Enjoy Winter Park Orlando Florida, and stay at our luxury 5-bed 5-bath Orlando Lakefront Villa with private pool and spa, on the lake at  the Windsor Hills resort near to Walt Disney World in Florida.
 

Only 2 miles to Walt Disney World main gate, and within easy reach of Universal Studios and Sea World, our luxury lakefront villa home is close to family restaurants and shopping. With all the facilities of a vacation resort, our lakefront villa is a great place for a family vacation in Orlando.
 

Laze in the private pool and spa of our villa on the lakefront, overlooking the lake and conservation area. Relax in the comfort of our luxury villa with two master bedrooms, three twin bedrooms, and all the conveniences of home. Our luxury pool home lakefront villa accommodates family groups of 4 - 10 in comfort.

You may want to set aside a day for a visit to Winter Park, a civilized relic of Americana on the northern border of Orlando. Winter Park makes a great place to kill a day, with kids or without.

Since 1887, Winter Park has been welcoming visitors to it's warm surroundings and beautiful parks and tree lined streets. Take boat tours of the lakes to view magnificent estates; see the largest collection of Tiffany art in the country at the Morse Museum of American Art; and stroll Park Avenue, known for art galleries, antiques, shopping, and restaurants. This lovely residential community is also the home of Rollins College.

Nearly a mile of alfresco cafes and trendy boutiques line Park Avenue, which features over 100 clothiers, stationers and book shops, specialty merchants, art and antiques galleries, fine jewelry stores, hotels and restaurants.

The Morse Museum of American Art, at the end of Park Avenue, is a showcase of Tiffany glassware that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has called "the most comprehensive collection of Tiffany anywhere." The small but growing museum shelters passionately colored windows depicting wisteria and other natural wonders, along with lamps, jewelry, paintings and pottery, some of which was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and salvaged from his New York mansions. Tiffany's crosslike emerald chandelier, electrified by Thomas Edison, graces the entryway.

Perhaps the most dazzling gem in Winter Park is not the park or the avenue, but the lushly landscaped neighborhoods nearby. Cobblestone streets and shady lanes curl around finger lakes that speckle the 110-year-old town. Thick layers of tropical greenery edge the streets under a seemingly constant canopy of oak trees heavy with Spanish moss. Better still, you can explore by boat, touring Winter Park's network of lakes and canals.

The botanical crown jewel is Harry P. Leu Gardens. Besides being the largest camellia collection in the eastern United States, the lakefront garden also boasts a tropical ravine, flame-red hibiscus, kumquats, roses and other displays. The floral treasures surround a historic house begun by one of Winter Park's pioneer families, which settled in this beautiful part of Florida more than a century before Mickey Mouse moved in down the road.

History of Winter Park
Chartered in 1887, the city was developed as a winter resort for wealthy Northerners seeking refuge from the harsh winters and a tranquil place to live. The chief economic asset in early years was the hospitality industry geared toward winter visitors. The largest hotel in the state, The Seminole, flourished in Winter Park for many years. The winter climate, beautiful forests, swales and fertile soil exerted strong influences on the early settlers and visitors, but the biggest draw to Central Florida then, as now, were the numerous lakes.

Rollins College was founded in 1885 by a committee of Congregational ministers as the first institution of higher learning in the state. The expanded Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, which houses the most comprehensive collection of Tiffany art in the world, opened in July 1995.

Location and Information
Winter Park is about five miles north of downtown Orlando, a 35-minute drive from Disney World.
Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave., 407-246-2620
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 Park Ave. N., 407-645-5311
Scenic Boat Tour (Lake Osceola), 407-644-4056