Synopses & Reviews
- Completely updated every year, Frommer's Florida 2011 features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you.
- Author Lesley Abravanel lives and works in Miami as a gossip columnist for the Miami Herald, so she knows the Florida scene, what's hot and what's not, which restaurants the celebs frequent and sometimes own (and which establishments you might avoid for that very reason).
- Lesley covers Florida's highlights from a resident's perspective: the South Beach club scene, the state's best restaurants, hotels at every price point, dive sites in the Keys, baseball spring training, theme parks, the Kennedy Space Center, world-class golf courses, and beaches, water sports, and lots of beach bars.
- Learn about all the latest developments at Disney and Universal Studios, and get insider tips about airfare bargains and package deals.
- Frommer's Florida 2011 also includes a color fold-out map.
Synopsis
Author Abravanel covers Florida's highlights from a resident's perspective: the South Beach club scene, the state's best restaurants, hotels at every price point, dive sites in the Keys, baseball spring training, theme parks, and more. Includes a color fold-out map.
Synopsis
Art and antique lovers shouldn't miss Vizcaya, built in 1916 and still Miami's most Gatsby-esque estate. See chapter 6.
Free pocket map inside,plus easy-to-read maps throughout
Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information
Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife
Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas
Insider tips from local expert authors
Find travel news & deals, expert advice,and connect with fellow travelers at Frommers.com
About the Author
Lesley Abravanel is a freelance journalist and a graduate of the University of Miami School of Communication. When she isn’t combing South Florida for the latest hotels, restaurants, and attractions, she's on the lookout for vacationing celebrities, about whom she writes in her thrice-weekly nightlife and gossip columns and blog, "Scene in the Tropics" and "Velvet Underground," for the
Miami Herald. She is a contributor to
Time Out and all three illustrious supermarket tabloids. She is the author of
Frommer's South Florida, Florida For Dummies, and
Frommer's Portable Miami.Laura Miller is a freelance writer based in Orchard Park, New York, though she spends countless hours scouring Central Florida's theme parks, hotels, and restaurants every year—with and without the help of her five children. She is also writing a guide and creating a website about Florida just for families.
Table of Contents
List of Maps.
1 THE BEST OF FLORIDA.
2 FLORIDA IN DEPTH.
3 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO FLORIDA.
4 SUGGESTED FLORIDA ITINERARIES.
5 WHERE TO STAY & DINE IN MIAMI.
6 WHAT TO SEE & DO IN MIAMI.
7 THE KEYS & THE DRY TORTUGAS.
8 THE EVERGLADES & BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK.
9 THE GOLD COAST: HALLANDALE TO THE PALM BEACHES.
10 THE TREASURE COAST: STUART TO SEBASTIAN.
11 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
12 THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
13 WALT DISNEY WORLD & ORLANDO.
14 NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
15 NORTHWEST FLORIDA: THE PANHANDLE.
FAST FACTS: FLORIDA.
INDEX.