land area with 178 nautical square miles of protected ocean waters. In Key West , visit the Hemmingway House, take a trolley tour, visit the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum and shop!
Days 5
Key West-Naples Via Key Largo , Florida (106/167 miles Total 273 Miles)
Today, your travels take you to the Gulf Coast , and Naples . Key Largo on the north of the Florida Keys would be a good place to break the journey and perhaps overnight before heading west to Naples . Inventor Thomas Edison built his winter home and laboratory in nearby Fort Myers in 1885. Edison 's home, botanical gardens and laboratory are now favorite tour stops for visitors.
Days 6/7
Naples – Sanibel Island, Florida (45 miles)
Once accessible only by boat or ferry, tiny Sanibel Island and its sister island Captiva offer breathtaking views of sand, sea and sky. With more varieties found here than anywhere else in North America, the world considers Sanibel Island one of the best places in the nation for shelling. Romantic Captiva Island retains much of its sleepy fish camp heritage. Its beautiful white beaches are legendary. Anne Morrow Lindbergh often vacationed here and used the island as the setting for her novel, A Gift from the Sea.
Day 8/9
Sanibel - Sarasota , Florida (111 Miles)
Experience a more refined Florida of lazy maritime lifestyles, art galleries and serene sands. The sunsets are incredible here and there's an endless amount of white sands on the beaches of Lido and longboat keys.
Days 10/11/12
Sarasota - Orlando , Florida (132 Miles)
The world's favorite playground beckons today, as you arrive in Orlando . Home to a surfeit of world renowned theme parks, Central Florida offers an unforgettable family vacation adventure. While most visitors spend their time at theme parks and other attractions, some are discovering off-the beaten- path adventures in small towns and nature preserves. Kids will be kids, and in Central Florida , grownups will be, too. Reclaiming childhood is easy here.
Day 13
Orlando - Space Coast , Florida (61 Miles)
On the Space Coast (which includes Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, Melbourne/Palm Bay and Titusville), you can spend sunny days on the beach, learn about space exploration at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and commune with nature at Canaveral National Seashore and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Amazingly, 6.2-million pound space shuttles coexist peacefully here with hundreds of species of shore birds, nesting loggerhead sea turtles and a variety ofother protected native wildlife.
Day 14
Space Coast Miami (211 Miles)
Return to Miami where the tour ends. Sawgrass Mills in Fort Lauderdale offers boundless opportunities for last minute shopping.
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