Winter Park a Delightful Orlando Area Excursion

Located just north of the city of Orlando, Winter Park is one of the oldest established communities in Central Florida. Chartered in 1887, Winter Park began as a winter refuge for wealthy Northerners. Today, it is best known for the boutique shops and outdoor bistros that line Park Ave., with the most tourist-friendly area stretching from the campus of Rollins College on the south end of Park Ave. to the historic Winter Park Country Club and Golf Course several blocks north.

Downtown Winter Park is also known for its art museums; the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art on North Park Ave. houses the world's most comprehensive collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany, which includes jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass windows, lamps, and the chapel interior that Tiffany designed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Closer to the Rollins College campus, the Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens enables art lovers to enjoy fine art and picturesque gardens at the same time. The Cornell Fine Arts Museum, right on the Rollins campus, is another example of Winter Park’s cultural gems.

Even though it is only a few miles from Orlando’s hottest attractions, Winter Park seems far removed from the O-town tourist crowds, making it the perfect place to spend a day gallery gazing, wine sipping, and people watching in Central Florida. Winter Park Orlando Florida