Beaches
If you fancy a day
at the beach there are plenty of fabulous beaches to chose from.
East Coast
The Atlantic coast
is the place for surfing. Cocoa Beach is about
1 hour 30 minutes drive from Westridge. Here you will find the
famous Ron Jon Surf Shop.
Daytona
Beach
is an excellent day out, here you
can actually drive onto the beach! The Daytona Race Circuit is
also well worth a visit. Daytona is approximately 1˝ hours drive
from Westridge.
West Coast
The Gulf Coast has fabulous sandy
beaches from which you can see beautiful sunsets.
Clearwater,
at the top of the Pinellas Suncoast has a lovely beach and
dolphins can often be seen playing in the port area. St.
Pete's Beach is a classic wide sandy beach that
stretches for 3 miles and offers good water sports facilities. A
little further down the coast is Sarasota,
where you will find Lido Key,
one of the best sugar-white sandy beaches, which
stretches for 2 miles. Clearwater and
St. Pete's are less than 2
hours drive from Westridge and Sarasota is approximately 2˝
hours drive.
Shopping
Shopping is a must
in Orlando and there are many places to choose from. We suggest
you may like to visit some of the following:
Bargains can be
found at Prime (Beltz) Factory Outlets and
Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores.
Pointe
Orlando is well
worth a visit, as well as having great shops, restaurants and
movie theatres, it also has an attraction next door which is an
upside down building! This interactive attraction is called
Wonderworks and features hands-on
demonstrations and activities.
The Florida
Mall, which is situated at the junction of Orange
Blossom Trail (OBT) and Sand Lake Road is probably the most
extensive mall in the area and has some excellent shops together
with large department stores and a food hall.
The Mercado
on International drive is a Mediterranean style complex which
has some great shops and restaurants, the Cricketers Arms Pub
and live entertainment in the courtyard at night.
Premium Outlets
is on Vineland
off the I4 and is the place to go for designer labels at
discounted prices.
Ralph Lauren, Nike,
Tommy Hilfiger, Addidas etc.
Mall at Millenia
is the newest grand mall and includes department stores such as
Macy’s, Sears etc
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