Florida Citrus Tower — Attraction in Clermont

Great vintage Florida attraction worth a visit.  As others mentioned, the tower is past its prime, but they seem to keep it in decent condition.  It was a nice diversion from the newer, crazier, busier attractions in Central Florida. We love old-school attractions like this, and the Citrus Tower did not fail to deliver.  The elevator ride was smooth and did not smell or appear unkept as others mentioned. The observation deck was clean with what appeared to be updated tiles. I love how they kept the vintage 1950s-era signage showing distances to notable areas.  I’m sure you’ll realize you will not see any rolling hills of orange groves these days, but who cares at this point? Any view from over 200-feet is going to have some wow factor, regardless of what you’re looking at.

The woman at the gift shop where you purchase your excursion, was very kind and helpful.  We had a very nice chat. The gift shop itself, however a bit small, had just enough of a variety of items to please someone.  We bought a mug and coaster with the Citrus Tower graphics on it. There is a small, but very cool and informative history hallway around the corner inside from gift shop that should not be missed.  There are plenty of vintage photos, artifacts, old souvenirs, etc on display.

The drive was not too bad from Orlando area.  The surrounding area of Clermont has a nice charm to it, and you can certainly do some light sightseeing while in the area.  The barbeque place in the same parking lot as the tower is excellent (separate review on that). And of course there’s the Hall of Presidents museum next door, another old-school attraction.  We will have to check that one...

Came here with family a few weeks ago and were sorta disappointed. The top could use more info posters with history and facts. There was an iPad that would send u photos if u gave an email, never received those. Also no binoculars, we had to guess what we could see. IMO the top should have posters of local info, historic timelines, large photos of past groves or farmers, like a museum would. Anything that made the area bit more interactive and especially informative for anyone who's here for their first time they should come away feeling like, hey I learned something! Heck even a QR code to scan when you're standing on certain sides to give you info would work. It'd be cool if u could listen or see something of significance to give you an idea of why the tower is iconic or piece of history here in Clermont. As someone who just moved the area I was hoping to learn more about the tower but ended up on my phone looking up info which I could have done at home. The main floor had lots of info and old relics which were really interesting, wish that reflected up stairs. There really should be like a drink/snack and tower ride package combo to utilize the coffee shop or a bounce back coupon like hey when you're done here's a dollar off a cafe item. Something! Instead it's a lost opportunity where I just opted to leave when I was done. I'll revisit and update my review again to see if improvements are made, as I want this place to succeed and apparently its under new management according to review responses. But for now I'm left with feeling like the $44 we spent wasn't...

My family and I loved this day trip we took to visit this little gem in Clermont. The Citrus Tower is a fun day trip idea that has a Day Admission pass that is totally worth it because you can pay a flat price and visit all day the day you visit. We went in the late afternoon and had some coffee in their cute coffee shop that is friendly staffed and very clean and organized! Great coffee and pastries, I recommend trying their churro donut(There is also a Puerto Rican restaurant in the same lobby as the coffee shop, we will have to give it a try next trip!). They have an espresso machine that was brought all the way from Italy! No wonder the coffee was so good! We loved learning about the history of the tower all throughout the lobby and in the tower from all the frames on the wall. Loved the pieces of history throughout the lobby as well. My toddler loved the penny drop in the tower level and myself with my husband and teens loved the view of Clermont and its surrounding cities during the day, but even better was at night! We left to go do other fun things around Clermont and came back later that evening with take out food that was allowed to be taken to the tower level and eat while we saw the beauty of Clermont and its night life, we even got to see the fireworks from various theme parks in the surrounding areas, like Disney and Universal! Very, clean and family friendly! We even got some locally made headbands from the gift shop and some stickers! We are definitely coming back as well as recommending it to family...