Exploring Downtown Orlando - A Beautiful walk around Lake Eola

After our interesting visit to the Center Orange County Regional History and the history of well-built Museum of African-American Culture and we decided that our neighborhoods continue to explore the city of Orlando and the historic environment. decorated, framed by a beautiful drive through residential areas, majestic oaks of Spanish Moss, we decided to take a walk around beautiful Lake Eola, which is just minutes from downtown Heritage Square, home of the OrangeCounty Regional History Center, and every second, third and fourth Saturday of the month is also home to a lively weekly market. At this time, the sun begins to set and Lake Eola and its skyscrapers in the golden colors of the sunset were submerged.

Lake Eola is Orlando's more than 300 lakes and is surrounded by established residential core and a call to the skyscrapers downtown. The park covers 43 hectares (17.2 acres) and provides generous sidewalksaround the lake on a 0.9 miles (1.4 km) loop around the water that is used by hikers and joggers fans. The lake can be explored on paddle boats, and other facilities include a playground, a small outdoor cafe, gondola rides, Walt Disney and the amphitheater for special events.

Lake Eola is closely linked with the history of Orlando. The origin of the name Orlando may be connected to Lake Eola to be the first European settlement in OrlandoArea grew out of an old army post Fort Gatlin. According to a story, an American soldier named Orlando Reeves, was killed by an Indian arrow-American citizen during sentinel duty at Lake Eola Park today and may have been named. Originally, it was Orlando in 1843 after a Georgia settler Jernigan, Aaron Jernigan, a constant in the area. The name of the city of Orlando is not certain, however: another popular story claims that aThe judge said some Speer settlement after the Shakespeare character, "Orlando" in the comedy "As You Like It."

Whatever the reason, the city is called "Orlando" in 1857 and has been the industry focused on cotton and cattle. Demand for beef has been fueled by Cuba while cotton plantations until the Civil War, which had aggravated the area thrived off workers from a devastating hurricane in 1873. "Orange fever" hit Central Florida in 1870, supported byThe completion of the railway South Florida in 1880.

The great freeze destroyed 1894-1895 Florida citrus industry and it took 15 years to recover. Citrus industry, Florida, with its peak in 1950, more than 80,000 hectares (32,000 acres) of plantations.

'S opens first airport. 1922 in Orlando plays a significant role in the defense and aviation and space industry: during World War II bomber pilots were trained here. A rocket factory1956 was a forerunner of Lockheed Martin, which built still the backbone of the range of the technology sector.

Tourism was the main draw Central Florida. From an amusement park in early 1895, creating the Cypress Gardens Adventure Park in 1936, the opening of Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom in 1971 really laid the foundation for boom of 's tourism Central Florida. Other Disney attractions followed, including Walt Disney WorldResort, Epcot, the Disney-MGM studios and Animal Kingdom. Universal Studios Florida opened in 1990, followed by Islands of Adventure, in 1999 and Universal City Walk, an entertainment complex.

In fact, tourism is now the Central Florida area with over 50 million visitors each year and an annual turnover of $ 28 bllion important. tourism industry in combination with high-tech and citrus fruits are the three main areas in central Florida.

After our walkthe historic Lake Eola, we walked back downtown and grabbed a table on the patio of the street "Tijuana Flats", a Mexican restaurant on Heritage Square, and only one of many different types of food establishments in the city center.

While some tasty and very filling Mexican food, we have seen in the early evening street life in downtown Orlando. We thought about how different the city, compared to more recent and widespread tourist-oriented hotels and resorts, which often seem rather devoid of character. Here in the city that you really get a feel for the history and community development in the first half of the 19th Century began. The center and the Lake Eola area, all easily accessible on a scale, have a much more authentic atmosphere to them, which we enjoyed very much.

For more information about Orlando Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau. L '> Orlando Regional History Center http://www.thehistorycenter.org to find.

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