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Travel to Florida

Flight times:

From London to Miami is 8 hours 10 minutes, and from New York is 2 hours 40 minutes. From London to Orlando is 9 hours, and from New York is 2 hours 30 minutes.

Travel by rail

Amtrak (tel: 1 800 872 7245, in the USA only; www.amtrak.com) is the rail service provider. Amtrak's Miami Station is 11km (7 miles) northwest of the city centre. It is the southernmost point on the network, marking the southern end of the main east coast line from New York (and ultimately Boston). Amtrak also serves Jacksonville, with services running through Orlando to Tampa (a branch line terminates at Sarasota, a few miles south of Tampa on the Gulf of Mexico), and west through Pensacola.

Getting to Florida by boat

Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, Port Canaveral, Port of Palm Beach, St Petersburg and Tampa. Information can be found at www.flaports.org.

Cruise ships:

The port of Miami has been called the 'Cruise Capital of the World' and offers ocean liners for weekend getaways and extended luxury cruises. The port of Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, is the second most important cruise port in Florida. Other cruise ports on the east coast include Port Canaveral and Port of Palm Beach. The main west coast cruise ports include St Petersburg and Tampa. Numerous major cruise lines call at Florida's ports.

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