Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
A 22-mile rail trail, a championship golf course with no houses on it, spring blueberry picking and a lakefront festival lawn — the case for stopping in Ocoee, made stop by stop.
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Lake Mary’s secret is that it has two centers — a historic downtown around Central Park and the TownPark dining district by I-4. Here is how to do both well.
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Just north of Clermont, a 127-acre estate has made premium wine from the native muscadine grape since 1989. Daily tours, a 45-minute education in Florida wine, and the citrus story’s second act.
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Hills, a chain of lakes, a 1956 tower and a downtown that trains Olympians: Clermont is the least flat place in peninsular Florida. Our research-led guide to doing it properly — tower first, lake second, market on Sunday.
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No rankings yet — Mount Dora hasn’t been scored — so this is a research-led map instead: the 1921 house, the book-lined Goblin Market, lake-view Pisces Rising, a cellar pub and the cafés in between.
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Forty minutes from downtown Orlando, Mount Dora runs on a different clock: an 1883 inn, a freshwater lighthouse, antique shops on Donnelly Street and a festival nearly every month. How the town works, and how to do it well.
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Oviedo rewards people who slow down — a historic downtown with roaming chickens, a lakefront new town center, and wild river trails minutes apart. Here is how to do it well.
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A trail to ride, a fountain to splash in, a market hall where everyone picks their own lunch — Winter Garden is Orlando’s easiest family day out.
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Twenty-two paved miles run straight through downtown Winter Garden — here’s how to ride the West Orange Trail and time it so you roll off the bike and into Plant Street’s tables.
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Brick streets, a 1935 theatre, a food hall with its own brewery and a trail running straight through downtown — Plant Street packs a whole day into a few walkable blocks.
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