Punta Gorda is a city in Southwest Florida. After being devastated by a hurricane in 2004, the city has rebounded by building a new marina the Harborwalk, Linear Park and various trails throughout the city for bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
Get in
By plane
- 1 Punta Gorda Airport (Florida) (PGD IATA Charlotte County Airport). Served by Direct Air and Allegiant Air.
Sarasota-Bradenton Airport (SRQ IATA) is served by six airlines with service to 11 destinations. Air Canada serves Toronto from Sarasota.
Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW IATA), in Fort Myers, is the nearest full-service airport.
By car
Punta Gorda is located at the intersection of Interstate 75 and US Route 17, about 58 miles south of Sarasota, 33 miles north of Fort Myers, and 92 miles south of Winter Haven.
Get around
See
There are lots of historic sites.
- 1 Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park. 8AM to sunset. Composed of islands and land that surrounds Charlotte Harbor. The park can be accessed from Punta Gorda, Cape Coral, Cape Haze, El Jobean, Rotonda and Little Pine Island. The main offices are approximately 3 miles south of US 41/Tamiami Trail, in Punta Gorda. The park provides vast areas of unspoiled scenery and vital habitat for many varieties of wildlife. The upland areas of the park are accessible at pedestrian walk-throughs available in each section of the park. The park also manages more than 80 miles of Charlotte Harbor shoreline. Most of it is shallow water fringed by mangroves. These areas provide amazing opportunities to view wading birds, manatees, dolphins and other wildlife. It is best accessed by kayak or canoe.
Do
Buy
Eat
Harborwalk Scoops & Bites. Delicious, homemade ice cream. They serve scoops, milkshakes, shave ice, and coffee at Laishley Park Marina, with a nice view of boats and the bay. Open 11AM-9PM daily. 150 Laishley Ct, Unit 1111.
Drink
- The Ice House Pub, 408 Tamiami Trail N, ☏ 1 941-575-0866, ✉[email protected]. M-Sa 11AM-2AM, Su noon-11PM. English-style pub with many beers on tap and even more in bottles.
Sleep
- Best Western Waterfront, 300 W Retta Esplanade, ☏ 1 941 639-1165, fax: 1 941 639-8116.
- Motel 6, 9300 Knights Drive, ☏ 1 941 639-9585, fax: 1 941 639-6820.
Go next
| Routes through Punta Gorda |
| Tampa ← Port Charlotte ← | N  S | → Fort Myers → Miami |
| Orlando ← Arcadia ← | N  S | → END |
| Tampa ← Port Charlotte ← | N  S | → Fort Myers → Miami |