Last Updated on August 28, 2026<\/p>\n
Everyone thinks Orlando is all about Disney and theme parks Here\u2019s our version with springs, cypress swamps and wild Florida \u2014 our recommended 3-day Orlando itinerary.<\/em><\/p>\n It comes as a surprise to many that Orlando is not all about Disney and mega theme parks. The Orlando we found is sprinkled with natural springs boasting spearmint waters and pristine national parks rich with wildlife. The truth is that Central Florida is home to one of the most pristine natural wilderness areas in the United States, and Orlando just happens to sit on top of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n We came to Orlando the way most families do \u2014 with a plan to visit theme parks and a rental car \u2014 and left with so many surprising experiences: from swimming with manatees<\/a> to floating down a lazy river and spotting spoonbills in the wild.\u00a0<\/p>\n Below is everything I\u2019d tell a friend planning 72 hours in Orlando: where to swim, where to eat, how to get around without losing your mind, and where to sleep so you\u2019re near the good stuff. You\u2019re welcome!<\/p>\n Three days is enough to see three very different faces of Central Florida, and the trick is to organise them geographically rather than by theme. Orlando sprawls, and the difference between a lovely day and a wasted one is usually forty minutes of unnecessary driving.<\/p>\n Day one brings you north into spring country and the old citrus towns. Day two keeps you central, in the leafy lake districts and food neighbourhoods most visitors never find. Day three lead you down south into cypress swamp, prairie and cattle country.<\/p>\n Nature lovers get springs, wetlands and wildlife drives. Foodies get a Michelin-listed dining scene that has quietly become one of the most interesting in the South. Culture seekers get Tiffany glass, murals and a 1930s carillon tower. History buffs get sugar mills and Space Age hardware. And if someone in your group genuinely does want a rollercoaster, the parks aren\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n Base yourself in central Orlando and prepare to drive north. Everything on today\u2019s list sits within a 45-minute radius of downtown, in the belt of sandhills and blackwater creeks between Apopka and Sanford. Start early. I mean genuinely early \u2014 the springs work on a capacity system and the gates close when the lots fill.<\/p>\n Visiting in winter?<\/strong> Swap this entire day for a trip to Crystal River and swim with wild manatees<\/a> instead. It\u2019s the only place in the US where you can legally do it, and between December and February it\u2019s the single best wildlife experience in Florida. It\u2019s a two-hour drive each way and a 5:30 a.m. start, so it genuinely needs a day of its own \u2014 you can\u2019t bolt it onto the springs. Full details in the day trips section below.<\/p>\n Wekiwa Springs<\/a> is the easiest introduction to Florida\u2019s spring system and, in my opinion, the most beautiful one this close to a major city. Millions of gallons of groundwater push up through the limestone here every day, filling a wide sandy-bottomed swimming basin that holds steady at 72\u00b0F (22\u00b0C) year-round.\u00a0<\/p>\n Beyond the swimming area, the water gathers itself into the Wekiva River and slides off into a corridor of cypress, palm and oak that is protected all the way to the St. Johns. Rent a kayak or canoe at the concession and paddle upstream \u2014 you\u2019ll pass turtles stacked on logs like dinner plates, anhingas drying their wings, and if you\u2019re lucky, a river otter working the bank.<\/p>\n There are also miles of hiking, biking and horse trails climbing away from the water into sandhill and scrub, which is a landscape most visitors to Florida never see: bone-white sand, wiregrass, longleaf pine, gopher tortoise burrows.<\/p>\n Practical details:<\/strong> The park opens at 8 a.m. until sundown, 365 days a year. Entry is $6 per vehicle for two to eight people, $4 for a single-occupant vehicle, and $2 if you arrive on foot or by bike. Crucially, Wekiwa now runs a day-use reservation system because the park hits its vehicle capacity almost daily in summer \u2014 book ahead at reserve.floridastateparks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you only do one water activity in Orlando, make it this. Rock Springs isn\u2019t a swimming hole so much as a natural lazy river \u2014 the spring emerges from a rock face at the north end of Kelly Park<\/a> and runs about three-quarters of a mile through a shaded channel of ferns and cypress roots before spilling out into the Rock Springs Run. You get in at the top with a float, and the current does the rest.<\/p>\n The water is startling: 68\u00b0F (20\u00b0C) year-round, so clear the sandy bottom looks about a foot away when it\u2019s actually five, and green-gold where the sunlight comes through the canopy. The run takes 15 to 20 minutes, and then everyone walks the path back up and does it again. And again. We lost an entire day to it and I\u2019d lose another.<\/p>\n Practical details:<\/strong> Entry is $5 per vehicle, cash or card with photo ID. Orange County caps admission at 280 vehicles in the morning plus another 50 after 1 p.m., and in peak season cars start queuing at the gate before 5 a.m. Check the county park page<\/a> for live capacity. There are no tube rentals inside the park \u2014 pick one up from a roadside vendor on the way in, and note that floats must be under five feet. No pets, no alcohol.<\/p>\n This is my single favourite thing to do in Orlando and it costs nothing. Lake Apopka<\/a> was, for decades, an environmental disaster \u2014 muck farms on the north shore poisoned the lake so badly it became a national case study. What\u2019s happened since is one of Florida\u2019s great success stories. The farmland was re-flooded and turned into a mosaic of marsh and open water that now supports an astonishing amount of life: 377 bird species have been recorded here, and in winter you\u2019ll routinely see over 150 in a season.<\/p>\n The Wildlife Drive is an 11-mile, one-way crawl along the old levee roads through the middle of all of it. You drive with the windows down. Alligators lie on the banks close enough to make your kids go very quiet. Great blue herons stalk the shallows. Roseate spoonbills \u2014 improbable pink things with spatula faces \u2014 feed in the flooded fields. There are bobcats and otters and coyotes out there too, and enough people have photographed black bears on the drive that it\u2019s worth staying alert.<\/p>\n Practical details:<\/strong> The gate is open on weekends and federal holidays only, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with everyone required to be out by 5 p.m. Allow one to three hours depending on how often you stop, bring binoculars, and go as early as you can. Vehicles must be under 25 feet and no trailers are permitted. Details on the St. Johns River Water Management District site<\/a>.<\/p>\n By mid-afternoon you\u2019ll want to be off your feet and moving through shade, and the West Orange Trail<\/a> is exactly that: 22.32 miles of paved rail-trail running from the Lake County line through Killarney and Oakland into downtown Winter Garden and on to Apopka. It follows the old Orange Belt Railway line, so it\u2019s flat, straight and lined with live oaks for long stretches.<\/p>\n Rent bikes at Killarney Station or Winter Garden Station and ride the pretty middle section \u2014 the Oakland stretch skirts the edge of Lake Apopka with boardwalk spurs down to the water. The trail is free and open sunrise to sunset.<\/p>\n Winter Garden<\/a> itself is the reward. It\u2019s a genuinely charming small town that has been restored rather than themed: brick streets, a 1920s theatre, a clock tower, and the trail running straight down the middle of it with bike racks outside every caf\u00e9. Plant Street Market is the place to land \u2014 a converted warehouse full of local vendors with Crooked Can Brewing at the back, which handles the adults while everyone else works through tacos and ice cream.<\/p>\n Today you stay inside the city and discover that Orlando\u2019s actual downtown is a chain of small, walkable, lake-strung neighbourhoods full of independent restaurants, botanical gardens and Spanish moss. Almost none of it appears in the theme-park brochures.<\/p>\n The whole day can be done in a rough loop between Winter Park, Audubon Park, Mills 50 and downtown, and if you time it right you can do a lot of it on foot.<\/p>\n Start with the best-value hour in Orlando. The Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour<\/a> has been running since 1938 and has changed remarkably little: a small open pontoon, a captain with a microphone and several decades of local gossip, and a one-hour route through three of the Winter Park chain of lakes connected by narrow, hand-dug canals.<\/p>\n Those canals are magic. You go from open water into a tunnel of overhanging cypress and palm barely wider than the boat, sunlight coming through in coins, then pop out onto another lake lined with 1920s mansions, the Rollins College campus and a bald eagle nest the captain will point out. It is completely charming and, for kids, the perfect length.<\/p>\n Practical details:<\/strong> Tours leave hourly from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from 312 East Morse Blvd, Winter Park. $20 for adults, $10 for children aged 2\u201311, first come, first served, no reservations for small parties. Cash is safest. Full details at scenicboattours.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Winter Park\u2019s Park Avenue is the closest thing Orlando has to a European high street: brick, tree-lined, terrace caf\u00e9s, independent boutiques, and Central Park running alongside it with a fountain and a wisteria that goes berserk in March.<\/p>\n At the north end sits the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art<\/a>, which holds the world\u2019s most comprehensive collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany. That sounds niche until you walk into the reassembled Tiffany chapel interior from the 1893 World\u2019s Columbian Exposition and understand what all the fuss is about. There are entire galleries salvaged from Laurelton Hall, Tiffany\u2019s Long Island estate, after it burned in 1957 \u2014 leaded-glass windows, lamps, the daffodil terrace.\u00a0<\/p>\n If you\u2019re here on a Saturday, hit the Winter Park Farmers\u2019 Market<\/a> first: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Central Park\u2019s west meadow, and one of the best produce markets in Central Florida.<\/p>\n A five-minute drive from Park Avenue, Kraft Azalea Garden<\/a> is five acres of free public park on the shore of Lake Maitland, planted with enormous banyans and cypress and dominated by a marble exedra that everyone in Orlando has had their photograph taken in front of at least once.<\/p>\n Come for the birds. A great egret rookery of roughly 50 nesting pairs sets up here between February and early June, and watching them come and go with nesting material over the lake at golden hour is the sort of thing you\u2019d pay for elsewhere. Nearby, Mead Botanical Garden offers another 47 free acres of boardwalk, creek and butterfly garden if you want to keep walking.<\/p>\n Halfway between Winter Park and downtown, Leu Gardens<\/a> is 50 acres of botanical garden on Lake Rowena with more than 15,000 plants \u2014 one of the largest camellia collections in the eastern United States, a formal rose garden, a tropical stream garden, bamboo groves and a butterfly garden. The historic Leu House Museum sits in the middle of it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a genuinely restful place, and after two days of springs and levees it\u2019s a nice change of pace to walk on a path with signs on the plants. Adults $15, children 3\u201317 $10, under-3s free<\/strong>, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with last entry at 4 p.m., at 1920 N Forest Ave. Free parking.<\/p>\n If you do one food thing in Orlando, do this. East End Market<\/a> in the Audubon Park Garden District is a two-storey neighbourhood food hall with about a dozen independent vendors, and it\u2019s the beating heart of the city\u2019s local food scene.<\/p>\n Inside you\u2019ll find Domu<\/a> (a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand ramen shop with a cult following), Gideon\u2019s Bakehouse<\/a> \u2014 the half-pound cookies with the queue outside \u2014 La Femme du Fromage<\/a> for cheese and grilled cheese, Lineage Coffee Roasting<\/a>, Winter Park Biscuit Co.<\/strong><\/a>, Papi\u2019s Burritos and Obon Chocolatier. Upstairs there are makers and jewellers and a bookshop-adjacent gift shop that\u2019s dangerous for hand luggage.<\/p>\n Downtown Orlando\u2019s front garden is Lake Eola, a sinkhole lake ringed by a walking path, framed by the skyline, and populated by an implausible number of actual swans. In the middle, a fountain that\u2019s been the city\u2019s symbol since 1957 lights up after dark.<\/p>\n The swan boats<\/a> are silly and completely worth it: $15 for a 30-minute pedal, up to five people per boat, available Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. from the boathouse at 195 North Rosalind Avenue. Card payment only, no reservations. Pets are welcome aboard, which delighted us more than it should have.<\/p>\n The Orlando Farmers Market takes over the southeast corner every Sunday afternoon, and there\u2019s usually something happening at the amphitheatre.<\/p>\n Round off the day in Mills 50, the district where Mills Avenue crosses Highway 50 just north of downtown. It\u2019s Orlando\u2019s most creative neighbourhood \u2014 home to the city\u2019s Vietnamese-American community since the late 1970s, covered in large-scale murals, and now holding more MICHELIN Guide restaurants than any other part of the city.<\/p>\n Walk the murals in the last of the light, then eat. B\u00e1nh M\u00ec Boy, The Strand<\/a>, UniGirl and Zaru all carry Bib Gourmands. Black Rooster Taqueria does a small, precise, chef-driven taco menu that locals will fight you over. Afterwards, Will\u2019s Pub and Lil Indies next door are the city\u2019s most beloved dive-and-live-music combination, and Ten10 Brewing<\/a> handles the beer.<\/p>\n South of the airport, the subdivisions thin out and Florida gets very old and very flat very quickly: sawgrass prairie, cabbage palm hammocks, cypress domes, and cattle ranches that have been in the same families since before the state had a tourist industry. This is the day people don\u2019t expect.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a fact that reframes the whole region: Shingle Creek is the northernmost headwater of the Everglades. The water you\u2019re floating on in Kissimmee begins a 300-plus-mile journey down through Lake Tohopekaliga<\/a>, the Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee and the River of Grass to Florida Bay.<\/p>\n It also happens to be beautiful. The creek winds through a proper old-growth cypress swamp \u2014 buttressed trunks, knees breaking the surface, Spanish moss, dragonflies \u2014 and it is completely silent apart from birds. Look for alligators, softshell turtles, great blue herons, wood storks, bald eagles and river otters. Deer and wild turkey come down to the bank.<\/p>\n Practical details:<\/strong> Launch from Steffee Landing at Shingle Creek Regional Park, 4266 W Vine St, Kissimmee. The old Paddling Center building is no longer operating, but there\u2019s now a self-service kiosk from Whenever Watersports on site \u2014 scan the QR code, unlock a kayak through the app, and go. Single kayaks run $19.99 for one hour, $29.99 for two and $49.99 for the day. Paddles, life jackets and whistles included.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yes, it\u2019s touristy. It\u2019s also the fastest way to understand a landscape that has no roads through it.<\/p>\n Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures<\/a> runs out of Southport Park on the shore of Lake Tohopekaliga, and the marsh out there is the real thing \u2014 vast, shallow, full of birds and, in the warmer months, an awful lot of alligators. The boats skim over grass beds and open water at speed, then cut the engine so you can hear the marsh, which is the part I\u2019d actually pay for.<\/p>\n Prices run roughly $34\u2013$41 for the 30-minute tour and $54\u2013$61 for the hour, with sunset tours at $62\u2013$74 and night tours at $67\u2013$79. The night trip is the one to book if you\u2019re brave: the guide sweeps a spotlight across the water and hundreds of pairs of eyes glow back at you. They\u2019re at 2001 E. Southport Rd, Kissimmee, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. See bcairboats.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ten minutes from Disney\u2019s gates \u2014 genuinely, you can see the resort traffic from the road in \u2014 sits 438 acres of pine flatwoods, cypress swamp and lake shore with barely anyone in it.<\/p>\n Tibet-Butler Preserve<\/a> has a small network of shaded trails and boardwalks running down to Lake Tibet-Butler, plus the Vera Carter Environmental Center with exhibits that are genuinely good for kids. It\u2019s free, it\u2019s quiet, and it makes an extraordinary contrast with what\u2019s happening a mile up the road. Bring insect repellent in summer.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re travelling with children like we did, Wild Florida in Kenansville combines a drive-thru safari park with a gator park and airboat operation on Lake Cypress.<\/p>\n The drive-thru holds over 150 animals including zebra, bison, wildebeest, watusi and giraffe across open pasture that, in fairness, looks quite convincingly like somewhere else entirely. Admission is $35 for adults and $25 for children aged 3\u201312, and includes entry to the walk-through Gator Park with its 200-plus native and exotic animals \u2014 sloths, lemurs, capybaras and a resident white alligator. Animal encounters start around $45. Details at wildfloridairboats.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is my favourite way to finish an Orlando weekend, and almost no visitor knows about it.<\/p>\n An hour south of the city, on the banks of the Kissimmee River, Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo<\/a> is a working 1,700-acre dude ranch \u2014 the largest east of the Mississippi \u2014 ringed by something like 400,000 acres of protected wetland. Every Saturday night it runs a full championship rodeo in its own 1,200-seat arena: bull riding, barrel racing, mutton bustin\u2019 for the little ones, the lot. They\u2019ve been doing it longer than any other Saturday-night rodeo in the country. Around it there\u2019s horseback riding through palmetto and oak hammock, swamp buggy rides, airboat tours on the river, archery, a trap and skeet range, a petting farm and a marina.<\/p>\n You can visit for the evening, but it\u2019s a far better idea to stay (see below). Watching the sun go down over the Kissimmee River flood plain with a hundred miles of nothing in front of you is not the Orlando anybody sold you, and that\u2019s exactly the point.<\/p>\n If you can stretch the weekend to four or five days, Central Florida\u2019s real luxury is how much sits within 90 minutes of the city. Here are the day trips I\u2019d prioritise, in roughly that order.<\/p>\n Crystal River, on the Gulf Coast, is the only place in the United States where you can legally swim with wild manatees<\/a>. Everywhere else, you can only watch them from a boardwalk. Here, Kings Bay is fed by more than 70 springs pushing out fresh spring water, and when the Gulf turns cold, hundreds of manatees move in to sit out the winter in it. You slip into the water with a snorkel, float still, and wait.<\/p>\n And they come to you. That\u2019s the part nobody prepares you for. A one-tonne animal with a face like a wrinkled potato drifts up, rolls slowly onto its back, and looks at you with genuine curiosity. Important to know: This is passive observation, ie no chasing, no grabbing, no feeding, no diving down on them, no splashing. If a manatee chooses to come to you, a single gentle open-handed touch is permitted \u2014 but you never initiate. Operators are strictly regulated and brief you properly before you get in. Take it seriously, because this only stays legal as long as people behave.<\/p>\n When to go:<\/strong> Manatees are around in small numbers year-round, but the season that matters runs November 15 to March 31, with the biggest gatherings from December through February. Go on a weekday and take the earliest departure \u2014 usually around 7:30 a.m. \u2014 when the water is clearest, the bay is quiet and the animals are most active.<\/p>\n Practical details:<\/strong> Tours run about three hours door to door including the orientation video, boat time and roughly an hour in the water. Group tours start around $65\u2013$85 per person and private charters from about $450 for up to six, with wetsuit, mask, snorkel, guide and parking usually included. You do not need to be a strong swimmer \u2014 the wetsuits are extremely buoyant and guides carry pool noodles. Children are welcome, though under-3s generally require a private boat.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d rather stay dry<\/strong>, the Three Sisters Springs boardwalk<\/a> in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge lets you look straight down into the springs from above, and on a cold January morning the view is spectacular. Winter admission (Nov 15\u2013Mar 31) runs up to $20 for adults, $17.50 for seniors and $7.50 for children 6\u201315, with under-5s free and lower rates in summer. Access is by shuttle from the Three Sisters Springs Center, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., last ticket sold at 3:30. Nearby Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park offers guaranteed year-round viewing of resident rescued manatees through an underwater observatory \u2014 the reliable option outside the season or with very small children.<\/p>\n Half an hour east in the tiny town of Christmas, Orlando Wetlands Park<\/a> is a 1,600-acre constructed wetland built to polish the city\u2019s reclaimed water \u2014 and one of the finest birding sites in Florida as a result. Nearly 20 miles of levee trails, boardwalks and observation platforms run through open marsh, hardwood hammock and lake.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll see alligators, herons, wood storks, sandhill cranes and \u2014 the prize \u2014 roseate spoonbills. It\u2019s free, open sunrise to sunset Tuesday to Sunday at 25155 Wheeler Road, and the education centre runs tram tours on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 to 3. No dogs. Come at first light with binoculars and a flask of coffee.<\/p>\n The single best day trip from Orlando pairs two things that shouldn\u2019t coexist. Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge<\/a> wraps around the Kennedy Space Center, and because NASA needed a buffer zone, 140,000 acres of coastal marsh, hammock and dune never got developed.<\/p>\n Drive the Black Point Wildlife Drive<\/a> at dawn for herons, ibis, alligators and, in winter, thousands of migratory ducks and waders, then walk part of Canaveral National Seashore \u2014 24 miles of undeveloped Atlantic beach, the longest stretch left on Florida\u2019s east coast. A refuge pass is $10 per vehicle per day (or $25 annually); the visitor centre at 1963 Refuge Headquarters Road, Titusville opens 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday.<\/p>\n Then spend the afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex<\/a>, about 45 minutes from Orlando, where the Space Shuttle Atlantis hangs at an angle with its payload doors open and the Saturn V lies on its side in a hangar the length of a football pitch. One-day admission currently runs around $67\u2013$72 for adults, and it\u2019s open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check the launch schedule before you book \u2014 watching one go up from the causeway is a core memory.<\/p>\n Between roughly May and November, the Indian River Lagoon fills with bioluminescent dinoflagellates, and paddling at night turns your kayak into something out of a fairy tale \u2014 every stroke throws blue-green sparks, and fish leave glowing trails under the hull. July and August are the peak. In winter, from about November to March, the show switches to comb jellies, which flash rather than shimmer.<\/p>\n Operators like BK Adventure<\/a> launch from Titusville and Cocoa between 8 and 10:30 p.m., with tours from $67 to $98 depending on whether you want a clear-bottomed kayak. Book within four days either side of a new moon \u2014 moonlight washes the whole thing out. No experience needed.<\/p>\n An hour north, De Leon Springs State Park<\/a> has a 72\u00b0F swimming spring feeding 19 million gallons a day into Spring Garden Run, a 4.5-mile paddle down to the wild, bird-heavy Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>. That alone justifies the drive.<\/p>\n But people come for the Old Sugar Mill Pancake House, built into a 19th-century mill beside the spring, where every table has a built-in griddle and you cook your own pancakes from pitchers of batter \u2014 around $9 a head for unlimited, plus $3 for blueberries, chocolate chips or pecans. Park entry is $6 per carload. Be warned: summer weekend waits run two to three hours, so put your name down, then go for a swim or a hike while you wait.<\/p>\n Ninety minutes northwest near Ocala, Silver Springs<\/a> has been running glass-bottom boat tours since the 1870s, which makes it one of the oldest tourist attractions in the country. It\u2019s one of the largest artesian spring formations in the world, pushing out hundreds of millions of gallons a day, and the water is so clear the boats feel like they\u2019re hovering \u2014 you can see fish, turtles, ancient dugout canoes and old film props on the bottom 30 feet down.<\/p>\n You can also rent a kayak and paddle the Silver River, where you stand a decent chance of spotting the population of wild rhesus macaques that have lived along it since the 1930s. Park entry at the main SR 40 entrance is $2 per person, with under-5s free; short glass-bottom tours run about 30 minutes and extended ones 90. Note that swimming is not permitted here. See silversprings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Orlando International Airport (MCO)<\/a> is one of the busiest airports in the United States and connects to virtually every major US city plus a long list of international ones, particularly from the UK, Canada, Brazil and Colombia. It sits about 15 miles southeast of downtown and 20 miles from the theme-park corridor.<\/p>\n Orlando Sanford International (SFB)<\/a>, 30 miles northeast, is much smaller and handles mostly domestic budget carriers plus some UK charters. It\u2019s a far calmer arrival if the route works for you.<\/p>\n Fares swing enormously by season \u2014 the weeks around US school holidays are brutal. Search for flights here<\/a> and set a price alert a few months out.<\/p>\n This is the one that\u2019s genuinely changed in the last couple of years. Brightline<\/a> now runs a modern, comfortable, high-speed service directly from a station inside Orlando International Airport down the coast to West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Aventura and Miami \u2014 roughly three and a half hours to Miami with power, wifi and proper seats. If you\u2019re combining Orlando with South Florida, it beats both driving and flying. For more on what to do once you\u2019re there, see my Miami weekend guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Amtrak<\/a> also serves Orlando (and Kissimmee, Winter Park and Sanford) on the Silver Service and Auto Train routes, which is how a lot of northeasterners bring their own cars down for the winter.<\/p>\n Let me be direct about this: for the itinerary above, you need a car. Springs, wildlife drives and preserves are not served by public transport, and rideshare fares to Apopka or Kenansville will hurt. Orlando is also one of the cheapest places in the world to rent a vehicle, so this isn\u2019t a hardship.<\/p>\n Drive defensively on I-4, which is consistently ranked among America\u2019s most dangerous interstates, and avoid it entirely between 7:30\u20139 a.m. and 4\u20136:30 p.m. Many toll roads in Central Florida are cashless \u2014 ask your rental company about their toll transponder before you leave the lot, because the administrative fees for driving through unpaid are far worse than the tolls. We always book through Discover Cars<\/a> because it compares local suppliers alongside the big names and shows the full insurance picture upfront, the same setup we use for our 2-week Florida itinerary<\/a>.<\/p>\n Search for car rentals in Orlando here!<\/a> \ud83d\ude97<\/p>\n SunRail<\/a> is Central Florida\u2019s commuter train, running north\u2013south through DeBary, Sanford, Winter Park, downtown Orlando, Kissimmee and Poinciana. Fares are distance-based, starting around $2 for a single-county trip and topping out near $9.50 return. The catch: it runs primarily on weekdays, with only occasional weekend service for special events. If your weekend includes a Friday, it\u2019s a lovely car-free way to get from downtown to Winter Park.<\/p>\n LYNX<\/a> operates the region\u2019s buses \u2014 over 70 routes, $2 a single ride or $4.50 for a day pass, payable through the LYNX PawPass app. Route 50 will get you to Disney Springs; other links reach the airport and Universal.<\/p>\n Downtown, the LYMMO<\/a> bus rapid transit circulator is completely free and runs in dedicated lanes around the core, including past Lake Eola and the Dr. Phillips Center.<\/p>\n On International Drive, the I-Ride Trolley<\/a> stops near most hotels and attractions in the tourist corridor for $2 a ride, with multi-day passes available.<\/p>\n Uber and Lyft operate everywhere and are usually cheaper than taxis. They\u2019re fine for hopping between Winter Park, downtown and Mills 50 in the evening \u2014 which is exactly when you don\u2019t want to be driving anyway.<\/p>\n Spring (March to May)<\/strong> and autumn (October to early December)<\/strong> are the sweet spots. Temperatures sit in the 70s and low 80s, humidity is bearable, afternoon storms are rare, and the springs are pleasant rather than shocking. March and April bring spring-break crowds, so aim either side of them if you can.<\/p>\n Winter (December to February)<\/strong> is Central Florida\u2019s secret. Days run in the low 70s, the mosquitoes vanish, the birding at Lake Apopka and Merritt Island is at its absolute best, and manatee season at Blue Spring peaks. Swimming in a 72\u00b0F spring in January is more pleasant than it sounds, because the water is warmer than the air.<\/p>\n Summer (June to September)<\/strong> is hot, humid and stormy \u2014 highs in the low 90s with a heat index far above that, plus near-daily afternoon thunderstorms that roll through around 3 or 4 p.m. It\u2019s also when the springs are most glorious and most crowded, hence the capacity limits. Plan water in the morning, indoor things after lunch. Hurricane season officially runs June 1 to November 30, with peak risk in August and September \u2014 travel insurance is not optional.<\/p>\n Where you sleep matters more in Orlando than in most cities, because the region is enormous and traffic is real. Broadly: International Drive puts you near Universal and the trolley; Kissimmee \/ Lake Buena Vista puts you closest to Disney and the southern nature spots; Winter Park and downtown put you in the middle of the food and lake neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n For families \u2014 and for anyone who wants a kitchen, a washing machine and separate bedrooms rather than a hotel room \u2014 Westgate Resorts run several villa-style properties around Central Florida, which is what we look for when we\u2019re travelling as a family and not eating out three times a day. The reason we liked staying here is the marina \u2014 you can rent kayaks, paddle boats and pontoons and be out on the water without leaving the property, which is a very easy win on a day you don\u2019t want to drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n Westgate Resorts offers family vacation packages with spacious suites that give everyone separate sleeping and living space. Rates start at $79, and the packages are priced per package rather than per person. For more information, visit https:\/\/www.westgateresorts.com\/family-vacation-packages\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n Orlando\u2019s dining reputation has been transformed in the last five years, and the MICHELIN Guide\u2019s arrival made official what locals already knew. The city now holds six starred restaurants and fourteen Bib Gourmands, and almost none of them are inside a theme park. Here\u2019s where I\u2019d send you.<\/p>\n
\nWeekend in Orlando Itinerary<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/figure>\nOrlando Itinerary Day 1: Spring Country & the Citrus Towns<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\nSwim in the Spring Run at Wekiwa Springs State Park<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nFloat Down Rock Springs at Kelly Park<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nDrive the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nCycle the West Orange Trail into Winter Garden<\/span><\/h4>\n
Where to Eat on Day 1<\/span><\/h4>\n
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\nOrlando Itinerary Day 2: Lakes, Gardens & the Neighbourhoods<\/span><\/h3>\n
Ride the Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nWander Park Avenue & the Morse Museum<\/span><\/h4>\n
Find the Egrets at Kraft Azalea Garden<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nSpend an Hour at Harry P. Leu Gardens<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nEat Your Way Through East End Market<\/span><\/h4>\n
Pedal a Swan Boat on Lake Eola<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nFinish in Mills 50<\/span><\/h4>\n
\nOrlando Itinerary Day 3: Cypress Swamps & Cattle Country<\/span><\/h3>\n
Kayak the Headwaters of the Everglades at Shingle Creek<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nTake an Airboat Ride Through the Marsh<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nWalk the Boardwalks at Tibet-Butler Preserve<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nDrive Through Wild Florida\u2019s Safari Park<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nEnd the Weekend at a Real Florida Rodeo<\/span><\/h4>\n
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\nDay Trips from Orlando<\/span><\/h3>\n
Swim with Wild Manatees at Crystal River<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nBird the Boardwalks at Orlando Wetlands Park<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nCombine Rockets and Wilderness on the Space Coast<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nKayak Through Bioluminescence<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nCook Your Own Pancakes at De Leon Springs<\/span><\/h4>\n
Glide Over Glass at Silver Springs<\/span><\/h4>\n
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\nOrlando Weekend Itinerary Guide<\/span><\/h2>\n
How to Get to Orlando<\/span><\/h3>\n
By Air<\/span><\/h4>\n
By Train<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nHow to Get Around Orlando<\/span><\/h3>\n
By Car Rental<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/figure>\nBy SunRail<\/span><\/h4>\n
By Bus and Trolley<\/span><\/h4>\n
By Rideshare<\/span><\/h4>\n
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\nBest Time to Visit Orlando<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nWhere to Stay in Orlando<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nWhere to Eat in Orlando<\/span><\/h3>\n
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