Need a day away to relax, refresh, renew? Just get in your car and go! This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Day Trips from Orlando is your guide to hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover in your own backyard. With full trip-planning information and tips on where to eat, shop, and stop along the way, you can make the most of your time off and rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip. Explore places you never knew existed, many free of charge, and most within a two-hour drive of Orlando.

Do something out of this world: Eat lunch with an astronaut, attend mission briefings, and tour a space shuttle replica at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. 

Do something kid-approved: Round up the family and board Captain Memo’s Pirate Cruise for a swashbuckling adventure at Clearwater Beach on the southwest coast.

Do something outdoors: Enter the 20,000-acre Paynes Prairie State Preserve near Gainesville and spot horses, American bison, and migratory birds while you hike, boat, fish, or just plain relax.

With full trip-planning information, you can make the most of your time off and rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip.