Then we drove for more than 500 miles / 800 km through North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to reach Savannah, a colonial historic city that was an important port of the cotton exchange trade and also with some interesting colonial buildings. However, the historical centre was a bit declining.
It does not take much to visit the main attractions in Savannah: we got to Fernandina Beach, a small village with some interesting buildings, the first railway station of the Florida’ Atlantic Coast and a nice restaurant where to eat local courses.
One of the top travel destinations of this road trip was Daytona Beach, with its Daytona International Speedway and one of the best white sand beaches ever seen.
The following day we visited the Kennedy Space Center Complex close to Cape Canaveral: an interesting amusement park, but it takes minimum 5-6 hours to visit it and sometimes it’s quite boring as you have to take more buses. You can also see the NASA headquarters from the bus.
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Key Biscayne is great place to relax if you want to leave the crowded and noisy Miami. Nice beaches, nice parks, the famous Grandon Park Tennis Center and the lighthouse are the main attractions.
The last stop was Key West and the Florida Keys: on the way to this city, you can enjoy a fantastic drive over the Atlantic Ocean and you can visit some interesting national parks before getting to the famous Key West, a lively and nightlife spot, that is worth a visit or a weekend.
Unfortunately all the good things come to an end…and it’s time to come back to Venice.
Top travel destinations:
Off the beaten tracks:
Travel tips:Â
- If you are European and you are making the first trip there, please read some advices here
- In a week I would recommend you to have a Florida trip: it’s really worth and you can visit other attractions like Disneyworld or the Everglades. You could even have the time to make a short trip to the Bahamas.
- Please find a comfortable car for long distances, but don’t get a too consuming car. Anyway, whatever your budget is, please check the rates if you bring back the car to the rental company as you will have to spend an extra-fee and check all the conditions. We used Alamo and it was really good!
- The summer is the ideal season for this kind of trip: keep an eye on possible hurricanes…
- You can easily find an accomodation on an hotel. However, if you prefer to book your accomodation in advance, I’d recommend you to do it via Booking.com.
- The recommended travel guides for this trip are Lonely Planet Eastern USA (Regional Guide)
and Lonely Planet USA’s Best Trips (Travel Guide).
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Marco – so glad you had fun driving the East Coast! Next time, you will need to go north to see all the places I lived! Maine, Massachusetts, and I am from Philadelphia! Let me know when you do – I will give you lots of good ideas! ~ David
Thanks a lot David! It was really great to travel along the Eastern Coast! 🙂 Yeah I would love also to visit that area 😉 I landed first in Philadelphia and then in Baltimore, so I just saw the Philadelphia international airport. I will contact you for sure when I will come back there 🙂
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USa does seem like a good place to go to! My family has been looking for a fun place to spend Independence Day this year, thanks for sharing