Florida's Finest Inns and Bed & Breakfasts

From warm and cozy country bed & breakfasts to elegant and historic hotels, author, photographer, and illustrator Bruce Hunt has composed the definitive guide to Florida’s most quaint, historic, romantic, and often eclectic lodgings.

Come along for the ride as Bruce rambles around the state, stopping for a spell at 135 of the best inns and bed & breakfasts Florida has to offer. Written in an engaging, personal style, Florida’s Finest Inns and Bed & Breakfasts relates the histories of many of the places Bruce visits as well as the personal stories of innkeepers and caretakers. Additionally, in the Foreword, Bruce discusses the lives of Henry M. Flagler and Henry B. Plant and their considerable contributions to Florida’s architecture.

Looking to spend some time in a Victorian house in a quiet, tree-filled neighborhood or at a seaside cottage that evokes memories of summers spent at the beach? Perhaps you’d like to stay in a grand Henry Flagler–era hotel where Vanderbilts, DuPonts, and Rockefellers wintered. You’ll find theme rooms filled with offbeat antiques, claw-foot tubs, wicker furniture, canopy beds, and bay windows, along with heaps of old-fashioned hospitality and scrumptious, homemade food. Bruce personally visited each of the places he describes here and lets you in on which rooms are his favorites, what he had for breakfast, and even where to catch up with a few ghosts!

Florida’s Finest Inns and Bed & Breakfasts is required reading for road-weary travelers searching for a quiet respite from the hustle-bustle world.

Bruce Hunt is a native Floridian whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Tampa Tribune, St. Petersburg Times, Metro News, Backpacker Magazine, Rock & Ice Magazine, Skydiving Magazine, Parachutist Magazine, Water Ski Magazine, and Physics Teacher Magazine, among others. His first three books, Adventure Sports in Florida and Visiting Small-Town Florida Volumes 1 and 2, are also available from Pineapple Press.