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Florida, a peninsula larger than entire England that reaches from the state of Georgia almost down to Cuba, facinates through its scenic and cultural contrasts.
The “Sunshine State” with its lively life underpalm trees between the Atlantic and the gulf of Mexico is the most southern state of the USA. Newspaper
reports about fog and snow tear nobody out of the deck chair on the long white sand beaches and the thousands of pools.
Regarding the landscape Florida is almost as even as the sea. The highest point of this subtropical plain is in less than 150 meters.
2.175 coast kilometer of snow-white beaches, swamp areas in the Everglades, a number of 30.000 freshwater lakes in the interior of the country, pelicans on the
offshore islands and colorful shells are only few examples of the natural variety.
Old forts from the colonial age, St. Augustin the oldest city of the USA, Key West where once Ernest Hemingway lived for years are just as profitable destinations
of excursion as Orlando with its numerous amusement parks like Walt Disney World, Universal Filmstudios, Waterworld, to mention only a few.
In the Kennedy Space Center you can inform yorself about the space program of NASA and in the Everglades genuine nature presents its variety of animals and
plants - the offer could not be more varied.
in any case Florida is worth a trip!
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