Holiday with the car in the "city of Palms"
Ford Myers, a quiet town on the West coast of Florida, can be visited with a car, you can rent on arrival at the Southwest Florida International Airport, with car hire companies such as Budobtain, dollar, national and Alamo, optimally.
A reservation over the Internet is recommended, as low-cost and time saving, in advance.
The city owes the nickname "City of Palms", the light bulbs inventor Thomas A. Edison, who planted the old road with Königspalmen, which today still stand.
To Edison's honor is every year in February, that Festival "Edison Festival of lights" celebrated.
On the Lee Iceland coast and the Caloosahatchee River, is the place 50 000 inhabitants, with its long, deserted beaches, an especially location estimated by German tourists. Here is correct, if you prefer peace and relaxation from the everyday, the umtriebenen night life in other cities of such as Miami, Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida. Slowly Fort Myers's nightlife with bars, restaurants and street performers developed in the city centre.
The history of Fort Myers can be explored in the former mansions of Edison's, and the automaker Henry Fort.
Two sport park, other museums and theatre in the area provide a rounded stay.
Captiva Iceland, a paradise island, as well as the j.n. Ding Darling national wildlife refuge on Sannibel Iceland, are home to many different birds and other species and are among the special highlights for hikers, anglers and nature lovers. Sannibel Iceland see also the Baley-Matthews shell Museum.
Further, upstream Islands are Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Beach, where the great Calusa Blueway paddling distance of 90 miles to the North leads, begins.
Kayak and boat trips, fishing trips and trips to the shell searches are offered and there is a sailing school.
There are camping facilities on the Islands as well as holiday houses, that probably the best first book.
You can romantic sunsets near Fort Myers, key West, the birthplace of the famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, enjoy.