Key West is the most southern point just 90 miles from Cuba and 150 miles from Miami, and it is reputed for having more bars and churches per head of population than any other US region. Being far from anywhere Key West has a fascinating mix of history, eccentricity and lush island charm. In short, a charming escapade on the Florida Keys, the string of small islands now connected by highway US.1, and reputed to be the most scenic drive in the nation as it passes through Marathon, Islamorada, Big Pine Key, Key Largo from Miami.

Miami is renowned as a retirement center with miles of white sandy beaches and waterways. Homestead or Florida City, is only 10 miles from the Everglades National Park, a World Heritage Site of wetlands, with alligators and the rare American crocodile and waterbirds of all descriptions.

The east coast from Miami up through Fort Lauderdale, Palm beach Ft Pierce, Cocoa Beach, Daytona, Palm Coast, St Augustine and Jacksonville are all popular destinations with a great variety of activities.

Inland near Orlando there are hundreds of lakes renowned for bass fishing as well as boating and watersports.

Tampa is the largest city home to the region's top attractions including Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, museums and an excellent variety of nightlife.

The most western city in Florida is Pensacola, the location of North America's first European settlement, where the Spanish colonists arrived 1559. Nearby is the Naval Air Station and National Museum of Naval Aviation which hosts the Blue Angels Air Show each November.