Manisota Key forms part of Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf Islands, an area of Southwest Florida between Tampa and Naples. The Key has four stunning beaches including Englewood Beach, the focus of this feature, and one of the purest stretches of shoreline anywhere. It is a year-round, eco-tourism destination of unspoiled beauty teeming with Florida w...

The City of Sarasota is located around Sarasota Bay in Southwest Florida. With 40 miles of Gulf of Mexico coastline, it also takes in the three keys (islands) of Longboat Key, Lido Key and Siesta Key. Sarasota is the cultural centre of west central Florida with an opera and ballet companies, a symphony orchestra and theatre companies all based here...

New Smyrna Beach is located on Florida's Atlantic coastline, near to Daytona Beach and an hours drive from Orlando. The one time New Smyrna added Beach to its namein 1947, when the city incorporated the coastal community of Coronado Beach, which lies just across the Indian River. For the visitor, New Smyrna Beach offers two thriving, totally differ...

St. Augustine, a strikingly attractive city in north eastern Florida, is 'the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the United States'. More commonly called the Nation's oldest city, it was founded in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, a Spanish admiral, and grew in prominence as a Spanish military ou...

Anna Maria Island is a seven mile long barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico, between Tampa Bay and Sarasota,.in Florida's Manatee County. With the adjoining Longboat Key it forms the Bradenton Gulf Islands. Long a destination cherished by those Floridians aware of its laid back charms, Anna Maria Island is now becoming a sought after retreat for di...

Downtown Miami, embracing the Bicknell financial centre, is the city's historic business district. Downtown also takes in the Omni district - a blend of residential, commercial and hotel developments and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts - and Park West, embracing the city's Museum Park. Gleaming commercial developments and startlin...