{"id":9555,"date":"2025-10-18T07:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/9555\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:19:21","slug":"30-best-things-to-do-in-florida-for-an-epic-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/9555\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Best Things to Do in Florida For an Epic Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re visiting the Sunshine State or you live here, there seems to be a never-ending list of things to do in Florida. From epic theme parks and over <a href=\"https:\/\/floridadep.gov\/rcp\/beaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">800 miles of beachfront<\/a> to enjoy, to big city vibes and historic towns to stroll through, Florida really does have it all, warm weather included.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re exploring the state from the top down, you\u2019ll start in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/jacksonville\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacksonville<\/a>, then head south towards the theme parks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/orlando\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando<\/a>, then hit the nightlife and beach vibes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/miami\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami<\/a> and finally, the sun-soaked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/key-west\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Key West<\/a>. And we can\u2019t forget about the west coast of the state, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/tampa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/sarasota\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarasota<\/a> beckon folks to come in and enjoy the warm beach life and some historic charm of its own. Whether you\u2019re into roller coasters, national parks, golf or history, Florida truly has it all. Keep reading to find out all of the best things to do in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>This guide was updated by Orlando-based writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/profile\/megan-dubois\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Megan duBois<\/a>.\u00a0At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/about\/editorial-guidelines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">editorial guidelines<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">RECOMMENDED: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/florida\/hotels\/the-best-airbnbs-in-florida\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The best Airbnbs in Florida<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/florida\/hotels\/best-hotels-in-florida\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The best Florida hotels<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whether you\u2019re visiting the Sunshine State or you live here, there seems to be a never-ending list of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2122,28,30,29,9428,9427,106],"class_list":["post-9555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-categories-things-to-do","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-good-for-good-for-locals","tag-good-for-good-for-tourists","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}