A journey into Winter Park reveals breathtaking luxury homes, gorgeous scenery, and an inviting community of towns with character and old world charm.  Packed with 70 different parks and a beautiful chain of lakes, Winter Park has earned a reputation as a one Central Florida's most relaxing and tranquil cities. Chartered in 1870, Winter Park gets its name from the wealthy northerners who visited the city to escape harsh and cold winters.  Fortunately, Winter Park has retained that aesthetic throughout the years.

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Winter Park is famous for its brick lined streets, tall oak trees, and European style thoroughfare. Blocks and blocks of boutique shops, sidewalk cafés, and courtyards populate the city. There is a wide range of fine dining restaurants, local theaters and museums, including the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, housing the world's largest collection of Tiffany glass. Being a city rich in culture, residents enjoy year round festivals and events from the Sidewalk Art Festival to the Exotic Car Show to Saturday morning Farmers' markets. It is the city's beauty and sense of community that attracts these celebrations and makes them highly anticipated events.

Thanks to the Winter Park Chain of Lakes, residents take advantage of plenty of water recreation from boating and fishing to swimming and water skiing. The shores of Lake Virginia are home to Florida's oldest institution of higher education, Rollins College. Home to the Cornell Fine Art museum and the world renowned Bach Festival Choir, Rollins College is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of  "America's Best Colleges." The local schools are considered to be some of Florida's finest, making Winter Park the perfect place to raise a family.

As special and unique as Winter Park is, citizens can easily travel to another one of Florida's most exciting places, Orlando. Just a short drive away, downtown Orlando has world class dining and entertainment, exquisite shopping opportunities, and an elegant night life. World famous theme parks such as Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and Sea World are perfectly in reach for family getaways. Winter Park is so close to the excitement while remaining far enough away to be sheltered from the hustle and bustle associated with big city living.

Since its inception, Winter Park has been refuge for those looking for a comfortable yet exciting place to live, complete with picturesque parks, rich culture and history, and amazing educational opportunities.