Best Florida Beach Vacations

Written by Jolana Klobouk


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Best Florida Beach Areas for Relaxing

New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach is a laid-back beach town withoutrepparttar crowds, noise or pollution, which gives visitors a relaxing beach experience. Althoughrepparttar 133711 northern beach is accessible to cars,repparttar 133712 majority is traffic free, allowing for peaceful sunbathing and strolls alongrepparttar 133713 beach. New Smyrna has a small town feel in its architecture and atmosphere. There are no high-rises alongrepparttar 133714 beach, only low-rise buildings and these accommodations range from bed and breakfast inns, family-size condominiums or oceanfront motels.

Sanibel Island Sanibel Island is one ofrepparttar 133715 unique barrier islands ofrepparttar 133716 world, having an east-west orientation when most islands are north south. This givesrepparttar 133717 island great sandy beaches with plenty of shells. Check out Bowman's Beach for peach and quiet, you won't find any hotels here. You can park and walk over a bridge to secluded white beach. There are barbecue grills inrepparttar 133718 area so it is a great spot to have a picnic and enjoyrepparttar 133719 beach.

Punta Gorda Punta Gorda is located about 30 miles north of Fort Myers. There is plenty of waterfront in this town, and a very nice riverfront beach area. Here you can enjoy swimming, fishing, canoeing, hiking and walking inrepparttar 133720 woods, it is a great place to get away fromrepparttar 133721 crowds. The town of Punta Gorda has street art, water views and interesting murals that enrichrepparttar 133722 historic downtown district that also has cobblestone streets and gaslights, and many fine shops and restaurants.

Best Florida Beach Areas for Golf

Sarasota Sarasota is a sophisticated resort town nearrepparttar 133723 Gulf of Mexico. For beach lovers there is Sarasota’s 35 miles of fine, pure, sparkling white sand beach to enjoy. As far as golf is concerned there are 32 golf courses inrepparttar 133724 Sarasota area and almost 20 more if you includerepparttar 133725 surrounding cities of Bradenton and Venice. You will find one for every level of ability available for your golfing pleasure.

Jacksonville Jacksonville has twenty miles of Atlantic Ocean beaches and lots of nearby state parks to explore. You will find lots of things to do and lots of beaches to explore in Jacksonville. For golfers there are over 25 golf courses inrepparttar 133726 area. Several championship golf courses are located nearby; many of which are ranked amongrepparttar 133727 top inrepparttar 133728 country offering challenges for players of every skill level, ranging from top ocean side resorts to popular public courses.

Naples Naples, located on a stretch of southwest Florida that is not bordered by barrier islands, has seven miles of silky, white sand beach that overlooksrepparttar 133729 tranquil waters ofrepparttar 133730 Gulf of Mexico. There is plenty of shopping and dining inrepparttar 133731 area oncerepparttar 133732 sun goes down beachfront. There are also dozens of excellent golf courses inrepparttar 133733 area. From May through October,repparttar 133734 golf courses are not as crowded and you can pick your tee time and be assured of a leisurely round. Also, many private courses are open torepparttar 133735 public during these months.

This is only a sampling of some ofrepparttar 133736 great beaches located alongrepparttar 133737 shores of Florida. There are many more that can fill your Florida beach vacation needs year round.

Jolana Klobouk is a former travel agent who has traveled extensively for work and vacations with her family. For more travel information, visit her travel websites: http://www.best-family-beach-vacations.com and http://www.FlyFromCanada.com




Is Seattle A Film Festival Venue?

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The precocious 12 year old (or were they 8 year olds): Valentin (Argentina), Elina (Sweden), Whale Rider (New Zealand), and Hard Goodbyes (Greece) each dealt with an overly wise child coping withrepparttar world of adults.

Valentin was charming, but definitely slight. It's a very cute film, but doesn't have much to say. Whale Rider and Hard Goodbyes, onrepparttar 133710 other hand, bowl you over withrepparttar 133711 power of what they have to say and how they say it. In Whale Rider, winner of bothrepparttar 133712 audience award for best picture and best director, an 11 year old Maori girl bucks tradition to bring Maori attitudes about communalism intorepparttar 133713 21st century. In Hard Goodbyes, my favorite film fromrepparttar 133714 festival, a young boy in 1960s Greece refuses to believe that his father is dead. The film is a lyrical look at denial and growing up.

The Embalmer (Italy), sends a politically incorrect message.

The dwarf as sexual analogy:

Both "Wild Dogs" (Canada) and "The Embalmer" (Italy) use a dwarf character to show sexual dissolution. In Wild Dogs,repparttar 133715 filmmaker actually has a point to make andrepparttar 133716 film is engrossing and moving. The Embalmer, unfortunately, is just a big mess of a film with a politically incorrect message to spread about sexual obsession and a gay dwarf who can only be happy by falling in love with a straight man.

The Hebrew Hammer (U.S.) is a fun and silly film.

The silly silly film: So Close (Hong Kong), In July (Germany), and The Hebrew Hammer (U.S.) each had such a thoroughly implausible plot but were all equally enjoyable that they all made for memorable viewing. So Close is about two Hong Kong assassin sisters (or is that sister assassins) andrepparttar 133717 CSI style Chinese American forensics specialist who chases them. There was a lot of slow motion falling glass in this one, but any film that allows stiletto heels to be part of an assassin's arsenal has to be on a must-see list. In July stars Moritz Bleibtreu, so obviously everybody with an eye for an attractive male star should see this one. It's a road movie, and you'll just have to suspend disbelief and go withrepparttar 133718 destiny/coincidence storyline and enjoyrepparttar 133719 film. The Hebrew Hammer was billed asrepparttar 133720 first ever "Jewsploitation" film andrepparttar 133721 producers weren't kidding. It was hysterically funny with Andy Dick as evil Santa Claus intent on riddingrepparttar 133722 world ofrepparttar 133723 phrase "Happy Holidays" and getting rid of Hanukkah altogether while Adam Goldberg plays The Hebrew Hammer. The film even steals shots and music from classic blaxploitation films, mostlyrepparttar 133724 Shaft series (definitely notrepparttar 133725 Samuel L. Jackson remake version).

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