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Tours

Where Mayberry Meets the Twilight Zone
Two nights, three days
Home Base: Ann Stevens House

Begin your day with a quick bite at the Lake Helen Coffee & Tea Company

Enjoy cycling through Lake Helen’s Historic District

Have lunch at Lost in Time Café at the Cassadaga Hotel

Enjoy a spirited reading at the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp and visit to the Bookstore. Check their Camp calendar for special events and group tours.

On weekend nights, enjoy dinner at the Ann Stevens House and their English-style Sherlock’s Pub is always open to visitors.

DeLand's Mainstreet Marvels
Two nights, three days
Home Base: DeLand Artisan Inn

Enjoy a delicious fresh breakfast wrap and gourmet coffee at Boston’s Gourmet Coffeehouse
a Southern Living favorite.

Take a tour of the Florida Museum of Art

Stop by Stetson University’s
historic campus and visit their new native plant garden

Enjoy an open-air lunch at Le Jardin Café along Woodland Blvd., DeLand’s Mainstreet

Peruse the many antique and specialty shops along Mainstreet DeLand,
paying special attention to the many cultural murals along the city’s historic buildings.

Northwest Volusia Cultural Heritage
Two nights, three days
Home Base: Victorian Lace B&B

Cook-your-own-pancakes at DeLeon Spring’s Old Spanish Sugar Mill Restaurant

Take a dip in the Springs’ year-round 72 degree water or hike their 1 ½-mile trail

Depart on a boat tour to Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge for sightings of bald eagles, alligators and wading birds

Enjoy a guided trail ride through West Volusia’s scenic countryside from Deep Creek Stables on CR 3, (386) 985-0520.

From January through May, take in a horse race at Spring Garden Ranch,
the nation’s largest standardbred training facility.