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ESTERO VACATION RENTALS, FLORIDA |
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Sights and Attractions in Estero |
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| Estero is an absolute nature lover's paradise and offers quite an excitement with its wealth of state preserve and historical sites. Nearby, Fort Myers is home to the fabulous Edison & Ford Winter Estates. Visitors can tour the estates, museum and botanical gardens. |
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Estero Bay Preserve State Park
Koreshan State Historic Site
Mound Key Archaeological Site
Edison & Ford Winter Estates |
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| Estero Bay Preserve State Park |
| Home to one of the most productive estuaries in the whole of state, Florida’s first aquatic preserve even protects water, inlets and islands along the 10 miles of Estero Bay. The bay offers enough opportunity for you to delve into a wildlife watching experience because it is inhabited by variety of fauna and flora including, bald eagle, gopher tortoises, fiddler crabs, slash pines and live oaks. Visitors can fish, canoe or kayak in the Bay or on Estero River, while others can go hiking or biking unending miles of nature trails. As the park remains most wet, spring offers access to maximum areas as it remains dry. The park opens from 8 AM until sundown, 365 days a year. Admission is free. |
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| Koreshan State Historic Site |
| Estero is famous for Koreshan State Historic Site, a creation of Dr. Cyrus Teed, a Civil War veteran who created a new religious sect called Koreshan Unity. This sect believed in the equality of women long before it became popular. He gathered his followers and shifted his commune from Chicago to Estero. Some of the buildings still stand, including a theatre exhibiting a hollow globe, which displays the embodiment of their belief. Guided tours are available. |
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| Mound Key Archaeological Site |
| Calusa Indians dominated southern Florida for centuries and resisted the Spanish explorers. Mound Key Archaeological Site is believed to be the ceremonial center of Calusa society. The Indian shell mounds at the site rise more than 30 feet high and are estimated to date back nearly 2000 years. The site is only accessible by boat from the southern end of Estero Island. |
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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. |
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