Collections in Florida.
The Best Florida Beaches
Start here if you haven't picked a coast yet. The wild beaches and the busy ones are mixed together on purpose; the separate Gulf and Atlantic lists split them out once you know which you want.
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Florida Springs
Every spring on this list stays between 68 and 74 degrees all year, and from mid-November through March the manatees move into Blue Spring and Three Sisters. You watch them from the boardwalk.
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Florida State Parks
This list has 26 of Florida's 175 or so state parks. Book Blue Spring before you drive: it needs a day-use reservation.
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Florida Attractions
The big Orlando parks are all here, for the first trip. So is the rest of the state, for the one after that.
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9 placesSecluded Florida Gulf Coast Beaches
Cayo Costa, Caladesi, Anclote Key and St. Vincent Island have no road to them, so you go by ferry or your own boat. You can drive to the other five, and none of the nine has a high-rise on the beach. Pack water and shade either way.
14 placesBest Florida Wildlife
Go in winter if you can. Manatees crowd the warm springs from mid-November through March, and the wading birds are thickest on the same cool, dry mornings.
9 placesBest Tampa Bay Breweries
The Tampa ones are close enough to string together in an afternoon if someone else is driving. The Pinellas side is across the bay. Give it a day of its own.
9 placesFlorida Gulf Coast Beach Towns
If the plan is a week in a condo with the Gulf out the back door, it's probably one of these.
14 placesUndeveloped Beaches on Florida's East Coast
For the days you'd rather carry your own water than hunt for parking. All of it is protected land of one kind or another.
13 placesBeach Towns on Florida's East Coast
Every one of these has a town right behind the sand. Bring the friend who gets bored on a beach.
7 placesWhere to See Manatees in Florida
Seven places to see wild manatees in Florida, picked for how many turn up on a cold winter morning. Go between mid-November and March, after a cold snap drops the bays and rivers below 68 degrees.