How to Get Around Florida

A car is necessary almost everywhere. Florida is long, flat and built around driving, and public transport between cities is limited.

Brightline is the exception and a genuinely good one — a fast private rail service running up the Atlantic coast from Miami through the eastern cities to the Orlando airport, and it beats driving that corridor.

Interstate 95 runs the east coast, Interstate 75 the west, and the tolled turnpike cuts through the middle. Toll roads are common and many are cashless — check how your hire car handles them or you will be billed later with fees.

The Overseas Highway to the Keys is a single road with one lane each way for much of its length. There is no alternative route, and an accident closes it entirely.

The state has several major international airports, and cruise departures from its Atlantic ports are among the busiest in the world.