About Tallahassee

Tallahassee, Florida's capital city, is truly a Southern city, in every respect of the word. Wide avenues lined with massive live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, along with five bona-fide canopied boulevards, and a collection of antebellum plantations are more evocative of Mississippi than Miami. Home to the State Capitol building and Florida State University, Tallahassee's character is a hybrid of collegiate eclecticism and senatorial efficacy, where independent coffee houses share street space with martini bars frequented by legislators. This city is rich in historical treasures as well, with Spanish missions, nineteenth century farm buildings and archaeological excavations dedicated to the earliest native inhabitants of the state. Those who are interested in learning more about the past of this Southern city in North Florida should spend a few hours at the Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Sciences.

As with most of Florida, Tallahassee is surrounded by exotic landscapes and striking living creatures. To the south of the city lies Wakulla Springs State Park, which reveals its underwater treasure troves of prehistoric bones of giant sloths, camels and armadillos, along with the fish and reptiles who call these calcified remains home. Even more to the south is St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, one of the oldest wildlife refuges in the country. Established in the 1930s to provide a home for the multitudes of migratory birds who flock to Florida each winter, the refuge encompasses coastal marshes, islands and estuaries. Fishing, bird watching and hiking are some of the most popular things to do in this area.