Tallahassee became the capital of the State of Florida in 1824. It is not such a big city, although it is quite lively, and it is quite different from most traditional Florida cities. No palms, no glamor, no beaches. Silence and rest, a lot of museums, parks and historic houses, nice smiling people - that's what Tallahassee is.

How to get to Tallahassee

Tallahassee Regional Airport takes flights from Atlanta, Memphis, Miami, Orlando. In addition, the city is located directly on Interstate-0, so it's easy to get here.

Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Tallahassee

Florida State Capitol, which sometimes called the "old Capitol" - a building of great historical and architectural significance . It stands at the intersection of Monroe Street and Appalachia Parkway . This building was built in 1845 ., and in the 1970s . . , after the new Capitol was built, he was going to be demolished . However, they changed their minds, instead having restored to the 1902 version . Today the old, classic and low Capitol ulation sharp contrast to the 22-storey rectangular building of a new standing right behind Inside . . placed Historical Museum in conjunction with the second housing Capitol became the third largest in the country (after Washington and Texas)

to visit the Railroad Square to soak spirituality and creativity. . Tallahassee Museum was opened on its current site, between Bradford and lake Hiawatha in 1962 . This is not a typical closed space for the museum, but rather something like an interesting pas open-air . One of its main attractions can be considered Big-Bend farm - a complex of restored wooden houses 1880 g . Here lives livestock, there is a vegetable garden and a mill - everything is really . Another part of the museum is dedicated to the wild Florida fauna: it is a wildlife park with abundant vegetation, home to brown bears, white-tailed deer, red wolves and Florida Panthers . also belongs to the museum of the 19th century plantation Bellevue Baptist church, 1937 . and school building 1890 @@

@ Tallahassee Car Museum A collection of one and a half hundred cars, toy cars, pedal cars, old boats, motors, watches, bicycles, motorcycles and other things of this kind. Pearls collection - Three "Batmobile", "Ford T" and the 1911 release "Dyuriya" 1894

Tallahassee Downtown Art Park Railway Square -. Charming place . It is a small quarter, which is on the Railroad Avenue . It is filled with a variety of metal sculptures and shops, they sell pieces of art and collectible trinkets . Art park is well-known in the city as a center of alternative culture and nesting independent artists . On the first Friday of every month offers free exposition where I collect There are thousands of townspeople - to get acquainted with contemporary art and hang out among fashionable people .

The mission of San Luis de Appalachia was built in 1633 by Franciscans from Spain and costs three kilometers from the Capitol. In 1704 the mission was evacuated, and the building itself was destroyed to prevent its use by the Indians. Since 1996, many mission buildings have been rebuilding, including the church, the council building, the fort and the typical Spanish house, as well as many smaller buildings in the territory.

Interactive Museum of Art and Science Mary Brogan is especially popular with children: it is a new type of museum where everything can be touched and tasted. The museum displays expositions of giant beetles, bees and various mechanisms that can be controlled. A curious addition to the exhibitions were several paintings in the Italian baroque style

In the governor's mansion built in 1956, the governor still lives with his family, but the lower floors can be viewed with a 40-minute guided tour. The Brokow McDougall mansion was built in the 1840s. and served as a private residence until 1973. This is a two-storey wooden building in the style of the Italian Renaissance, which can be viewed from the inside for free. Dorothy Owen's garden park is also open for free-of-charge visits - it is a very nice and well-kept garden with flowers, a pond and landscape slides.

Outdoor leisure

In the city and its surroundings there are plenty of places for outdoor recreation. So, Lake Ella, which is just north of the city center, adjoins the park of Fred Drake, where picnic places are arranged and you can walk wonderfully around the lake. On the western side there are many nice shops and cafes. In the center of McLay Gardens there is an old mansion, the winter residence of Alfred MacLay, open for public visits - inside there is a museum exposition.

At the average size of the cotton plantation Goodwood (also known as Old Krum mansion) where you can see the original furniture, porcelain, fabrics and other household utensils . Interior decoration refers to around the period of the First World War, and the park was designed in the early 20th century . Elinor Klapp-Phillips Park, they used under the farmlands of seminole, later became a cotton plantation and hunting grounds . Since then there have been old fields and pine groves with an abundance of living creatures and kilometers of pedestrian and bicycle paths .

The archaeological park of Lake Jackson-Mounds was built on site The ancient ceremonial center of culture of the ancient Indians of Fort Walton, which inhabited it from the 11th to the 16th century. Not great fans of archeology will not be very interesting here: except for the mounds, there is nothing to look at in the archaeological park. But the nearby lake is a good place for walking.

Events of Tallahassee

C 1967 . In a festival "Springtaym", originally designed to highlight Tallahassee as the state capital. In the festival parade, several teams participate, carrying their stands along the streets of the city: Spanish, Indian, Civil War and Reconstruction. About 200 thousand people gather to see the parade. In addition, the festival hosts breakfast in the park, an exhibition of art and crafts and a race through Myers Park

"Downtown Ghettoown" Festival usually takes place in the autumn in the central business district, in the City . The program includes concerts, on the air, performances of street artists, clowns and t .n . In the middle of October in Tallahassee the Greek Orthodox Church organizes a festival of Greek cuisine . Of course, not only spankapitoy, dolmadess and dzadziki are treated to it, but they also sing and dance . And in November a two-day an annual wine and food festival, within the framework of which a wine auction, tasting and a golf tournament are held .