A state of the United States, Florida is one of the popular travel destinations. It is located in the southeastern region of the country. In fact, it is mostly placed on a large peninsula. Florida is known as "The Sunshine State". The popularity of the state as a travel destination is mainly due to its beaches, attractions such as theme parks and for sure brilliant sunshine. Florida offers a very long list of things to see and do.

The capital of Florida is Tallahassee. The other major cities of the state are Orlando, Maimi, Tampa, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Panama City, Sarasota, Hialeah, Naples, West Palm Beach, Gainesville, Fort Myers, St. Augustine, St Petersburg.

There are so many attractions in Florida that it is better to plan the travel especially according to the regions (Northwest, North Central,Northeast, Central East,Central, Central West, Southwest and Southeast) or according to the popular areas like Daytona Beach Area, Jacksonville Area, Orlando Area, Miami etc.

Florida offers some of the greatest beaches in the United States. Daytona Beach, Lummus Park Beach, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Virginia Key, Haulover Beach, Fort Myers Beach, Miami South Beach, Palm Beach, Pensacola Beach, Vero Beach, Venice Beach, Sarasota Beach, Clearwater Beach, Caladesi Island State Park Beach are among these.

Theme parks and waterparks offer great time and fun for all the visitors of Florida. Some of them have worldwide fame and must see places such as Universal Studios, Sea World, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Busch Gardens Tampa, Cypress Gardens Adventure Park, Weeki Wachee Spring Waterpark, Wet 'n Wild, Boomers, Adventure Landing, Jacksonville Beach Florida, Cobra Adventure Park, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Blizzard Beach water park, Marineland, The Holyland Experience, Silver Springs, Sam's Fun City, Discovery Cove and for sure Walt Disney World. Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort are the world's two most awesome theme parks. Even, people visit Florida only to see these places.

Florida is a great place to observe wildlife. It also has fame with its wildlife diversity. There are many types of mammals and marine mammals, birds and reptiles here. Because of this reason, Florida owns kinds of natural parks some of which are awarded ones like the Everglades National Park.

Some of the other attractions of the state are: Kennedy Space Center, Hemingway Home, Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science, Florida International Museum, Adventure Island, Gatorama, Caribbean Gardens, Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, National Museum of Naval Aviation, Circus Sarasota and much more.

If you are interested in motorsports especially NASCAR, it means when you are in Florida, Daytona Beach must be visited. The ones who have great enthusiasm for fishing are invited to Florida, too. The Keys, Lake Okeechobee and Stuart are among the best places for fishing.

The attractions to visit in Florida are too many. To learn more about this state of the United States, we advice you to watch the videos at Travelovideo.com so that you have more idea about Florida.

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