| Cape Coral | |||
| History Cape Coral was founded in 1957 in a mangrove area. The land was drained and channels were built. During the firs years today's road "Del Prado" was a landing strip. The city's area is 114 square-miles big and its 400 channels were dug by enormous machines. Cape Coral today Today Cape Coral is a modern city without any high-rise buildings - a beautiful city in the southwest of Florida. Because of its many channels Cape Coral is often called America's Venice. The city is situated on a peninsula and is connected with three bridges to Fort Myers that is on the mainland. There are many beautiful villas with pools and landing-stages and a subtropical, prospering vegetation with lots of flowers and palm trees. Big streets allow you to quickly reach your destination without getting stressed. About 120,000 people live in Cape Coral and the number is increasing by 8000 inhabitants per year and about 8000 inhabitants are German. Cape Coral is proud of the fact that it organizes America's biggest Oktoberfest that does not only have originally German beer, but original brass bands from Munich as well. Cape Coral -a Golfer´s Paradise Cape Coral is not only a paradise for golfers but for people who like fishing, going on a boat trip or water sports as well. There are five golf courses in the area of Cape Coral and 50 further golf courses in the environment of Cape Coral. Cape Coral - an Angler´s Paradise For a small fee you can buy a temporary fishing-permission in the supermarket. From our own landing-stage it is only a 12-minute ride to the river. There you can either stay on the riverside or go to the peaceful lagoons between the small islands and fish there. The taste, the flavour and the freshness of these different kinds of fish that can be served in several ways (fried, grilled etc.) is one of the most amazing things you will ever taste. Sights Some sights of the Sunshine State Florida are not too far from Cape Coral, e.g. Key West, the Everglades, Orlando and Disney World, Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center, Tampa with Bush Garden and Water World, Miami and Sea World, Cape Canaveral etc. All these attractions take only a 9-hour flight from Germany. LTU and Condor offer direct flights to Fort Myers, Lufthansa and Delta offer the flight with one stop. |
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