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Parking
An inexpensive, multi-level parking garage is located off (A1A) Atlantic Avenue across from the Adam's Mark hotel.
Adventure Landing Watepark & Entertainment Complex
Behind the garage is a new water park. Using a Caribbean theme, you have 5 acres to enjoy a playground with 12 water slides, a wave pool, go-kart track, minitaure golf, and an arcade.
Ocean Walk Shoppes
A more upscale selection of eateries and entertainment choices including:
* Ocean Walk 10 - 10 screen, all digital, stadium seating movie theater.
* Bubba Gump Shrimp Complany - have you seen the movie Forest Gump?
* Mai Tai Bar - Hawaiian themed
* Adobe Gila's Margarita Cantina - A southwestern themed bar & restaurant.
* Starbuck's Coffee - java junkies know this well.
* Cold Stone Creamery - hand mixed icecream to your specifications.
* Daytona Beach Harley Davidson Apparel Shoppe - a must for motorcyclist.
* Bath Junkie - custom mixed bath products.
* Johnny Rockets - 50's themed malt shop & hamburger restaurant
The Bandshell
At the end of the boardwalk near the shops is the outdoor ampitheater. Bring your lawn chairs and free concerts under the stars with sounds of Latin, blue grass, jazz, country and more.
The Boardwalk & Beach
This stretch of Daytona Beach is off limits to automobiles, so the sand is soft and it is safe for the whole family to mill around. If you don't want to walk in the surf or get sand in your shoes, you can enjoy the view as you stroll along the paved boardwalk. To once side you have the ocean and beach and to the other are restautrants, hotels & condos Leave a Comment
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Around 1946 this was published as "The world's largest bandshell by the sea at Daytona Beach".
It was built in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration in 1938, it is composed of entirely of coquina rock, from the Atlantic Ocean in Flagler County. It is now a location for a free concerts sponsored by Friends of the Bandshell. Leave a Comment Address: Oceanfront Park 300 block AIAPhone: (386) 671-3420
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Daytona Speedway is of course, famous for its NASCAR racing and the reknown Daytona 500 competition.
However, during Bike Week, the Speedway is open to enthusiasts who want to get a close up view of dirt bike races and other competitions.
Around the grounds outside the Speedway arena, you'll find vendors and motorcycle manufacturers like Yamaha, Suzuki, Triumph and of course, Harley Davidson...all displaying their latest designs and bikes. Leave a Comment Address: International Speedway Blvd.Directions: Daytona
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164 feet 6 inches above sea level
Total Structural Height: 188 feet 6 1/2 inches
Total Tower Height: 176 feet 6 1/2 inches
Gallery Deck Height (stopping point for tourists): 140 feet 9 inches
Gallery Deck Level: walls are 1 1/2 feet thick
First Level: walls are 8 feet thick
Foundation: 45 feet wide
213 steps to the top!!! Leave a Comment
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This historic lighthouse is located at the southernmost point of Daytona's 23-mile-long beach. The tower was completed in 1886. It stands 175 feet tall, the second tallest lighthouse in the USA.
Climbing to the top is a great exercise, especially during the summer! Once you get to the top, the view is gorgeous. And, oh, that breeze!!! :-) Leave a Comment
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As mentioned in the Intro Page, the people-watching doesn't get any better than here in Daytona during Bike Week.
Go with an open mind and a good sense of humor.
I guarantee, there's something hysterical for everyone!
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Within the category of "urban beaches of Florida," Daytona has one of the best. The "beach" actually stretches about 25 miles through several adjoining towns. Young people congregate near the Daytona pier; retirees and families prefer the Ormond or D.B. Shores sections.
To drive a car onto the beach costs $5. Entrance ramps are found along Route A1A about every quarter-mile. However, there are numerous public parking lots where you can park for free and walk a few hundred feet to the beach. Within central Daytona Beach a muncipal parking garage (next to the Ocean City convention hall) usually allows 2 hours of free parking; all day parking costs $5. NOTE: If you "borrow" a parking space at a gift shop or a motel, you may end up being towed.
The surf is shallow and safe for little kids near shore. Further out, the waves are considered respectable by surfers.
During Spring Break , college kids from throughout the East gather on the sand. The area becomes boisterous at times, but beach rangers keep things under control. (Drinking on the beach is technically illegal; disguise your beer cans.)
Occasionally a shark nips a surfer but injuries are seldom serious. More annoying are the jellyfish that show up for a few days each year. Overall, the beach is clean, safe and fun. Water temperatures are comfortable May through October, slightly nippy to downright cold other months.
Beach driving is still allowed on about 50 percent of the beach. Speed limit is 10 mph and enforced severely. No night driving or camping is allowed. Most of the beach is hard-packed sand, but some spots get soupy or soft and can bog down a car -- usually a beach ranger or another tourist will help push you free if you get stuck.
Skimpy beachwear, such as a thong, is OK on the beach itself, but cover up if you stroll into restaurants and gift shops -- Daytona sometimes enforces its anti-nudity ordinance. Leave a Comment Address: Along State Route A1A
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There is an historic district in Daytona which was recently designated when we were there in 1995. Probably there has been more restoration done to the homes since that time. The neighborhood is a bit removed from all the hustle and bustle of the beach, hotel and raceway area.... which we liked. Lots of shops and restaurants along the inland riverway.
Live Oak Inn was in this area and we thoroughly enjoyed the peacefullness of this location. We were still only a few minutes from all the action. Interesting to drive through the streets here and experience what the older city was like. Felt more like the old south. Leave a Comment
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The boardwalk at Daytona Beach is actually kind of fun. My ex-boyfriend, a friend of mine visiting from Germany, and I went to the boardwalk one day out of boredom and had a really good time. We played skee-ball (I am the bomb-diggity at skee-ball, by the way) and won enough tickets to trade in for a Zippo lighter with that sillhouette of a naked girl from, like, trucker on it mud flaps and a switch blade comb.
There's also tons of little junk shops here . . . Florida kitsch at its best. You can get pretty much anything made out of coquina shells here . . . and don't even talk to me about alligators and flamingos - they are on everything here!
Also, there's some history here - the boardwalk, pier, and bandshell were all built by the Works Progress Administration in 1938. The Pier is composed of coquina rock that was quarried from Flagler County. In the bandshell, there are free concerts from December to April. Leave a Comment Directions: The Daytona Beach Boardwalk is located just behind Ocean Avenue between Main Street and Auditorium Boulevard. You can park on the beach and walk there.
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SINCE THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE BOARDWALK PART OF DAYTONA THE RIDES AND GAMES ARE A MUST SEE
THE BOARDWALK IS A VERY BUSY PLACE ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS. ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO AND SEE OR JUST DO NOTHING. (DON'T FORGET WE'RE FAMOUS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN THE INHABIT THIS AREA.. Leave a Comment
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- Ramada Limited On The Beach
1000 North Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL - The Bermuda House
2560 North Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL - Travelodge Daytona Bch Speedwy
2250 International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL - Surfside Inn & Suites
3125 South Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL - Daytona Beach Rst And Conf Cn
2700 N Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL - Super 8 Motel - Speedway
2992 West International Speedway Blvd I-95 Exit 261, Daytona Beach, FL - Red Carpet Inn
1855 S Ridgewood Ave, Daytona Beach, FL - Ocean Walk Resort
300 North Atlantic Ave (formerly Ocean Walk Resort), Daytona Beach, FL - Daytona Surfside Inn & Suites
3125 South Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL - Sunterra Daytona Beach Regency
400 North Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL - Palm Plaza Oceanfront Resort
3301 South Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL - Conch House
700 N Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL - The Shores Resort & Spa
2637 South Atlantic Avenue (formerly Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort), Daytona Beach, FL - The Plaza Ocean Club Resort
640 North Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL - El Caribe Resort & Conference Center
2125 South Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL
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