• Tour St Augustine (website: www.historicstaugustine.com), the USA's oldest city, originally settled by the Spanish. The town is a time capsule capturing nearly 500 years of fascinating history.

• Visit St Petersburg, home to world-class museums, including the Salvador Dali Museum (website: www.salvadordalimuseum.org), which contains the world's most comprehensive collection by this famous Spanish surrealist.

• Explore the Florida International Museum (website: www.floridamuseum.org), home to the largest private collection of John F Kennedy memorabilia, including a recreation of JFK's Oval Office.

• Drive down Ocean Drive and Lincoln Road in Miami's South Beach past over 800 candy-coloured art deco buildings in the Art Deco Historic District (website: www.visitsouthbeachonline.com).

• Walk through the Florida Holocaust Museum (website: www.flholocaustmuseum.com) in St Petersburg, one of the largest museums in the country and dedicated to the memory of millions of innocent Jews who died or suffered in the Holocaust.

• See the Ringling Museum Complex (website: www.ringling.org), the official State Museum of Florida. It is a major attraction with superb old masterpieces and a fine contemporary art collection. 

• Catch an air show at Wings Over Miami (website: www.wingsovermiami.com), a museum with an extensive collection of military and classic aircraft on display.

• Thrill to the sounds of thunder at Daytona International Speedway (website: www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com), which hosts the famous Daytona 500 race each February and the Pepsi 400 NASCAR Winston Cup series in summer.

• Coincide a visit to Cape Canaveral with one of NASA's space shuttle launches from the Kennedy Space Center. See launchpads, astronaut training centres, museums and exhibits (website: www.kennedyspacecenter.com). IMAX presentations give visitors the illusion of space travel.

• Explore Marco Island (website: www.marco-island-florida.com), an area of stunning beauty and a retreat for the wealthy on the Gulf Coast. The exclusive island is nearly nestled among the Ten Thousand Islands, a maze of mangrove isles that stretch from Naples to the Florida Keys.
• Venture into the tangled wildness and sweeping sawgrass prairies of Florida's subtropical Everglades National Park (website: www.nps.gov/ever) by airboat tours, nature trails and safari vans. The Everglades is the USA's third-largest national park.

• Take a glass-bottomed boat ride through mangroves and islands and out to tropical coral reefs rising 8m (25ft) in Biscayne National Park (website: www.nps.gov/bisc).

• Cruise Fort Lauderdale's canals and the Intracoastal Waterway by local water taxi past luxurious homes of the rich and famous. Discover the city's Riverwalk (website: www.goriverwalk.com), a linear park linking hotels, restaurants and attractions along the banks of the New River.

• Drive south of Miami to the Florida Keys, a long chain of coral reef islands linked by highway US-1 from Key Largo (website: www.fla-keys.com/keylargo) to Key West (website: www.fla-keys/com/keywest). The keys offer diving, fishing, swimming with dolphins, eco-tours and birdwatching.
 
• Explore Key West, the jewel of Florida's keys. Visit Ernest Hemingway's home (website: www.hemingwayhome.com), tour museums, art galleries, restaurants and quaint bed & breakfasts. Indulge in a variety of water-based activities.
 
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