Category Archives: Historic Hotels & Inns

Hot Times In Summer At Lesser Known Hotels

It is summertime in Florida and while we have a large population of Floridians going North to the North Carolina mountains and visiting family, more and more Floridians are exploring hotels within the state.   Summer is also the time that … Continue reading

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Florida Boardwalks Go More Native In The Summertime

For a state with so much beachfront, it is shocking how few Florida coastal communities have Victorian style waterfront boardwalks, complete with restaurants, souvenir shops, and amusements.   Excluding inland lake frontages (WDW’s Boardwalk) and river-walks like the new one in … Continue reading

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New Port Richey: Tampa’s Northern Neighbor

  PORT RICHEY AND NEW PORT RICHEY, West Pasco’s dual coastal communities, are best known today as booming retirement centers, but both towns had more basic origins. PORT RICHEY was started in 1883 by Missourian Captain A. M. Richey, who homesteaded on … Continue reading

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Florida Island Vacations Only Via A Ferry Boat

Florida Island Vacations Only Via A Ferry Boat.

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Florida Island Vacations Only Via A Ferry Boat

  There are hundreds of island resorts in Florida, but very few of them are only accessible by ferry or private boat.  Our choices here show the strange diversity of the remaining unattached island vacation choices. FOR THE VERY RICH: You can … Continue reading

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inn: Seminole Country Inn – Indiantown

Few places will confuse visitors more than the Seminole Country Inn (1926) in Indiantown, 30 miles northwest of West Palm Beach. You expect some rural estate and find an urban, downtown property. You then open the grand double French doors … Continue reading

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