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MOUNT DORA
charms BY SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN Mount Dora is often called “the New England town of the South,” and it doesn’t take much imagination to see why. This charming, artsy little city just 110 miles from the Tampa Bay area sits amid gentle hills reminiscent of Connecticut. A popular restaurant proudly touts its Maine lobster rolls. And the Victorian mansion near the heart of town could be straight out of old Newport.
A vintage sign hangs outside the train station, which is now Mount Dora’s Chamber of Commerce office. Photo by Susan Taylor Martin
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The Mount Dora lighthouse still shines on the lake. Photo courtesy of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce
