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The GOLF Coast this destination might well be called. Naples retains the title of Florida’s most stylish city, and is widely known to be the golf capital of Florida. You can bask on the Gulf Coast in style and STILL make it to Walt Disney World - it's only just over an hour's drive and that's NOTHING in Florida! Ocean-Florida can negotiate flight only, fly drive, or package deals for you that offer MASSIVE savings
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Busch Gardens
Busch Gardens is the ultimate family adventure park offering an array of fascinating attractions based on exotic encounters with the African continent. A unique blend of thrilling rides, one of the country's premier zoos featuring more than 2,700 animals, live shows, restaurants, shops and games, Busch Gardens provides unrivaled "real" excitement for guests of every age.
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Fort Myers Beach
Florida's 'tropical island getaway', Fort Myers Beach is where the locals go on holiday. The locals favour it because it is very 'old Florida'. It's an attractive town on the Gulf of Mexico, and is relaxed, friendly, and casual. Situated on Estero Island facing the Gulf, the palm-shaded Fort Myers Beach has a wide white sandy shoreline sloping gently into the ocean.
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Lee County Manatee park
The Lee County Manatee Park on the Orange River in eastern Fort Myers is the place to see these huge walrus-like creatures in their natural habitat. The Park also offers information, walking tours and workshops, as well as picnic facilities, a fishing cove with deck and a pier. Kayak and canoe trails are also available.
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Marco Island
Measuring just over six-by-four miles Marco Island is a bustling resort community on the northern edge of West Florida, an area that's known as Ten Thousand Islands.
Marco is hemmed in by the Rookery Bay Nature Preserve to the north, and in the south the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Preserve, Collier-Seminole State Park and the Everglades National Park There's good shopping, and some super restaurants as well.
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Sanibel and Captiva
Those who enjoy getting away from it all for their beach holiday will delight in the Florida Gulf coast resort island of Sanibel and its smaller sister, Captiva, where the main event of the day is the magnificent sunset and traffic stops for a tortoise to cross the road. Come here not for the bright lights, but to enjoy the white sandy beaches, the warm Gulf waters, the huge variety of wildlife, and the fabulous fresh seafood.
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The Shell Factory
The beaches along this area of the Florida coast are peppered with sea-shells, so it's no surprise that the largest collection of shells, fossils, corals and sponges in the world is here, near Fort Myers. And there's more... far more than just shells, there's also a small zoo, a wildlife refuge, a restaurant, miniature golf course, and boating lake.
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Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Winter Estate
Famous inventor, Thomas Edison, and his friend, automobile magnate Henry Ford, both spent dozens of winters in the city of Fort Myers in the early years of the 20th century. Edison’s home is the region's top historic attraction, and has been preserved as it was during his lifetime. The Victorian house called Seminole Lodge contains a laboratory where Edison worked on more than 1,000 inventions during his winter visits. The very light bulbs he developed still work.
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