"Where SPRINGTIME begins...Tallahassee " a Tallahassee Travel Page by pchamlis

Each year, usually in early April, the city of Tallahassee, Florida holds its annual "Springtime Tallahassee" festival. It's a time of arts, crafts, parades, great food, friendship, and hopefully great weather.

Although we need the cooperation of mother nature, Tallahassee is capable of putting on a lovely springtime the likes are which are seen in few other places.

Although it is the capital of the sunshine state, Tallahassee couldn't be more different from your typical Florida city, such as Orlando, Tampa or Miami. Tallahassee has a few palm trees around, but it's really more about hills, grass and millions of live oaks and spanish moss.

The older neighborhoods of Tallahassee engender this great natural beauty, as well as the history of the "old south" in its architecture and laid-back spirit.

Tallahassee is the only major city in the north central part of Florida. Jacksonville is 170 miles to the east, and Pensacola is 240 miles to the west.

Only a few miles outside town, you can find many types of true wildnerness, including some very beautiful forests and watery terrain.