The “Sunshine State” attracts with its Caribbean climate, fantastic beaches and pulsating metropolises. In Miami, skyscrapers glitter alongside the world-famous Art Deco facades in South Beach. Excursions go to the Seaquarium and the posh suburb Coral Gables. Bridges over the turquoise sea lead to Key West, the southernmost point of the USA and former home of Ernest Hemingway. The airboat takes you through the swamp and mangrove landscape of the Everglades, past alligators and seabirds. Fort Myers is the brainchild of Thomas Alva Edison. Other cities on the Gulf Coast are Tampa and St. Petersburg. Universal and Disney have created a world of perfect illusion around Orlando. Cape Canaveral, the American spaceport, offers insights into space travel and the engines roar in Daytona. Picturesque St. Augustine attracts visitors on the northern Atlantic coast. Other stops are Jacksonville and the capital Tallahassee and Fort Lauderdale.