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Winter Park If you want a change from theme parks you may wish to visit Winter Park which has a lot to offer, including museums and art galleries, exclusive shops, boat, bicycle and walking tours and fine restaurants. These are all situated around the Park Avenue area.There are several museums and if you like Tiffany glass you will want to visit The Morse Museum of American Art. As well as glass the museum has pottery, furniture and other decorative arts. This museum is closed on Mondays. The Cornell Fine Arts Museum is housed in Rollins College and displays paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. This museum is free to enter and is also closed on Monday. The work of the artist Albin Polasek is displayed in the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens. The museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday and admission is free to this museum as well. Why not sit back and take a relaxing Scenic Boat Tour? Weather permitting, you will experience a 12 mile narrated tour around the lakes, which are connected by canals. This is a really relaxing way to spend an hour, especially on a hot day, drool over some of the multi-million dollar homes and gardens around the lakes and learn who lives there. There is parking for many cars down by the boat tour booking office so if it is difficult to park when you visit, follow the signs for the boat tour and park there. If you prefer a more energetic tour then a guided Home Town Bicycle Tour may suit you better. You can book an hour tour and hire a bike as well. You can also take the Park Avenue Walking Tour. Free maps can be obtained from the Chamber of Commerce situated on New York Avenue. No day out is complete without some shopping and there are some very different shops to browse around along Park Avenue. You will find a range of shops selling art, jewellery, teddy bears, gourmet food and chocolate to name but a few. You may want to find out in advance if there are any pavement craft fairs or art festivals scheduled. If all this shopping makes you hungry you will find a range of different cuisines. If you like the flavour of New Orleans then Zaks on Park Avenue is for you. The Cheesecake Factory is our particular favourite and is situated next to the cinema. Alongside Park Avenue is Central Park where you can take in the beautiful flowers and fountains. The Kraft Azalea Gardens cover 11 acres and can be found at the north end of Park Avenue. Turn into Palmer Avenue and then into Alabama Drive. You can find native birds and plants from different countries as well as trails through a sub-tropical forest in Mead Gardens. They are situated on Garden Drive (just off Highway 17/92). In our opinion Winter Park is well worth a visit and we will certainly be returning next time we visit. Jane Mansell (October 2007), Website: http://www.ambervilla.com 
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