Visit Florida’s Space Coast, home to Orlando’s Closest Beaches, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Vistor Complex, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Port Canaveral Cruises! Our Superior Small Lodging properties are located across our 72-mile long county from Titusville to Melbourne and, of course, strung along our miles and miles of public beaches. Relax and recharge at Canaveral National Seashore, the last undeveloped stretch of beach on the East Coast. Or take a surfing lesson and get out on the waves of Cocoa Beach or Sebastian Inlet State Park.
Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge covers 140,000 acres and is home to more threatened and endangered species than all other refuges combined! Over 300 species of birds draw nature enthusiasts who also spy alligators, manatees and dolphins. The Indian River Lagoon is the most diverse estuary in the Western Hemisphere and a magnet for shallow-water anglers targeting seatrout, snook and giant redfish. Offshore charters put you on snapper, amberjack, grouper, kingfish, cobia, tripletail and mahi mahi to name just a few.
Golfers will find 23 public courses both oceanside and inland to challenge any player. Art museums, a world-class planetarium, Brevard Zoo, horse-back rides on the beach, airboat rides in the cypress swamp and kayaking amid the mangroves will fill any vacationer’s itinerary. Or board one of the cruise ships departing Port Canaveral for a trip to the Bahamas, or the Eastern and Western Caribbean. And shoppers will be enticed by three distinct historic downtown areas offering art galleries, antique stores, cafes and fine-dining restaurants.
