neighborhood - Summertime Vacation

On this page we will show you a few beaches in the area and some
tips what to do in Florida.
The times for the individual destinations are calculated from our house.
These are just suggestions and ideas, there is of course much more to discover.

Beaches:
Port Charlotte Beach Park round about. 15 minutes - info here
Englewood round about. 30 minutes - info here
Venice round about. 45 minutes- info here
Siesta Key round about. 1 hour - info here
Bonita Beach round about. 1 hour - info here
Fort Myers Beach round about. 1 1/4 hour - info here
Bradenton round about. 1 1/4 hour - info here
Anna Maria Island round about. 1 1/4 hour - info here
Captiva Island round about. 1 1/2 hour - info here
Sanibel Island round about. 1 1/2 hour - info here


Excursion destinations
Boat Ramp Sprin Lake Port Chatlotte round about. 5 minutes
Port Charlotte Harbor round about. 15 minutes
Punta Gorda Fishermens Village round about. 20 minutes - info here
Myakka River State Park round about. 45 minutes- info here
Babcock Wilderness Farm round about. 45 minutes - info here
Tampa round about. 1 1/2 hour (Bush Garden) - info here
Orlando round about. 2 1/2 hour (different adventure parks) - info here
Silver Springs round about. 3 hour - info here
Chrystal River round about. 3 hour - info here
Lovers Key State Park round about. 1 1/4 hour - info here
Daytona (Eastcoast) round about. 3 1/2 hours - info here
Cape Caneveral (Eastcoast) round about 3 1/2 hours - info here
Miami (Eastcoast) round about. 3 hours - info here
The Florida-Keys round about. 6 hours - info here
The Everglades round about. 2 hours - info here

Restaurants & Bars
Carraba´s Italien Grill round about 10 minutes
Olive Garden round about. 10 minutes
Red Lobster round about. 10 minutes
Longhorn round about. 10 minutes
Chili´s Grill & Bar round about 12 minutes
Beef ´O´ Bradys round about. 10 minutes
Ruby Tuestday round about. 12 minutes
Village Fish Market & Restaurant Punta Gorda round about. 20 minutes
Sandra´s Deutsches Restaurant Punta Gorda round about. 15 minutes
Dean´s South of the border round about. 15 minutes
....... and a more and more and more

shopping
Port Charlotte Town Center round about. 10 minutes
Charlotte Square Mall round about. 10 minutes
Promenades Mall round about. 10 minutes
diverse Walmart oder Puplix in round about. 15 minutes
Ellenton Premium Outlet round about. 1 hour
Outlets Orlando round about. 2 1/2 hours