Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Pets are welcome at any of the 59 campsites nestled among the woods at this 5000-acre
park. If you want something more sumptuous (but canine-free), try the park's fully
equipped luxury cabins, which sleep up to six.
Hilton Ocala
HOTEL
( 352-854-1400;
www.hiltonocala.com
; 3600 SW 36th Ave; r from $139; )
Ocala's paddockside Hilton has its own Clydesdale horse, Buddy (and free horse cookies
for you to feed him), who waits patiently to take guests on free carriage rides. There's a bi-
weekly chocolate fountain and a jogging trail, too.
The Schnitzel Factory
GERMAN
(
www.theschnitzelfactory.com
; 1053 NE 14th St; mains $14-20; 11am-8pm Tue-Sat)
You'll find this little German restaurant in a strip mall in suburban Ocala does a roaring
trade. The schnitzels aren't drool-worthy, but the '80s German music videos on the mul-
tiple LaserJuke screens could be the secret weapon. Oh, and the beer!
Information
Ocala & Marion County Visitors Center
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
www.ocalamarion.com
; 112 N Magnolia Ave;
9am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Getting There & Around
Station, at the corner of NE 5th St, just a few blocks from downtown. The transfer station
www.suntran.com
)
, whose buses can get you around town between roughly 6am and 7pm;
bus trips cost $1.25.
Ocala National Forest
The oldest national forest east of the Mississippi River and the southernmost national
forest in the continental US, the 625-sq-mile Ocala National Forest is one of Florida's most
