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The art collection at this museum, located on the scenic Rollins College Campus, is one of the oldest in the state. The range of European and American art – from the Renaissance to 20th century – is impeccably presented and of an unusually high quality for a small college art museum.

The art of film tastes different at the Enzian. This not-for-profit 250-seat theater doesn’t just show terrific American independent and foreign films, it also offers a full menu with beer, wine, and table service. Relax with dinner or snacks and enjoy films with all the comforts of sitting in your own living room (if that living room has a 33-ft (10-m) wide screen). As well as the regular schedule, the Enzian produces the 10-day Florida Film Festival and smaller, niche festivals throughout the year.

The stretch of Park Avenue between Fairbanks and Swoope avenues is a thriving and delectable slice of urban living. This is the kind of manageable, old-style downtown, which is usually erased in the rush to suburbanize the Sunshine State. There’s bucolic Central Park; buildings are rarely over three stories and contain fashionable shops or eateries at ground level; and all around, the sidewalks are full of people enjoying the day.

Some farmers’ markets are serious business, packed with old trucks and farmers selling mountains of vegetables just pulled from the earth. The Winter Park Farmers’ Market is altogether a different affair. More of a social gathering on the village green, Winter Park’s yuppies come here to mingle, buy potted flowers. preserves, and herbs, and indulge in fresh croissants, muffins, and breads. Yes, the required vegetables are here, too, but this is more of a coffee and brunch gathering.

Zora Neale Hurston earned fame as one of the brightest stars of Harlem’s literary heyday in the 1920 and 1930s. Many of her most famous writings (including the 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God ) reflected life in her hometown of Eatonville, the first incorporated African-American municipality in the USA. The front porches and stores of Eaton-ville, where Zora’s characters lived and spun their tales, have long since disappeared, but she is not forgotten. This museum keeps the writer’s memory alive, with maps for a self-guided walking tour to the remaining literary landmarks of her neighbourhood.