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Seems like there is a beach on every corner in Fort Myers, Florida. From sandy shorelines to nature reserves and kayaking, Fort Myers is a city that holds little to be desired for its apartment renters. Finding an apartment that suits your specific needs will not be hard to do in this mini paradise. Holding place as one of the two cities that frame the Cape Coral and Fort Myers Metro area and a top vacation getaway, Fort Myers is a slice of utopia surrounded by stimulating culture, gorgeous parks and most importantly, the Gulf Coast beaches!
Fort Myers apartments can be found in neighborhoods with sidewalks laced with royal and queen palm trees. Downtown Fort Myers is noted for natural appeal and urban swagger. Tourists love this part of town so if you like to stay in the mix, settling into an apartment in Downtown Fort Myers may be the right community for you. Looking to live closer to the calmer aspects of Fort Myers, the neighborhood of North Fort Myers may hold your ideal apartment fit. This neck of the woods is host to The Manatee Park were endangered West Indian Manatee retreat in a preserved natural habituate. North Fort Myers also contains the Orange River were you could enjoy canoe and kayaking activities. Regardless to what part of town you pick a Fort Myers apartment; you will be within arms reach of at least 10 beaches. Whether you join the ocean at Bowan's Beach or sink into the sands of Lighthouse Beach Park, you are guaranteed a lush beachfront scene on every turn.
Even though the beaches are the electric pull to the shores of the Fort Myers area, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford gave Fort Myers their claim to fame by building the first Ford Car Dealership within the city. Fort Myers apartment dwellers will also be able to enjoy the huge festivities of the Festival of Light. People travel for miles to celebrate this festival dedicated Thomas Edison's birthday. The party is saturated with two-weeks of power-packed excitement. Do you love the Red Sox but can't make a season game to save your life? Fort Myers is home to spring training for the Red Sox. Settle into a Fort Myers apartment and be one of the first to watch the Red Sox warm up for the up coming season.
From cultural museums to exotic island excursions, Fort Myers is the perfect backdrop for your next apartment home. Who wouldn't want to live in this beachfront paradise?
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Fort Myers has its share of family-welcoming restaurant chains, in addition to many independent restaurants offering a wide choice of international cuisine. Since Southwest Florida's coastline offers excellent fishing many restaurants feature fresh seafood.
The Florida weather is ideal for eating alfresco, and many restaurants in downtown Fort Myers and Fort Myers Beach offer outdoor dining. Times Square at Fort Myers Beach has several outdoor restautants, ideal for casual dining.
If you want to combine dinner with entertainment consider attending Dinner Theatre or board the Seminole Gulf Railway's Murder Mystery Dinner Train.
There are many watering holes and nightclubs along Tamiami Trail, and Fort Myers Beach has numerous low-key beach bars. In addition to bars, restaurants and nightclubs Lee County also has a casino, and several venues where you can see a Broadway production or a concert. Below is a list of some of these venues.
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Largest proscenium stage in Southwest Florida where Broadway's best, "The Phantom of the Opera", "Beauty and the Beast", and last season's, "Mamma Mia" grace the stage as well as legendary stars such as Tony Bennett and Johnny Mathis.
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
Broadway Palm Diner Theatre is Southwest Florida's most entertaining destination. The theatre provides top quality entertainment along with an award-winning meal, all at a true value.
Florida Repertory Theatre
Florida Repertory Theatre is Southwest Florida's only professional regional theatre.
Seminole Casino
Try your luck at the Seminole Casino in Immokalee! Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week, the Seminole Casino has high paying gaming machines, live action poker and award winning dining.
Southwest Florida Symphony
Lee County's Resident Professional Symphony Offers Classical, Pops, Chamber Orchestra Concerts.
Southwest Florida's coastline offers plenty of opportunities for fishermen to enjoy backwater, offshore, fly and flats fishing. The Gulf Coast has many artificial reefs, providing rich ecosystems ideal for deep-water fishing. Common catches include grouper, snapper, amberjack, permit and shark. The backwater or backcountry areas include bays, creeks and mangrove swamps. These still, sheltered and unpolluted waters provide ideal nurseries for shrimp, crabs and small fish, and this in turn provides an abundant feeding ground for many gaming fish such as snook, tarpon and redfish.
During the months of April, May and June the Fort Myers/Sanibel area annually experiences one of the world's largest tarpon migrations. Fishermen come from miles around to take part in the tarpon fishing tournaments.
A full-day trip on a 60-100 foot long party boat will cost an average of $40 per person, or you can have more personalized attention and instruction from an experienced guide on a charter boat (average cost $400 for a full day). Alternatively, you can fish on piers, bridges or docks, but you will require a saltwater license.
Take a cruise along the Caloosahatchee River or along the Intercoastal Waterway to Lake Okeechobee from the Yacht Basin in downtown Fort Myers. Alternatively head out towards the Gulf of Mexico on cruises which depart either from the Yacht Basin, from the Marina at Fort Myers Beach, or from Port Sanibel Marina. On these you can take in the views of Southwest Florida's Gulf Coast with its many islands, watch dolphins swimming alongside the boat, or just sunbathe on deck and relax.
If you fancy a full day trip you can even venture as far as the Florida Keys with a stroll around Key West. Most cruises provide cocktails and lunch/dinner, and some even offer music and dancing. Choose from a yacht cruise to a catamaran or even an old-fashioned Paddle-wheeler. To take full advantage of our beautiful sunsets, opt for an evening cruise.
For those of you who would rather venture out on your own, why not rent out a sailboat? There are plenty of boat rental companies, some of which offer sailing classes to the novice sailor.
If you would like to explore the many waterways of Southwest Florida rent a kayak or a canoe. You can plan your own route or take an excursion with a naturalist guide. There are hundreds of miles of back bays, aquatic preserves, estuaries, creeks and rivers to explore.
This is a fantastic opportunity to see Florida's natural vegetation and wildlife including mangrove forests, native palms, ferns, birds, otters, turtles, alligators and manatees. You can also learn about the history of the rivers and the natives, the Calusa, that lived here for thousands of years.
Southwest Florida's coastline offers plenty of opportunities for fishermen to enjoy backwater, offshore, fly and flats fishing. The Gulf Coast has many artificial reefs, providing rich ecosystems ideal for deep-water fishing. Common catches include grouper, snapper, amberjack, permit and shark. The backwater or backcountry areas include bays, creeks and mangrove swamps. These still, sheltered and unpolluted waters provide ideal nurseries for shrimp, crabs and small fish, and this in turn provides an abundant feeding ground for many gaming fish such as snook, tarpon and redfish.
During the months of April, May and June the Fort Myers/Sanibel area annually experiences one of the world's largest tarpon migrations. Fishermen come from miles around to take part in the tarpon fishing tournaments.
A full-day trip on a 60-100 foot long party boat will cost an average of $40 per person, or you can have more personalized attention and instruction from an experienced guide on a charter boat (average cost $400 for a full day). Alternatively, you can fish on piers, bridges or docks, but you will require a saltwater license.
Take a cruise along the Caloosahatchee River or along the Intercoastal Waterway to Lake Okeechobee from the Yacht Basin in downtown Fort Myers. Alternatively head out towards the Gulf of Mexico on cruises which depart either from the Yacht Basin, from the Marina at Fort Myers Beach, or from Port Sanibel Marina. On these you can take in the views of Southwest Florida's Gulf Coast with its many islands, watch dolphins swimming alongside the boat, or just sunbathe on deck and relax.
If you fancy a full day trip you can even venture as far as the Florida Keys with a stroll around Key West. Most cruises provide cocktails and lunch/dinner, and some even offer music and dancing. Choose from a yacht cruise to a catamaran or even an old-fashioned Paddle-wheeler. To take full advantage of our beautiful sunsets, opt for an evening cruise.
For those of you who would rather venture out on your own, why not rent out a sailboat? There are plenty of boat rental companies, some of which offer sailing classes to the novice sailor.
If you would like to explore the many waterways of Southwest Florida rent a kayak or a canoe. You can plan your own route or take an excursion with a naturalist guide. There are hundreds of miles of back bays, aquatic preserves, estuaries, creeks and rivers to explore.
This is a fantastic opportunity to see Florida's natural vegetation and wildlife including mangrove forests, native palms, ferns, birds, otters, turtles, alligators and manatees. You can also learn about the history of the rivers and the natives, the Calusa, that lived here for thousands of years.
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