Winter Park, FL

Travel Guide

Lake Virginia featuring a park and a house
Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum featuring a park and a house
Lake Virginia showing a garden
Kraft Azalea Gardens featuring a fountain, a pond and a garden
Cornell Fine Arts Museum
Located near a major attraction, this city has everything needed for relaxing in a warm climate. Select from a long list of activities those that most appeal to you.

Winter Park is just on the periphery of Orlando, offering its own style of laid-back Florida living. This cultural center has a variety of events throughout the year to satisfy even the most discerning tastes. Visit Winter Park to see what the city has to offer on days when theme parks are not on the agenda.

The Winter Park name began when people known as snowbirds came from more northerly parts of the continent to escape chilly, wintry months. As the process continued, the area expanded its appealing features.

Visit The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. Its collection by American designer Louis Comfort Tiffany includes a restored Byzantine-Romanesque chapel interior that was part of Chicago’s 1893 world’s fair. Tour Rollins College campus where the free Cornell Fine Arts Museum features exhibits of the European masters as well as contemporary art.

Enjoy walking around a beautiful building and green spaces when you visit the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, picturesquely set on a lake. Originally from what is now the Czech Republic, Polasek emigrated to the U.S., bringing his wood-carving skills with him. Today he’s recognized as one of America’s foremost sculptors of the 20th century. His home is on the National Register of Historic Places.

In Winter Park you’re never far from one of the city’s seven lakes. The Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour, one of Florida’s oldest attractions, travels through three of them. The logging industry historically built working canals linking the lakes now their use is recreational. Meander through Mead Botanical Garden on its boardwalks, tranquil trails and paved paths that sprawl through its 48 acres (19 hectares).

The city has appealing charm, regardless of your activity level, whether you prefer relaxing by a lake, boutique shopping, museum hopping or watching the world go by from a sidewalk café.

Use Winter Park as your base while traveling in the area with its convenient location just minutes north of Orlando’s theme parks.

Where to stay in Winter Park

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Baldwin Park

5/5(1 area review)

Baldwin Park might not have many top sights, but Orlando Fashion Square and East Orlando Shopping Center are two attractions nearby that you can check out.

Baldwin Park
Winter Park Historical Museum which includes signage

Hannibal Square

If you're spending some time in Hannibal Square, Hannibal Square Heritage Center and Winter Park History Museum are top sights worth seeing.

Hannibal Square
I'd hate to see what their electric bill looks like.

Goldenrod

The live music and art galleries are a few reasons travelers visit Goldenrod. Though there aren't many top sights in the neighborhood, you can visit Red Bug Lake Park and Winter Park Village, a few notable attractions nearby.

Goldenrod
Morse Museum of American Art showing a church or cathedral, interior views and heritage elements

Park Avenue District

If you're spending some time in Park Avenue District, Morse Museum of American Art and Cahall Sandspur Field are top sights worth seeing.

Park Avenue District
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College Quarter

If you're looking for some top things to see and do in College Quarter and surrounding area, you can visit Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum and Winter Park Tennis Center.

College Quarter
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Aloma

While Aloma isn't home to many top sights, Winter Park Village and Red Bug Lake Park are some notable places to visit nearby.

Aloma
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4 out of 5
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4 out of 5
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$84 nightly
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Marriott's Grande Vista
Marriott's Grande Vista
4 out of 5
5925 Avenida Vista, Orlando, FL
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The View Studio Suites and Event Venue
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Lake Buena Vista Resort Village & Spa
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Florida Hotel & Conference Center in the Florida Mall
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3.5 out of 5
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Florida Hotel & Conference Center in the Florida Mall
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Reviews of Winter Park

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Top Destination
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5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveler

Downtown area is very charming and a world unto it's self.

5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveler

Used to live there. A very nice upscale community that ee love to visit.

5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveler

Alot of great places to eat!

5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveler

Winter Park was BEAUTIFUL!!

5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveler

Winter Park is Phenomenal it’s my favorite place in Orlando

4/5 - Good

Verified traveler

Yes, i couldn't stay any longer because the place i went to visit for business didn't have a staying place of it's own

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