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Key Largo, FL — Instead of bright flower gardens and green grass, the Easter egg hunt off Key Largo is to be staged near coral heads teaming with colorful tropical fish or a bed of sea grass in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. After all, when the Easter bunny is a scuba-diving gentle giant nearly seven feet tall (including ears), he can hide eggs anywhere he wants to — as long as it’s underwater. Key Largo holidays are always the best vacation value.

Captain Spencer Slate of Atlantis Dive Center, mile marker 106.5 oceanside in Key Largo, is to host the annual Underwater Easter Egg Hunt in the warm, clear waters off Key Largo on Sunday, March 23.

The fundraiser for Kids In Special Situations, which provides gifts and holiday cheer to the area’s needy children, is to launch from the Atlantis dock at 8:30 a.m.

Florida is popular destination to British visitors and for good reason, the diversity of holiday destinations in Florida range from theme parks to beaches and beyond with plenty to see and do. Online booking companies like On The Beach Holidays to travel services.

Divers seeking underwater eggs are to check in at 8 a.m. at the Atlantis dive shop. There is no charge to participate in the hunt, and the dive charter fee is to be discounted to $60 per person.

Once divers are aboard, the Atlantis boat will head out to a secret location on one of the Keys’ pristine reefs. The scuba-equipped Easter bunny, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Captain Slate himself, is to submerge to hide his eggs, followed soon after by the egg-hunting divers.

All Easter egg hunters are to win prizes, with a dive trip for two awarded to the diver who finds a specially colored egg. Real eggs and non-toxic colorings are used to prevent any negative ecological impact.

St Augustine

St Augustine, FL - Located in Northeast Florida and south of Jacksonville, St. Augustine is the oldest European established city in the U.S. Years before St. Augustine became a vacation paradise for families, it became St. Augustine in 1565. The settlement was already forty-two years old when Historic Jamestown was founded, and today as the oldest European town in the United States. Now St. Augustine is one of Florida’s favorite travel destination with attractions, beaches and historical significance.

The beaches of St. Augustine located on Anastasia Island home of Anastasia State Park. There is pier that is a favorite of fishermen and those who want a panoramic view of the beach. The beaches here are a favorite and considered by many the best Florida beaches.

The Castillo de San Marcos, the historic Fort was built after the city was attacked by Pirates. The fort was never taken by force, only by treaty and was built of coquina rock, native to the area. The entrance to Castillo de San Marcos is heavily fortified and was surrounded by moat. Six different flags have flown over Castillo de San Marcos and you can view the Spanish and English barracks. On weekends, they fire the cannons in a demonstration.

With so many places to see in St. Augustine, the historic district is full of restaurants, coffee shops and small shops with craftsmen who are knowledgeable in the trades of the period. The small narrow streets are a excellent for taking a romantic stroll. Trolley tours offer transportation along a route with over 100 points of interest throughout Saint Augustine.

There is also lighthouse on Anastasia Island which favorite for history tourist. It’s 219 steps the top, you’ll get a spectacular view of the surrounding area as the observation deck is 165 feet above sea-level. St. Augustine Lighthouse is one of the most popular Florida Lighthouses.

Families and couples will find many things to keep occupied with the attractions like The Alligator Farm, San Sebastian Winery, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum and The Fountain of Youth. St. Augustine is a perfect place to spend a vacation.

Kirby Collins performs Web Design on Florida’s Space Coast and maintains a web site about Places in Florida.

Fort Lauderdale, FL — TeeBone Golf, Inc., a centralized full-service golf tee time and travel reservation company, now has over 1,000 golf courses in its inventory. It has public and private golf courses in 28 states, 83 cities and major metro markets including Tucson, Phoenix-Scottsdale, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Charlotte, Miami - Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Chicago, Las Vegas and more.

TeeBone expects continued inventory growth and plans to add 200 more golf courses in the next 90 days. “We are proud to be able to offer this kind of inventory to both local and traveling golfers. Reaching a thousand golf courses gives our consumers more choices and our corporate clients better ways to service their own customers,” says Rob Larsen, CEO of TeeBone.

TeeBone is a forerunner in the centralized tee time reservations industry. Since 1996, it has been a trusted provider of personalized tee time and golf vacation packages at competitive rates. In addition to its comprehensive course inventory, TeeBone also offers reliable information about golf courses with essential details such as golf course descriptions, maintenance schedules, proximity to airports and hotels, availability of a full-service restaurant and driving directions — a service that saves golfers both time and money.

There are two ways to book with TeeBone: Instant Times and On Request. Instant Times allows golfers to click and buy online in real time at reduced rates. Golfers save 10 percent to 50 percent off regular rates and can instantly confirm online with a major credit card. On Request, on the other hand, is ideal for advanced bookings, group and vacation planning. It allows reservations up to 180 days in advance at highly competitive rates.

For corporate clients, the company also offers promotional credits and gift cards. TeeBone’s turn-key golf products are ideal gifts for loyalty and rewards programs.

Find out more about TeeBone’s services and selection by visiting http://www.teebone.com

A new blog named Florida PhotoBlog features photos from Florida that are available free under the Creative Commons License, now you can have great photos of Florida for your website or blog. These photos are available with attribution described on the site.

 

harbor-beach-marriot.jpgThe floor-to-ceiling revitalization at the resort includes additions of 32-inch flat-screen televisions, Marriott’s signature Revive® bedding and more in all 650 rooms and suites.

Fort Lauderdale, FL — Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa is nearing completion of a $25 million floor-to-ceiling guest room renovation, with the final product set to debut this fall. Ideally located on South Florida’s largest private beach, the resort is engaged in a complete rooms and suites beautification to elevate guests’ seaside experience.

From floor to ceiling, beds to TV, walls to windows, the premier Florida beach resort has taken every aspect of the rooms into consideration for this enhancement. All renovation activities have been carefully planned to not impact guests’ summer resort experience.

Everything guests see, hear, taste and touch in the Fort Lauderdale hotel’s 650 guestrooms and suites is being upgraded to heighten their sense of nature and the secluded oceanfront tropical setting. New 32-inch flat-screen televisions sit atop polished granite on spacious dressers for a clean, open-space feel.

For further information or to reserve a south Florida vacation package, please visit http://marriott.com/hotels/travel/fllsb-harbor-beach-marriott-resort-and-spa/