Self drive around Florida

I love Orlando, and have been eight times now. This time I decided to do a self drive road trip over 3 weeks. We flew into Tampa with BA, picked up car and headed towards Clearwater. We stayed there for a few nights and drove up to Honeymoon Island, Beautiful Beach, and also stayed in The Loews Don Cesar in St Pete's. It's a lovely hotel, when I celebrated my birthday out there they even got me a cake which was a niice touch.

From there we headed down to Sarasota then onto Naples. There are so many good hotels to pick from, to suit all budgets. The beaches are also stunning, and it's nice to just drive about at your own leisure. I loved Venice Beach, and the Gulf of Naples is fabulous as well.

From there we headed across to Key Largo and along the way stopped off to do the Air Boat ride, just like Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses. It's such a great thing to do, and also breaks up the journey.

We then stayed in Key Largo, and headed down to Key West which is the lowest point you can travel by car. It's worth doing to say you have done it, and there are several nice places to eat along the way.

Next stop was West Palm Beach, which is so relaxing and definitely worth a visit. We spent a couple of nights here before heading up to Daytona Beach, and stayed in a lovely area called Ormond Beach. Again the views were amazing, after hubby driving over 1000 miles we decided to spend the last five nights on International Drive to do some shopping. There are so many things to do; it is more than just Disney. There's the Kennedy Space Centre, Air Boat rides, Honeymoon Island and the Serengeti where you can get up close and personal with the giraffes and feed them.

Please get in touch if you're interested in having your own adventure in Florida.