| Things to do Beaches Eating out Shopping Days out For children Wildlife History & the arts Sport & the outdoors | Fort Myers is a good base to watch a number of professional sports played at the highest level. For baseball, both the Boston Redsox & Minnesota Twins have their Spring Training base in the town, and play a number of warm up games in March & April. We go the Sony Ericsson Open tennis at Miami every year if we can – it’s a great tournament and easy to get tickets. Ice hockey is at Germain Arena, and the local team is the Florida Everblades. Arcadia is the home of the rodeo in Florida, with real live cowboys in action. And if you want to see football (US style), you can choose between Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. If you want to take part rather than watch, the big local outdoor activities are fishing, boating and golfing. There are organised boat trips to many of the islands as well as to more distant places like Key West. There are also many businesses who hire boats, with or without crew and fishing gear. So you can go off on your own, or have your own captain to take you where you please. You’ll find leaflets in the house for many of them, or just head off towards the beach & you’ll find them alongside the road. We’re not golfers ourselves, but we have many guests who are and who say this is a great area for it. We recommend you look at on the internet directories to find out more – for example : http://www.thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/FL/FortMyers.htm or http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/city.aspx?dest=Fort+Myers+FL Fort Myers Beach is the liveliest beach locally, and has all kinds of beach-based activities: volleyball, parasailing, windsurfing, you can hire a kayak, a bike, a boat, a Harley Davidson, visit a floating casino, and lots more. Lakes Park is a short drive / bike ride from the house and is our recommendation for walking, running or biking. It has a 2.5mile paved trail, and bikes for rent. There are also fresh water lakes, fishing for bass and catfish, and canoeing and water biking. Bikes are available for hire just about anywhere you go - Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach and elsewhere. And finally, if you want to use this holiday to get or stay fit, there is an excellent health club within 5 minutes. The one on Winkler Rd at Myerlee Plaza, is great. Friendly, very well equipped, and the owner does deals by the day, week or any other combination. |