Brittany & Jared’s Guidebook
Sightseeing
Take a relaxing stroll around the lake at this beautiful reserve located right down the street!
Marshall Hampton Reserve
3115 Thornhill RdTake a relaxing stroll around the lake at this beautiful reserve located right down the street!
Local favorite! Largest concentration of native Florida wildlife outside of the everglades. If you've ever wanted to see an alligator, there are no shortage of them sunbathing in the park!
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I-Circle B Bar Reserve
4399 Winter Lake RdLocal favorite! Largest concentration of native Florida wildlife outside of the everglades. If you've ever wanted to see an alligator, there are no shortage of them sunbathing in the park!
A really beautiful, free classical botanical garden on the Lake Mirror downtown.
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I-Hollis Garden
702 E Orange StA really beautiful, free classical botanical garden on the Lake Mirror downtown.
Holloway Park
2402 Holloway Park DrHome to swans and all sorts of eclectic avian wildlife.
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I-Lake Morton
Lake Morton DriveHome to swans and all sorts of eclectic avian wildlife.
Florida Southern College
111 Lake Hollingsworth DrDesigned by Frank Loyd Wright
Neighborhoods
A really sweet neighborhood to walk around and explore antique shops, coffee, vegetarian food, an amazing bakery, nightlife and more.
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Dixieland
A really sweet neighborhood to walk around and explore antique shops, coffee, vegetarian food, an amazing bakery, nightlife and more.
Restaurants, bars, yoga, an awesome farmers market, multiple lakes - the beautiful Historic Downtown Lakeland is a really fun place to walk around!
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Downtown
Restaurants, bars, yoga, an awesome farmers market, multiple lakes - the beautiful Historic Downtown Lakeland is a really fun place to walk around!
Locals love to walk around the lake, picnic in the park, admire the beautiful homes and architecture designed Frank Loyd Wright at Florida Southern College, and even catch a water ski show!
Lake Hollingsworth Drive
Lake Hollingsworth DriveLocals love to walk around the lake, picnic in the park, admire the beautiful homes and architecture designed Frank Loyd Wright at Florida Southern College, and even catch a water ski show!
Food & Drink Scene
Explore our favorite coffee shops, restaurants, watering holes and really epic bakery!
LOCAL FAVORITE! If you only eat one thing while you're in town - this should be it! Locals line up around the block for pastries. EVERYTHING is good. Only open on Saturday morning and Wednesday evenings, but worth the wait.
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Born & Bread Bakehouse
1113 Florida Ave SLOCAL FAVORITE! If you only eat one thing while you're in town - this should be it! Locals line up around the block for pastries. EVERYTHING is good. Only open on Saturday morning and Wednesday evenings, but worth the wait.
Black & Brew
205 E Main StSweetest staff and great music in this converted bungalow coffee house in the heart of Dixieland. Go on Friday at noon for a real treat - musician and storyteller John Corneal, former bandmate of Gram Parsons, plays every Friday afternoon with a rotating band of friends.
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Hillcrest Coffee
119 Hillcrest StSweetest staff and great music in this converted bungalow coffee house in the heart of Dixieland. Go on Friday at noon for a real treat - musician and storyteller John Corneal, former bandmate of Gram Parsons, plays every Friday afternoon with a rotating band of friends.
Great coffee shop on Lake Morton (aka the swan lake), attached to the library and across from the Polk Museum of Art!
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Black & Brew
205 E Main StGreat coffee shop on Lake Morton (aka the swan lake), attached to the library and across from the Polk Museum of Art!
Local fave! The best pizza and cannoli in the city. Located in the heart of downtown Lakeland.
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Palace Pizza
114 S Kentucky AveLocal fave! The best pizza and cannoli in the city. Located in the heart of downtown Lakeland.
Huge revolving selection of beers, wines, and great food in a historic Tudor house. The house was formerly owned by Lakeland legend, Gene Holloway - a restaurateur turned treasure hunter who faked his own death in the Florida Keys only to resurface in Toronto two years later. Enjoy the rich, weird history, craft brews, and historic architecture.
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Cob & Pen
1221 Florida Ave SHuge revolving selection of beers, wines, and great food in a historic Tudor house. The house was formerly owned by Lakeland legend, Gene Holloway - a restaurateur turned treasure hunter who faked his own death in the Florida Keys only to resurface in Toronto two years later. Enjoy the rich, weird history, craft brews, and historic architecture.
Concord Coffee
1037 Florida Ave SRevival
119 S Kentucky AveEXCELLENT craft cocktails!
The Poor Porker
801 E Main StLive music and delicious treats.
Grove Roots Brewing Company
302 3rd St SWFirst Watch
4620 Florida Ave SNutwood
132 Ave B SWMichellen star rated chef.
Yoga
Satya Life Yoga
4684 E Pine StShopping
The Downtown Farmers Curb Market
117 N Kentucky AveEntertainment
Polk Theatre
121 Florida Ave SIplayground yaseCommon Ground
1000 E Edgewood DrPolk Museum Of Art
800 E Palmetto StAmacebiso ngesixeko
Ukuhamba-hamba
Nearby Cities & Attractions
Our 2-acre food forest borders a vast wild Florida pasture and is close to several wonderful nature reserves. If you have the appropriate transportation, you can take our canoe or kayak out on one of the 88 nearby lakes!
We are centrally located just 20 minutes from Downtown Lakeland or Winter Haven and just 45 minutes from Downtown Tampa or Downtown Orlando. Casita Papaya is 15 minutes from LegoLand, 35 minutes to the Disney theme parks and less than an hour to Universal Studios! Several beautiful Gulf Coast beaches are just 60 miles west. Cocoa Beach, 100 miles east.