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Florence is a city in Oregon. Nice town located on the Oregon Coast in Lane County. Was voted as the #1 retirement community a couple years ago.

Many of the ideas in Frank Herbert's Dune series came to him during a trip to Florence to write a magazine article about a US Department of Agriculture project there.

Florence is also known as the site of the exploding whale, an incident when the Oregon State Highway Division tried to remove a beached whale by dynamite - with unintended results.

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Florence has lots of sand called sand dunes.

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Play golf at Sandpines Golf Links. A Rees Jones design and a true links course, Sandpines was voted "Best New Golf Course" by Golf Digest in 1993 and "4-1/2 Star Rated 'Places to Play in USA'," by Golf Digest for 2006 and 2007. Visit www.sandpines.com for more information, or call 800-917-GOLF (4653). A truly unique course in Oregon.

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Mo's - Fish & Clamchowder restaurant in Florence's old town. Great view of the Silitz river and one of the best clam chowders to be found on the Oregon coast. This local chain of restaurant's was started in Newport, Oregon.

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• Best Western Pier Point Inn, 85625 Highway 101, +1 541 997-7191, Toll-free: +1 800 435-6736, Fax: +1 541 997-3828, [1].
• Holiday Inn Express, 2475 Hwy 101, +1 541 997-7797, [2].

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