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BONITA SPRINGS VACATION RENTALS, FLORIDA |
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Sights and Attractions in Bonita Springs |
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| An array of attractions awaits your arrival in and around Bonita Springs Florida. They offer something for everyone, be it young or old. |
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Everglades Wonder Gardens
Collier County Historical Museum
Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts
King Richard's Family Fun Park
Naples Fort Myers Greyhound Track
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
Southwest Florida Museum of History
Imaginarium Hands-On Museum |
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| Everglades Wonder Gardens |
| The Everglades Wonder Gardens features a large collection of Florida wildlife including exotic birds, panthers, alligators, flamingos and bears. The facility originally opened in 1936 as both a wildlife exhibition and a refuge for injured animals. Now it boasts a botanical garden and a natural history museum as well. |
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| Collier County Historical Museum |
| Established in 1978, the Collier County Historical Museum preserves and interprets the history, archaeology and development of Southwest Florida’s last frontier. Enjoy a stroll around the museum’s 5-acre botanical park complete with a native plant garden, orchid house, 2 early Naples cottages, a logging locomotive, swamp buggies and even a WWII Sherman tank. Exhibits also include primeval fossils and depictions of local Indian civilizations. The museum is open year-round, though it closes on national and county holidays. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, and Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM. The museum is accessible to the handicapped. Admission is free. |
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| Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts |
| The Phil, as the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts is known, is unique among arts centers. It features both the performing and visual arts in a single complex, as well as a resident orchestra. In addition to a main hall and a black box theater, the Phil has 4 art galleries. The Phil hosts over 400 individual events each season, including dance, opera, music and Broadway musicals. The center’s busiest time is between October and April. The Naples Museum of Art hours vary depending on the season and it is closed on Mondays and on major holidays. Admission tickets are available at the Customer Service Center at the main entrance inside the Paley Gates. Main lobby doors of Hayes Hall and the Daniels Pavilion open 1 hour before each performance. Theater entrance doors open for seating 30 minutes before the performance. |
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| King Richard's Family Fun Park |
| King Richard’s Family Fun Park in nearby Naples features a go cart track, interactive video games, laser tag and the dance machine. The park also has miniature golf, batting cages, water rides, amusement rides, a children’s water playground, food and drinks. The park is open Sunday through Thursday from noon to 9 PM. On Friday and Saturday park hours are extended until 10 PM. Visitors can purchase ride tickets separately, in groups of 6 or 12, or choose to purchase an all day pass for $25.95. |
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| Naples Fort Myers Greyhound Track |
| Located in Bonita Springs, the Naples Fort Myers Greyhound Track attracts visitors the year round. The races are conducted 7 days a week during the season, which is from December 26 through Easter, and 5-6 days a week at other times of the year. Also included are poker rooms and simulcast betting. |
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| Edison & Ford Winter Estates |
| About 15000 sq. ft. of the Estates area houses 9 National Register Historic buildings as well as Botanical and Research Gardens. The museum here is a fascinating collection of the inventors’ laboratory and inventions, and features hundreds of Edison and Ford objects, video theatres and changing special exhibits. Edison & Ford Winter Estates offers several guided tours of the property, museum and botanical gardens. A variety of events and programs are held here including, Holiday House, Festival of Lights, Thomas Edison’s Birthday, Antique Car Show, Plant Sale, Lectures, Book Signings, Director’s Tours, Sunday Strolls and Art at the Estates.
Museum also offers a museum store and a Garden Shoppe, which sells some unique gifts, educational items and historical plants from its own gardens. It is handicapped accessible as per ADA standards and wheelchairs are available. It also houses picnic areas and food service. The Estates is open year-round from Monday to Saturday, 9 AM - 5:30 PM, and Sunday from noon until 5:30 PM. Admission includes $15 for adults, $8.50 for children (6-12) and free for children (5 and under.). |
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| Southwest Florida Museum of History |
| Southwest Florida Museum of History in the restored Atlantic Coastline Railroad Depot depicts the history of Southwest Florida through graphic depictions, artifacts, photographs and memorabilia of local pioneers. Paleo Indians, the Calusa, the Seminoles, Spanish explorers, and early settlers are just a few of the people you will meet as you view the exhibits out here. A replica of 1800s’ cracker house and a Pullman rail car of 1929 are displayed in the exterior. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 AM to 5 Pm and on Sundays from noon to 4 PM. It is open to individuals and for group tours as well. |
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| Imaginarium Hands-On Museum |
| If history is not your subject, take your kids to Imaginarium Hands-On Museum where they can “touch a cloud, feel the force of a hurricane or run through a thunderstorm!” Hands-on exhibits include a hurricane simulator and a marine touch tank. The aquarium at the museum features eels, sharks, snakes, tarantulas, hissing cockroaches, and a kinkajou. The museum opens from Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM, on Sunday noon to 5 PM. Admission fees includes $5 for children (3 – 12), $8 for adults (13 - 54), $7 for seniors (55 and above), and children (under 3) and museum members are free. |
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