If you’re planning a trip to Fort Meyers, Florida anytime soon you’re going to want to be sure that you’re prepared. There’s a lot to consider when planning your trip. Know your time limitations –it will be impossible to actually see and do everything.
See below to help you prioritize your activities for your stay at Fort Meyer.
Top Things To See and Do In Fort Myers:
1. Edison and Ford Winter Estates
If you are heading to Fort Myers, you’re going to want to schedule a visit to the Edison and Ford Winter Estates. As the name implies, these were the winter residences of famous inventors, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. They are historical buildings that feature award winning gardens and both an inventors lab and museum. If you are someone that loves to experience and learn about history, this is going to be right up your alley. The museum is packed full of different inventions, exhibits, and jaw dropping artifacts. It features an audio tour that is available in 4 major languages including English, Spanish, German, and French. You can also arrange a group tour if you are traveling with a bunch of people. This is easily one of the top things to do and see in Fort Myers because of it’s historic significance.
2. Lakes Regional Park
If you’re the type who’d rather action packed adventure or are planning on bringing along kids, Lakes Regional Park is the trip for you. Its full of different activities for everyone to enjoy, including riding the train, visiting the kiddies splash park, strolling through the botanical gardens and turtle and bird watching. Regardless of the things that you enjoy doing, if you like being outside, this is one of the best places to be in Fort Myers.
3. JetBlue Park
If you’re a baseball fan, you’ll want to visit JetBlue park, the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox and one of the two MLB spring training facilities in Fort Myers.
For more of what to do, check out this trusty Fort Meyers Visitor Guide. You’ll be planning your return trip before you actually leave.
Living on the opposite coast, I probably won’t visit anytime soon, but love to see the sights. The Edison and Ford Winter Estates would be top of my list if I were to visit though. Being from the Midwest and having visited the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan, I’d love to see his winter place as well.
We have been going down to Fort Myers for a long time. My in laws moved some 20 years ago. This past September I went down with my daughter & grandson & found Lake Park. We had such a nice day there.
We went right around there years ago, and honestly I didnt want to come home. It was beautiful there. My husband is not one for seeing the sights, but next time if we go I will certainly check more out. Just the scenery was enough, it is so wonderful.
The area definitely has a lot of things to see and to experience. I would want to plan a long enough trip to experience all of these activities.
One of my friends just recently visited here and the pictures that she sent to me were so amazing. I sure would love to visit here someday. This area has so much to see and do.