Voicemap - Orlando's Historical Highlights Walking Tour
On this walking tour through Orlando’s downtown you’ll encounter established landmarks, including the Orlando Public Library, Lake Eola, and Church Street Station. Along the way, you’ll meet the cattle barons, citrus farmers, gunslingers and NASA engineers who helped put Orlando on the map way before Disney waltzed into town. You’ll also discover little-known tidbits about our past including:
- The city’s connection to William Shakespeare
- Why the public library is considered both a dream and a nightmare
- The central park that used to house a zoo and even a horse race track
- Florida’s wild west
- Exploding orange trees
- Where serial killer Ted Bundy was jailed
Allow an hour to complete the tour. You’ll pass a variety of bars and restaurants during the tour, so feel free to take a brief – or lengthy – pause to enjoy them.
On this walking tour through Orlando’s downtown you’ll encounter established landmarks, including the Orlando Public Library, Lake Eola, and Church Street Station. Along the way, you’ll meet the cattle barons, citrus farmers, gunslingers and NASA engineers who helped put Orlando on the map way before Disney waltzed into town. You’ll also discover little-known tidbits about our past including:
- The city’s connection to William Shakespeare
- Why the public library is considered both a dream and a nightmare
- The central park that used to house a zoo and even a horse race track
- Florida’s wild west
- Exploding orange trees
- Where serial killer Ted Bundy was jailed
Allow an hour to complete the tour. You’ll pass a variety of bars and restaurants during the tour, so feel free to take a brief – or lengthy – pause to enjoy them.
