Little speaks of vacation as well as the Sunshine State of Florida. With its interesting and eclectic mix of city, beach and country, it's a vacation-lover's paradise. You could keep a hotel as home base, but why would you, when there are so many Florida vacation rentals available from which to explore this exciting state?

From the moment you walk out of the airport and are greeted with the tropical warm air familiar to any native Floridian, you know you're on vacation. After unpacking at your comfortable Florida villa rental, head out and explore all that this exciting state has to offer.

If you start in Miami, perhaps one of the most diverse and exciting cities in the United States, you can enjoy seeing the huge cruise ships come in and out of port, enjoy the hustle and bustle of the workweek crowd, or shop in several exciting boutiques and stores. If you get hungry, head for Little Havana or Little Haiti, where authentic food, drink, discussion and music can be found.

Head just a bit south and visit the famous Florida Keys. Here, most of the popular activities are water related. You might enjoy a wonderful seafood meal or charter a fishing boat for the day. For a fun evening activity, consider a Key West Original Ghost Tour, where you are led by lantern through the city's haunted streets.

Florida is a big enough state that if you want to see most or all of it, you'll need more than one Florida vacation rental to see you through the entire vacation. Rest assured there are many to choose from, including in the hot spot city of Orlando. In this one exciting and busy city, you can visit Disney World, Sea World or head for Gatorland, where you can excite the senses while viewing more than 3,000 gators and 89 crocodiles.

For scientific fun, take a short drive down the coast to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center, where you might be lucky enough to see a space shuttle take off or land.

For diverse inland fun, take a drive from your Florida vacation rental to the capital city of Tallahassee, where you can enjoy true southern hospitality and famous Florida history. Or head to Ocala, where you might head to the Juniper Prairie Wilderness. Here, you can enjoy more than 14,000 acres of pine flatwoods, subtropical jungle, marshes and prairies.

Your inland visit might take you to Gainesville, where you can visit the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida or take a hike along the Florida National Scenic Trail, which runs from the Big Cypress Swamp in Southwest Florida to the Panhandle just west of Tallahassee.

A vacation rental is just the way to handle all these destinations with ease. They can be found in every city and area of Florida, provide you all the comforts of home and allow for comfortable, easy traveling, especially with children and other family members.

Sun, sand, mountain, city. It's fair to say Florida has it all and thanks to the wonderful selection of Florida vacation rentals available, you're sure to see it all on your own terms and at your own pace.