Location
Silver Creek

Silver Creek vacation homes are hidden away from the noise and smell of the heavy traffic of highway 27. To find it, you turn into the entrance to Woodridge and drive down Woodcrest Way, which runs through a residential estate, through Clear Creek and out into the pastel shaded homes of Silver Creek. Silver Creek is surrounded by natural woodland with ponds and small lakes beyond the manicured lawns and sparkling pools and spas of these beautifully appointed homes.

This quiet location means that there is wonderful wildlife and bird-life to be seen, especially in the spring, and there is a family of Sandhill Cranes that wander around the estate who are quite bold enough to noisily demand breakfast scraps if you have any! There are also turtles in the ponds and even a local alligator. Fishing is available in the many lakes in the area with species such as large mouth Bass, Catfish and Blue Gill in plentiful supply.

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Silver Creek is just a mile from the highway. Turn left from Woodridge entrance and drive south a further mile, past the new Wal*Mart, and you come to the junction with the best known road in Orlando, the 192. The 192 leads to Disney World and only eight minutes away you are at Animal Kingdom. The 192 has endless restaurants and shops. Further on are Universal Studios and Sea World.

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Closer to the villa on the US 27, near the Woodridge junction, there is a rapidly growing list of shops and places to eat, such as a Winn Dixie supermarket, a bank, fuel station, a pizza take away, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Long John Silver, Chilis, KFC, McDonalds, Chinese takeaway and Starbucks. There are golf courses all over: more than twenty within thirty minutes drive!

Also a day trip, 1 to 1 1/2 hours away are both the Gulf coast and Atlantic coast. Both have wonderful sandy beaches and wildlife parks. Cape Kennedy's NASA space launch facility can be seen by bus tour, and it also has a Space Museum and Imax film show, making it a fascinating day out. St Petersburg is an attractive Gulf resort with lovely beaches of warm sea.

Silver Creek is within an hour of Sanford airport and less than 30 minutes from Orlando International airport.


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