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Florida Holidays. Why not have a avacation in the USA state of Florida? It can be a super place to have a holiday in. You may want to hire, rent, sell, loan, buy some accommodation to stay in on your vacation. You may want to see the culture, the cities, the wildlife, the entertainment venues the fun stuff to do, the coastline. You may want to see the tour of the state.
Largest cities of the state ; Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Cape Coral, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Port St. Lucie, Coral Springs, Gainesville, Miramar, Clearwater, Pompano Beach, Miami Gardens, West Palm Beach, Palm Bay, Sunrise, Lakeland, Miami Beach, Boca Raton, Plantation
Regions of the state ; Big Bend, Central Florida, Emerald Coast, First Coast, Florida Heartland, Florida Keys, Florida Panhandle, Forgotten Coast, Gold Coast, Nature Coast, North Central Florida, South Florida, Southwest Florida, Space Coast, Sun Coast, Tampa Bay Area, Treasure Coast
Major international airports in Florida include Orlando International Airport, Miami International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Tampa International Airport.
According to popular legend, unlikely to be true, Juan Ponce de León discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth. Although it is often stated that he sighted the peninsula for the first time on March 27, 1513, and thought it was an island, he probably saw one of the Bahama islands. He landed on the east coast of the newly discovered land on April 2. He named the land La Pascua Florida, or Flowery Easter, probably due to the abundant plant life in the area or to the fact that he arrived during the Spanish Easter feast, Pascua Florida.
During
the late 19th century, Florida became a popular tourist destination as railroads
expanded into the area. Railroad magnate Henry Plant built at Tampa the luxurious
Tampa Bay Hotel, which later became the campus for the University of Tampa. Henry
Flagler built the Florida East Coast Railway from Jacksonville to Key West. Along
the route he provided for his passengers grand accommodations, including The Ponce
de León Hotel in St. Augustine, The Ormond Hotel in Ormond Beach, The Royal
Poinciana Hotel and The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, and The Royal Palm Hotel
in Miami. In February
1888, Florida had a special tourist: President Grover Cleveland, the first lady
and his party visited Florida for a couple of days. He visited the Subtropical
Exposition in Jacksonville where he made a speech supporting tourism to the state;
then, he took a train to St. Augustine, meeting Henry Flagler; and then a train
to Titusville, where he boarded a steamboat and visited Rock Ledge. On his return
trip, he visited Sanford and Winter Park. Florida's first theme parks emerged
in the 1930s and included Cypress Gardens (1936) near Winter Haven and Marineland
(1938) near St. Augustine. In the 1960s Walt Disney chose Central Florida as the
site of his planned Walt Disney World Resort and began purchasing land. To avoid
generating land speculation, he used dummy corporations and willing associates
to acquire 27,400 acres (110 km²). In 1971, the Magic Kingdom, the first
component of the resort, opened and began the dramatic transformation of the Orlando
area into an international resort destination with a wide variety of themed parks.
The Orlando area features theme parks including Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld,
and Wet 'n Wild. What a plave for a holiday.
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