The Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine in Ocala, Florida, is a Thai restaurant offering exquisite Thai dishes for lunch and dinner with beer and wine, and have been happily satisfying diners for over 10 years. The menu comprises excellent soups and salads, noodles, fried rice and seafood options, as well as Royal Orchid Specialties, they have a wonderful selection of entrees and a vegetarian corner and on Saturdays and Sundays, all meals come with a free soup and egg roll. The Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine welcomes you to come enjoy a wonderful meal of the finest Thai cuisine with lunch dine-in specials Monday through Friday.READ MORE

The Silver Springs State Park in Ocala, Florida offers dozens of springs and miles of trails including horse trails and has more than 15 distinct natural communities complete with covered viewing deck on the Spring side. Visitors can walk along the river on paved trails or enjoy a glass bottom boat ride, and there's a restaurant, as well as canoe and kayak launch, as well as boat launch. The Silver Springs State Park has campground facilities with luxury cabins available and there's the Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center to visit as well. Come enjoy incredible wildlife viewing, canoeing and kayaking, cycling, picnics, the interpretive exhibit and so much more, it's all here.READ MORE

The Ocala National Forest located 3 miles east of Ocala, Florida is the second largest forest in the United States covering approximately 607 square miles. Rich in water resources with lakes, rivers and springs, and protecting the world's largest sand pine scrub forest, the Ocala National Forest is perfect for swimming, snorkeling and diving. There are four wilderness areas protected and managed to preserve their natural state, as well as equestrian trails and even black bears. The campground located in a subtropical forest offers tent pads, open and wooded sites, has a swimming beach as well as a 7 mile canoe run with canoes available for rent and scuba diving is allowed for certified divers, come for a wonderful visit and stay in black bear and alligator country, with beautiful wilderness surrounds.READ MORE

The Petting Zoo Ocala has a variety of farm animals for petting, feeding and viewing, and these include alpacas, llamas, goats, pigs, horses, sheep, ducks, donkeys, emus, peacocks and more, come for a magical walk through the barn and meet them. There's also a picnic area, and pony rides are available, as well as camel rides on the weekend, plus they have a bounce house play area, it's the perfect kid friendly setting. The Petting Zoo Ocala is ideal for groups, school field trips and birthday parties with decorated tables including pony rides and feed for the animals, come for a unique and memorable birthday and visit.READ MORE

The Ocala Civic Theatre in Ocala, Florida presents live fully staged productions of professional quality, and hosts touring companies too. They also offer skills and performance classes in year round education programmes aimed at ages 4-18, and this is one of the largest community theatres in the state and a volunteer based organization. The Ocala Civic Theatre also offer period costumes, scene elements, props from many shows for rent perfect for your fun events, productions, concerts and plays. The Ocala Civic Theatre produces more than twelve fully staged productions each season, so there's always something fantastic happening, come enjoy the show.READ MORE

The La Cuisine French Restaurant in Ocala, Florida, is a wonderful family restaurant with meals cooked in a traditional French way yet with accents of Italian, Asian and American influences. Using only exceptional quality ingredients and fresh products, all meals are prepared by the chef in-house and cooked to perfection, for a delightful dining experience that will be long remembered whether for business, family or romantic evenings. The La Cuisine French Restaurant has a live piano bar some evenings, and happy hour and there's a private meeting room and special occasion banquet facilities, it's all here for a wonderful meal.READ MORE

The Braised Onion Restaurant in Ocala, Florida brings you comfort food with attitude for an exceptional dining experience of New and Traditional American cuisine in a lovely casual setting. They offer catering, take out and have a waiter service and it's great for groups and kids. The menu at Braised Onion Restaurant has something for everyone including delicious daily specials served with your choice of two sides. Everything here from the grits to the seafood, to the exceptional mac and cheese receives rave reviews, so come for a fabulous dining experience you'll come back for time and again.READ MORE

Sholom Park in Ocala, Florida is a source of inner peace for all those who visit with a natural beauty, paved walkways, walking trails, native plants, beautiful trees, benches and peaceful surroundings. Sholom Park is the ideal setting for weddings and events and you provide your own setup and respect the rules and quiet park like setting. Park areas include the pavilion, the formal garden, the labyrinth, prairie, pergebo and azalea trail, there's a beautiful pond and enchanted forest, a stage lawn, ginger lily garden and olive tree promenade, come enjoy a wonderful visit in beautiful surrounds, and find true contentment and inner peace.READ MORE

Bagelicious Deli and Bakery in Ocala, Florida offer delicious breakfast and lunch meals eat in or take out, and their philosophy to simply to provide good food that is unpretentious. Even though their bagels are the best you'll ever taste they are about so much more than just bagels, there's an expanded selection of bagels with toppings, great burgers, salads made to order, wraps, melts and pizzas, sandwiches served on your choice of bagel, bread or wraps with condiments and a whole lot more. Bagelicious Deli and Bakery also offering incredible catering options for all sizes of events and special occasions, and will work with you to get the menu just right.READ MORE