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 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

The Ocala Wine Experience is a fine wine shop, wine bar and bistro in Ocala, Florida with imported beers, great food and excellent wines from around the world, they also offer live entertainment Friday and Saturday nights. The Ocala Wine Experience also offers wine tasting and there's a Mediterranean courtyard for enjoying hand rolled cigars in a unique environment with a port of exotic wine. The Ocala Wine Experience is a premier wine and gourmet retail store with great menu of gourmet foods including gourmet pizzas, coffees, chocolates, mouthwatering desserts, hand dipped gourmet ice cream and more, come for an unforgettable experience. READ MORE

Mark's Prime Steakhouse and Seafood in Ocala, Florida offers a unique and wonderful dining experience with the finest beef, freshest seafood and naturally fresh vegetables paired with premium wines, it's delighful. Mark's Prime Steakhouse and Seafood is also the perfect venue for receptions, banquets and business meetings and the Prime Room is equipped with state of the art equipment, here they will host a superb event that will be long remembered by you and your guests. Mark's Prime Steakhouse and Seafood offers an exceptional menu of appetizers, salads, entrees, sides and desserts enjoyed with award winning wines and cocktails, dining here is best described as exceptional, come see for yourself.READ MORE

The Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club in Ocala, Florida offers an elegant lifestyle and is home to a championship golf course, as well as tennis and equestrian center in the gentle rolling hills of Central Florida. Also here is a fitness center, spa and salon complete with relaxation garden and luxurious treatment rooms for a pampering experience unmatched, of facials, massages, full body treatments, manicures pedicures and more. The Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club offer custom built estates with luxury properties and vacation rentals available, and this exceptional venue with 77,000 square foot clubhouse is ideal for weddings, banquets, events and special occasions in spectacular surrounds, come for the lifestyle, the beauty and elegance, come for the fun, it's all here and more.READ MORE

The Holiday Inn and Suites Ocala Conference Center is an award winning boutique hotel and the perfect destination for both the leisure and business guest with spacious guest rooms, free WIFI and suites. There's a fitness centre and outdoor pool, as well as two restaurants, a cocktail lounge, ballroom and large meeting rooms, they even have their own on-site wedding planner, special events co-ordinator and highly trained culinary team ensuring a successful event, special occasion banquet or business venture. The Holiday Inn and Suites Ocala Conference Center is about exceptional customer service and you will feel special and right at home from the minute your arrive, come enjoy.READ MORE

The Ipanema Brazilian Steakhouse in Ocala, Florida, USA invites you to come and indulge your senses with a taste of pure Brazil. Serving eleven delectable and authentic cuts and presentations of meat seasoned with salt and roasted in their natural juices, this Churrascaria serves the delicious meat with traditional roving Gauchos or Brazilian cowboys for a pure taste of heaven on a skewer. These delectable meat skewers are served with salads and complemented by the vegetable bar and washed down with wines, beers and cocktails, and leave space for dessert. This service style of eating succulent meats hot from the skewer is called Rodizio and you have a green and red disk system to indicate your status to the Gauchos, green for more mouthwatering meat cuts and red for full or resting, it's a fun and sublime Brazilian experience, not to mention delicious.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

Sky Asian Fusion in Ocala, Florida offers an award winning feast for all the senses with a menu of Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean cuisine. Enjoy the custom made bar with award winning happy hour, great cocktails and martinis, warrior statues in the dining room and other symbols of Asian culture including the handmade Chinese dragon surrounding their open kitchen. The Sky Asian Fusion is located on the 6th floor of the Holiday Inn and Suites Ocala Conference center, and is the perfect venue for parties, wedding dinners, business meetings and such other occasions, with excellent event catering available.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