The Best Beaches in Florida: A rundown of the top 10 most charming Florida beaches for a relaxing and exciting beach vacation (U.S. Beach Guides)

The Best Beaches in Florida: A rundown of the top 10 most charming Florida beaches for a relaxing and exciting beach vacation (U.S. Beach Guides) Review

5 Star Reviews:

"This work really did a great job at discussing the local attractions, activities, and people who you will be encountering at these beaches...Overall, a great read and will serve everyone well who reads it!"

"The author gives just enough information about the historical backgrounds of these beaches so that the reader will want to investigate more for himself not to mention travel to each place to see it up close and personal. This book is perfect for a first time visitor to these lovely venues who will soon find out why these beaches are deemed the best in Florida."

Description:

If you are looking for a great spot for a beach vacation, The Best Florida Beaches book will be a great guide. We'll reveal our top 10 Florida beaches and give you an idea of the history and charm of our favorite beaches as well as exciting things to do while you are there. To be honest, I'll be surprised if you can get through the entire guide without being compelled to book a vacation at one of these wonderful and charming beaches.

As someone who has grown up in Florida and has visited many Florida beaches, I have many favorites. In my book, I'll present my top 10 beaches in Florida, in no particular order. It was just too hard to try to rank them individually, since each has its own charm. You can’t go wrong visiting any of these top Florida beaches. So pick one that sounds good, and have a great time! Or, better yet, plan on visiting all of them. Enjoy the book and don't forget to bring your bathing suit, sun glasses, and sunscreen!

What's Inside:

1. Small town charm

2. Captivated

3. The best city beach

4. Steeped in rich history

5. Sophistication and lure

6. Eastern gem of Florida

7. SoBe in Florida

8. You will be dazzled

9. A tropical paradise

10. She sells seashells

Mickey Mouse is My Neighbor: Living Next Door to Disney World in Celebration, Florida

Mickey Mouse is My Neighbor: Living Next Door to Disney World in Celebration, Florida Review

Once upon a time, a Disney World fan named Barb was stuck on the cold tundra of Chicago. She could only visit her beloved Florida theme parks once or twice a year. She must have had a Fairy God Mother because one day, despite many obstacles, she found the perfect house in the perfect town for a Disney lover like herself: Celebration, Florida. She didn't have a pumpkin coach, so she packed up her Aztek with her husband, pets, and belongings to start a new life living next door to Mickey Mouse where she could hear the Magic Kingdom and Epcot fireworks through her windows every night.

"Mickey Mouse is My Neighbor: Living Next Door to Disney World in Celebration, Florida" is the story of Barb's adventures, from the time she bought her house in Celebration in 2003 while still living and working in Chicago to the glorious day in 2005 when she made her official move to Florida. It follows her adventures as a long distance commuter and her first year as a full-time resident in Celebration, as adapted from her Celebration, Florida, blog.

You'll read all about:

-The Mickey Mommas and the Bunny Brigade, two intermingled social groups whose adventures include everything from stalking Davy Jones at Epcot to visiting a nudist resort near Disney World.

-The traumas and travails of furniture deliveries in Florida, a state that definitely proves that time moves much more slowly in the South.

-Learning to live with tourists and to adapt to the idiosyncrasies of the Sunshine State.

-Skippy, the tattered old car that was Celebration's unofficial mascot for many years.

-Peaceful coexistence with Florida wildlife, like basking alligators and raging armadillos.

-Living through a hurricane long distance and then trying to dodge one firsthand in order to have a community picnic.

-The bliss of never having to "go home" from vacation.

Other books claim to tell the true story about life in Celebration, Florida, but Barb writes from the perspective of a real resident who calls the town her permanent home, not of someone who moved there temporarily just to bang out a quick book. Even though she sometimes takes a cynical view, her love for her hometown is always apparent.

Barb continues to blog about her adventures and the many changes caused by Disney's sale of the downtown area, the housing bubble's implosion, and rampant foreclosures. If you enjoy this book, which covers 2003 to 2005, catch up on her most recent adventures in "The Celebration, FL Blog."

The Villages Florida Book

The Villages Florida Book Review

Join thousands of current and future “Villagers” who have learned from The Villages Florida Book. If you have big dreams of one day retiring to The Villages, but you just don’t know where to start gathering the best information – you are not alone. The Villages Florida Book is designed to help you separate the fact from fiction about America’s most popular retirement community, and begin your new life in The Villages with confidence. The Villages is one of the most popular Central Florida retirement communities. Ask anyone who lives there and they’ll probably tell you there were things they wish they’d known more about before buying in The Villages. The Villages is a great place to live. But there are several important things that you need to know. The book's author, Ryan Erisman, runs the popular website TheVillagesFloridaBook.com and is the editor of The Villages Monthly, the only unbiased monthly newsletter published today about The Villages. The founder of For Boomers Media, he is also a contributing writer to several publications focused on retirement community living including 2nd Home Journal, Boomers On The Move, and others. Ryan's books have been featured in publications such as Where to Retire Magazine, Florida Home Builder, Florida Realtor Magazine, Top Retirements, and more. The Villages Florida Book was written to help people like you because there was no other complete resource on this popular retirement community. This is the most comprehensive book of its kind about The Villages available anywhere.