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

Mesa de Notte in Ocala, Florida serves fine Italian cuisine made in the traditional way with excellent and unique specialty dishes all served with in-house, home made pasta. Enjoy the freshest seafood and vegetables, steaks, veal and duck cut by hand all served with a choice of over 100 international fine wines, and delicious Italian sauces complete the meal superbly. Mesa de Notte also offers excellent catering options for weddings, corporate and social events and celebrations, and will tailor menus and service to your needs, including professionally trained wait and kitchen staff and bartenders. Come for a fabulous dining experience and true Italian meal in lovely surrounds, you'll be back.READ MORE

Ocala National Golf Club offers a tranquil setting on a 18 hole championship golf course surrounded by majestic oaks and towering pines with the course bending through the trees. The semi private club welcomes visitors and members, has a fully appointed golf shop, fitness area, junior olympic swimming pool as well as exquisite dining facilities and even a 200 seat Grand Ballroom with dance floor for events and celebrations. Ocala National Golf Club is the perfect wedding setting with breathtaking views overlooking the golf club from the clubhouse verandah, and a beautiful garden ceremony awaits in spectacular surrounds. Champions Bar and Grille here delights with meals and drinks while showing the big games on many televisions, come for excellence.READ MORE

The Silver Springs Motel in Ocala, Florida is a lovely 1950's boutique motel, newly remodeled and family owned with comfortable rooms boasting Italian terrazzo floors. There's free WIFI internet and a refreshing swimming pool as well as free cable TV, and friendly staff ensure a wonderful stay in a comfortable and warm atmosphere. The Silver Springs Motel is the ideal place to stay and centrally located to excellent restaurants, stores, activities and more within walking distance, it's perfect for families, kids, singles, students and workers.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

The Sleep Inn and Suites located in Ocala, Florida offers an award winning experience for both the leisure and business guest with the best in comfort, location and value at very affordable prices. The hotel is pet and eco friendly, has a business and fitness centre, free high speed internet, free deluxe breakfast microwaves and fridges in rooms, desk charging station, LCD TV's and free movies and so much more. The Sleep Inn and Suites is ideally located next to restaurants, and other attractions, and with lovely modern and clean rooms, friendly service and lots of free amenities, is the best place to stay and a firm favorite among travelers.READ MORE

Cabanas Grill and Catering Co. is your full service catering company serving Ocala, Gainesville and The Villages in Florida, and will assist with a custom menu suited to your needs, whether you are having a backyard BBQ, a special event, celebration or wedding. They also provide all trained servers, kitchen staff, bartenders, and entertainment for any occasion, as well as exquisite meals, and catering packages are available. Cabanas Grill and Catering Co. also offer incredible breakfast and lunch, menus, appetizers and trays, themed menus and will assist with all your event planning needs, call today and get the party started.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

The Bonefish Grill in Ocala, Florida is your local seafood restaurant with excellent meals and daily specials in a casual setting. Offering a celebration of food with unique and inspired dishes, the Bonefish Grill uses only the freshest ingredients available prepared by the chef over a wood burning grill, and the menu includes grilled fish, meat and specialties, sauteed and baked dishes, starters and sharing meals, soups and greens and more. The bar offers cocktails made of hand squeezed juices and fine herbs, and there are regionally sourced beers and bourbons, martinis and more, come celebrate with them in style.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