If beaches why not Miami? Man, South Beach is the best people watching beach in the state. Key West is pretty cool, too.
yea i'm still going to miami, but i've been to orlando and miami before so i know what's there...i never really went anywhere else in the state though...
visit www.800pcbeach.com relatively close to Houston (12 hr drive), top ten beach in the USA awesome water!!!!!
Go to south beach. Check out the hotties. Thats all. You will never see such tanned, beautiful women. They are on fire.
Besides the usual things in Miami and Orlando... Captiva, Sanibel, Destin all have nice beaches with Destin as my favorite beach though it maybe too much of a family atmosphere for some folks. I'm taking the family there later this month. Panama City and Sarasota (is a quartz sand beach) are pretty nice as well. Gulf beaches are generally nicer though it too can vary. Venice beach (near Sarasota) has fossilized shark teeth on their beach but not as easy to find as in the past - you can find about 1 per hour of looking. The keys don't have beaches, just mostly rocky shores. But if you want to hook up with some some great fishing and lobstering (later this month), that's the place. Islamorada is where we usually go. Not impressed with Key West.
Coral castle is one of the world's great mysteries. Minor League baseball is fun. Some of the Indian Villages have alligator wrestling.