About Cocoa Beach

Cocoa Beach

Located at just an hour’s drive away from Orlando, Cocoa Beach is one of the favourite destinations of tourists and travellers looking for a relatively more affordable and quite vacation spot.

The clear blue waters and clean white sands offer its visitors countless number of fun things to do. This makes it an ideal destination for everyone, whether they are on a vacation with family, spouse, on a business trip, a leisure travel, a weekend getaway or have just come to enjoy a day at the beach.

What makes this a perfectly good spot for vacationers is the fact that it is located very close to the bustling and highly active city of Orlando. Yet it offers you the serene peace and quiet one so craves from a vacation. And the best way to enjoy that is by picking up a Vacation Rental by Vacation Rental Planners.

It is also just minutes away from Port Carneval which is Florida’s fastest growing port. You can pick up a luxury cruise from here.

Cocoa Beach Vacation Rentals

A lot of people have started opting for the concept of Vacation Rental by Owners where you can live in a comfortable home, with all the amenities and more that you may desire. It gives you the perfect privacy and flexibility to enjoy your vacation in your own style.

Depending on the size of group that you are moving with or your own personal choice, you can choose from a Condo, Vacation Villa, a flat and the many more options made available by Vacation Rental Planners.

The Cocoa Beach Rentals come equipped with fully furnished kitchens, swimming pools, sauna, barbeque area, gardens, game rooms and much more. Some of the things these homes offer are way more than what a hotel or a guest house can offer, at a relatively reasonable price.

Things to Do

·        Cocoa Beach

Of course, the first and most popular place to visit here is the beach itself. There are end numbers of things that vacationers can enjoy on the beach. You can just relax and enjoy the bright Florida sun, or play volleyball, go swimming, surfing, snorkelling and more. There are a large number of Vacation Homes made available by Vacation Rental Planners around the beach too. These give a beautiful view of the waters and make it the most convenient location if it is a beach vacation you desire.

·        Kennedy Space Centre

Calling itself the “Gateway to Space”, the Kennedy Space Centre takes you through an exciting journey in learning everything you might want to about NASA and how they operate in preparing and launching space shuttles into the sky. There are rides such as the Shuttle Launch Experience that visitors can enjoy and movies on IMAX that they can see. They also get to meet and interact with a real astronaut.

·        American Police Hall of Fame and Museum

Founded in 1960, this was the country’s first national police museum and memorial. It is dedicated to the American Law Enforcement officers that have been killed in the line of duty. It is an interesting spot to check out as it gives a very good look into the history and current trends of American Law Enforcement. There is a state of the art 24 lane indoor gun range which is open to the public 6 days a week.

·        Andretti Thrill Park

This is another favourite of those visiting Cocoa Beach. Its main attractions are 4 Go kart tracks, Bumper Boats, Wild West Train, Laser Tag, Minors Pro Golf, Batting cages and a children’s play area. The arcade offers virtual reality, combat, redemption games, racing, shooting and more.

Best time to Visit Cocoa Beach

May to September: These are the peak summer months. It is also the summer free period of schools, colleges and universities. This automatically draws bigger crowds than any other time of the year.

Easter is another free time during April that brings a whole lot of crowd to Cocoa Beach.

September to February: There is a slight drop in temperature which restricts the crowds at the water. Most tourists are not affected by this as there are enough of other activities going on that one can avail and the waters not that chilly that one cannot swim in it.

June to October: This is generally a hurricane period in this region.

Hence, checking weather forecast before planning your vacation may be suggested.

Peak Crowd: Christmas to New Years, Fourth of July Week, June to

August (Summer Break), March to April (Spring Break).