Getting Here and Around

Orlando is spread out. Most car traffic crawls along the usually crowded Interstate 4, which runs to both coasts. If you're heading east you can also take Route 528 (aka the Beachline), a toll road that heads directly for Cape Canaveral and points along the Space Coast; no such option leads west.

If you avoid rush-hour traffic, traveling to points of interest shouldn't take too much time out of your vacation. Winter Park is no more than 20 minutes from downtown; International Drive and the theme parks are about 30 to 45 minutes away. Orlando International Airport is only 9 mi south of downtown, but it will take about 30 minutes via a circuitous network of highways (Interstate 4 west to Florida's Turnpike south to Route 528 east).