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Florida Everglades Guide with Chamber of Commerce, tourism, fishing, canoeing, sports, lodging information

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Enjoy fishing the scenic backwaters of the 10,000 Islands and Everglades National park

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A Guide to Southwest Florida - With online city guides for Marco Island, Naples, Florida Everglades, Fort Myers Beach, and more. Includes hotel, restaurant and attraction information for visitors and tourists.

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Anna Maria Island:
There is a place in Florida that does not have the very best in beaches, the most Caribbean-like climate, the best recreational opportunities or the hottest resorts or nightlife in the State. So, why is an island peninsula community of 15,000 residents on the Gulf Coast considered by many to be a “best kept secret”? For those in the know, it is affordable subtropical nirvana.

Just south of Tampa Bay and the Sunshine Skyway bridge, west of Bradenton and north of Sarasota and glitzy Siesta and Longboat Keys, the town of Anna Maria holds this honor. The most remote and outlying town on the island of the same name, it combines with two other municipal communities to the south, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach, for the total Anna Maria Island experience. The secret is that the town of Anna Maria does not have any fast food or convenience franchises, chain stores, high rises or a stoplight and the community intends to keep it that way. Prominent destinations such as the Tampa, Clearwater or Sarasota areas are only 45 to 90 minutes away....read more »

Anna Maria Island Guide - Business Directory, Accommodations, Beaches, activities and culture.

Florida Everglades and 10,000 Islands Area:
The Everglades and Ten Thousand Islands - A Guide to Everglades Florida and other Florida City Guides

Ft. Myers and Ft. Myers Beach:
The Calusa Indians were the first to inhabit this corner of the world hundreds of years ago. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon explored the area and tried to convert the Natives to Christianity. Juan was not a welcome guest or happy camper, and after being wounded by the Calusa in battle, he retreated to Cuba, where he eventually died.

During the 1800s' the area served as a cattle- shipping town, where cattle would be loaded onto ships destined for Cuba.

In 1869 the International Ocean Cable Company (later known as Western Union) established Punta Rassa as the Southern most end of the telegraph line. The telegraph operator at the time was George Schultz and he was probably instrumental in establishing the first of the hospitality properties to occupy this piece of real estate. For $1.50 a day Schultz and his wife fed the cowboys and permitted them to sleep on the floor at one end of the telegraph office during the cattle drives.

This eventually was an important influencing factor in the construction of the Tarpon House Inn that was ultimately recreated as the Sanibel Harbour Resort. No doubt, much has changed over the years, since the area welcomed such visitors as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and many more of the rich and famous, including warriors of the Civil War....read more »

Fort Myers Beach Online - A Guide to Fort Myers Beach Florida - with Dining Directory, Accommodations Directory, Information About Sports, Outdoors, Attractions, Sightseeing, Arts, Entertainment, Shopping, Real Estate, Visitor Information, Featured Web Sites, Events, and Other Southwest Florida City Guides.

Gasparilla Island/Boca Grande:
Boca Grande Florida Chamber of Commerce

Goodland:
Goodland is a quaint fishing village on Marco Island in southwest Florida. This online guide offers entertainment, dining and visitors information.

Isles of Capri:
Isles of Capri

Longboat Key:
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce

"Located on a barrier island just off the coast of Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico is paradise personified, Longboat Key.

This private island is only 7 miles from the Sarasota/Bradenton airport and a 2- hour drive from Orlando.

Eleven miles of sandy white beachfront, overlooking the blue-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico, provides the ideal location rekindling those dormant love passions.

With a population of only 8,000 permanent residents, and the absence of t-shops, noisy traffic, mini-malls, fast food outlets, neon signs and everything else that is horrendous in many beachfront communities, Longboat Key well deserves its renowned reputation as an ideal get-away for families and couples..."read more »

Marco Island:
Marco Island Online - A Guide to Marco Island Florida and Other Southwest Florida City Guides
Marco Island Guide
Marco Island Florida Guide with dining and accommodations directories, attractions, parks, what's new and more.
Florida Saltwater Adventures.com - Eco-Tours, Fishing Charters, Bird Watching, Shell Collecting...


Pine Island:
Pine Island - unique island on SW Florida's Gulf Coast!

Sanibel - Captiva:
A Guide to Sanibel - Captiva Islands - Resorts, Beaches, Activities, Fishing, Dining and more.
Casa Ybel Resort - in Sanibel on the Gulf of Mexico offers a secluded seaside vacation resort. Click on their Banner on the Right under Featured Sites.
Sanibel and Captiva Island Vacation Rentals

Sarasota:
Sarasota Convention and Visitor's Bureau - Hotels, Motels, Vacation attractions and restaurants in Sarasota, Fla

Siesta Key:
Siesta Key in Sarasota, Florida - Travel information for Siesta Key & Sarasota Florida
Siesta Beachfront Getaways Beachfront efficiencies located on white sands of Crescent Beach on Siesta Key in Sarasota, Florida

South Beach - Miami:
Visit South Beach Online - a comprehensive guide of information about South Beach, Florida including accommodations, hotels, motels, resorts, attractions, nightlife, watersports, parks, maps, shopping, museums, dining, culure, nature, and sports.
SoBe Nights Online - Visitor's information for South Beach in the Art Deco district of Miami in south Florida, known for its clubs, sidewalk cafes, music and nightlife.

Palm Island:
The allure of vacationing on an authentic barrier island with palm trees swaying gently in the soft breeze off the Gulf of Mexico, osprey, bald eagles, sandpipers, blue herons, tree frogs, anoles, and leatherback turtles are free to roam without fear of being run over by an automobile... read the entire Palm Island Travel Article - click here

Amelia Island:
All have the benefit of the beautiful ocean setting with its sand dunes, as well as the incredible number of recreational options as golf, tennis, swimming, the massage and fitness center, tai chi, beach horseback riding, marsh kayaking, boating, sailing, fishing, biking, land nature tours, to name a few.... read the entire Ameila Island Travel Article - click here

Tampa Area:
Gulf Beaches of Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce - Offers all of the ingredients to create both a memorable and affordable vacation holiday

Treasure Island:
Beach Directory - Offers information on several Florida coastal beach destinations
City of Treasure Island Florida - City Services

Florida Islands Information - Atlantic Coast

Daytona:
Dayton Beach Hotels online reservations and discounts

Merritt Island:

Florida Keys

Duck Key:
duck key online - Information Guide to Duck Key

Islamorada:
Chesapeake Resort on Islamorada in the Florida Keys offers 65 luxury rooms and an amazing oceanfront location.

Islamorada Chamber of Commerce
Islamorada - Travel Guide to the Florida Keys: Islamorada.
Florida Keys-Net - Islamorada Restaurants
Islamorada Map, Area Info

Key Largo:
Key Largo - The Official Tourism Council Web Site for the Florida Keys! Key Largo
Pennekamp State Park - Key Largo

Key West:
Visit Key West Online
This new Visit Key West Online Guide offers information on hotels, accommodations, restaurants, dining, attractions, watersports, featured businesses and more.
Moon Over Paradise - Guide to Key West lodgings, attraction maps, events calendar, and local information.
Key West Paradise - Accommodations Diving scuba fishing weddings shopping real estate and more.
Free Key West Information and Reservations

Little Palm:

Marathon:
Marathon - The Official Tourism Council Web Site for the Florida Keys! Marathon

Matecumbe Key:
Florida Sea Base

Tavernier - Plantation Keys:
Island Fun's Guide to Tavernier Florida
Plantation Yacht Harbor Marina and Resort

Sugarloaf:
KOA Campground on Sugarloaf Key - Campground Directory of FLORIDA.

Summerland:

The Florida Keys
Comprehensive travel information to all of the Florida Keys including Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, Big Pine Key and Key West...350 pages of info for accommodations, things to see and do. Hear Jimmy Buffet music while you browse.