This WorldWeb.com travel and tourism guide for Gainesville, featuring hotels and other accommodations, tours, attractions, events, shopping and more, will help you plan a successful visit to Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.

Gainesville has both a small-town feel and a lively nightlife, centered around the University of Florida. The state’s largest and oldest university is home to the Gators sports teams and is where the Gatorade sports drink was invented. Around the university, restaurants and clubs cater to student budgets and offer a variety of entertainment venues. There are a number of art museums and galleries throughout the city, and the Florida Museum of Natural fossils includes a walk-through underwater scene. Biking along the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail is a popular activity as well as tubing or kayaking down the Ichetucknee River. If you want to see wildlife, visit Morningside Nature Center, where trails follow the habitats of deer and more than 130 species of birds.