Official VISIT FLORIDA Travel Guide 2008 - (Page 36) 10 Top Ways to enjoy Central Florida 2 Pre-Columbian artefacts, Asian and African art and American contemporary works form the range of permanent exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art, but travelling exhibitions also pay a visit. The museum, along with a local art school, gives the small city of Lakeland a great reputation for fine art. 1 Cypress Gardens Adventure Park celebrated its 70th birthday in 2006. It also celebrated another landmark occasion: its resurrection as a totally up-to-date theme park with an old Florida pedigree. Still there: daredevil waterskiing shows and southern belles strolling through lush gardens. New: wild rides and a seasonal water park. 36 3 Boasting peninsular Florida’s highest elevation, a vintage singing tower and meditative gardens where squirrels scurry, Historic Bok Sanctuary on Lake Wales’ Iron Mountain is an unusual monument to beauty and peace dating back to the 1920s. VISITFLORIDA.com/uk 4 Since first settling in the area, cowboys have cultivated cattle on this fertile land. At Kissimmee River State Park’s Cow Camp, have a chat with an old-time cowboy re-enactor (camp open Saturdays and Sundays only). Or go to Westgate River Ranch Resort to ride horses and experience a rodeo (rodeo on Saturdays only). In central Florida, you’re never too old to play cowboy. http://VISITFLORIDA.com/uk
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