Things to do in Florida on your Florida family vacations include heritage, history, cultural adventures, Old Florida towns and lesser known tourist attractions like Florida zoos and heritage sites.

Do you like the peace and quiet and laid back ambiance of authentic Old Florida towns and places?

Then you will love Florida Backroads Travel!

You will learn about lesser known Florida attractions and some of the scenic back roads that will take you there on relaxing day trips and one tank trips through Old Florida.

This knowledge will help you plan memorable Florida family vacations.

These places include historic towns, museums, wineries, theaters, art and music festivals, heritage sites, state parks, best beaches in Florida, getaway inns and hotels.

Florida history is one of constant change, and it has probably changed more in the past 50 years than anyplace else in the USA.

Florida-Backroads-Travel is your guide to finding the fast vanishing old Florida and natural quiet places that you can still cherish and enjoy.

You will learn about Florida history and Florida genealogy on the state level as well as the local history of Florida towns.

The site has pages on lesser known Florida tourist attractions and even tells you about lost Florida tourist attractions and gives you advice on Florida day trips to places off the beaten path including our hundreds of Florida state parks and thousands of Florida heritage sites.

You can plan your Florida family vacations so as not to break the bank.

I will tell you about Florida art festivals, Florida music festivals and will guide you to locations and performances of Florida theater groups around the state and other interesting things to do in Florida, including many annual Florida events.

You will also learn all about the certified Florida wineries and the hundreds of Florida museums.

If you like reading about the state, you will find information about Florida authors who lived here and wrote stories with settings around the state. You will even find a link to a book that tells where famous Florida authors lived, along with their addresses. You will also enjoy our section about interesting Florida facts.

You will learn about historic inns and hotels that make perfect Florida getaways for wonderful relaxing visits along with some of my favorite restaurants to help you enjoy your Florida family vacations.

If it isn't covered on this website, I provide a bunch of Florida web links that cover just about anything else you can think of.

Florida-Backroads-Travel is organized around Florida's 8 regions. There is also a Florida Everglades section that overlays 4 of those 8 regions.

Each region has links to Florida towns, Florida colleges and universities and other attractions including state parks and other things to do in Florida.

Florida road maps and Florida county maps along with free Florida travel guides to each region of the state are provided to help you find your way around Florida.

This website focuses on things to do in Florida waiting to be discovered by you. There is a fascinating Florida outside of Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and the other big Florida tourist attractions.

You can use this guide to plan more affordable Florida family vacations. My goal is to be your Florida travel guide and help you see and feel what captivated me about the state so many years ago when all Florida travel was on the back roads.