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Region decision Florida by region: the Atlantic coast vs the Gulf coast vs the Keys Florida is too spread out to see in one trip, so pick a region and base, not a statewide loop. The Atlantic coast is about surf, historic St. Augustine, and the Palm Beach–to–Fort Lauderdale strip; the Gulf coast is about calmer, warmer water and the beach towns of Sarasota, Naples, and Sanibel; the Keys are a separate long drive to Key West. Add the Everglades as a nature day from either the Miami side or the Gulf side. Choose by the water you want, the season, and how much driving you will tolerate. Keys route planner Driving the Overseas Highway: Miami to Key West through the Keys The Overseas Highway (US-1) runs about 160 miles from Miami to Key West on a single road, crossing the Seven Mile Bridge and a chain of islands to mile marker zero in Old Town. It is toll-free but slow — two-lane stretches, one road in and out, and one bad crash can stall the whole chain — so give it a full day and stay at least a night. In Key West, base in walkable Old Town for Hemingway's home and its six-toed cats, Fort Zachary Taylor's beach, the lighthouse, and the butterfly conservatory. Gulf-coast base planner Where to base on Florida's Gulf coast: Naples vs Sarasota vs Sanibel Florida's Gulf coast has calm, warm water and three distinct bases. Naples is the walkable, upscale town base — Fifth Avenue South, a botanical garden, and a zoo, though the historic pier is closed and rebuilding. Sarasota pairs beaches with the Ringling museum estate and Selby Gardens and is the most culture-heavy. Sanibel is the quiet barrier island for shelling, the Ding Darling wildlife refuge, and the Shell Museum, all reopened after Hurricane Ian. Pick by whether you want a town, culture, or island nature. Historic coast planner Historic Atlantic Florida: St. Augustine, Amelia Island, and Palm Beach Florida's Atlantic coast holds the state's deepest history. St. Augustine is the old Spanish city — the Castillo de San Marcos, the Lightner Museum, and Flagler College — best based in the walkable historic district. Amelia Island, just north, adds a quiet 19th-century fort and beach town. Far south, Palm Beach is Gilded-Age Florida — the Flagler Museum, The Breakers, and Worth Avenue — with Fort Lauderdale's beaches and museums nearby. Base in the north for the old city or the south for the Gilded-Age strip; they're too far apart to combine casually. Statewide hub Florida Florida is the statewide umbrella zone for micro-zone routing and the cross-region planning guides. Editorial coverage is organized around specific coasts, towns, drives, and visitor corridors rather than broad statewide claims, with deep Miami planning kept to the companion city guide at miamiguide.app. Region Amelia Island Amelia Island is reserved for Northeast Florida island, Fernandina Beach, resort, historic, beach, nature, and family-weekend decisions with its own visitor authority lane. Region Everglades Source Guide Everglades Source Guide is reserved for official-source park planning, entrances, seasons, safety, tour-boundary, and conservation logistics instead of generic attraction list coverage. City Key West Key West is reserved as a high-volume Florida Keys visitor base with walkable old-town, island, sunset, cruise, ferry, and weather-season decisions outside Miami coverage. Region Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale Las Olas is reserved for Fort Lauderdale's walkable dining, arts, canal, beach-transfer, cruise, and first-night planning intent without duplicating Miami Guide. City Miami Miami Guide is reserved for a later seasonal and base-selection wedge: beach-area choices, pre-cruise stays, rain and heat backups, event-season pressure, and first-night dining decisions. Region Naples Fifth Avenue South Naples Fifth Avenue South is reserved for a compact Gulf Coast dining, shopping, arts, beach-adjacent, parking, and evening-base decision layer outside broad Naples coverage. Region Sanibel-Captiva Sanibel-Captiva is reserved for island recovery-aware beach, shelling, wildlife refuge, causeway, lodging, and family-trip planning with official-source boundaries.
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