Looking for culture and convenience? Look no further than Boca Raton, Florida. Situated between Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton is delightful all year long. It's a comfortable setting for residents of all ages, and offers lots of sunshine to enjoy boating, fishing, golf, tennis, racetracks, the beach, natural attractions, and cultural venues. You can sample the culinary masterworks of celebrity chef-owned restaurants, or soak up sunshine on pristine beaches and golf on world-class courses. The summer months can get hot and humid during the day, but you can still play golf and tennis in the morning, go to the pool or beach in the afternoon and out to dinner in the evening without any major discomfort at all. Here's what hot and what's not:
Gumbo Limbo (named for a local tree) is a 20-acre nature center that preserves the natural landscape and native wildlife along the coast in an effort to spread awareness of Florida's environmental concerns about he area. An elevated boardwalk and a viewing tower provide vistas of the terrain, and a museum boasts educational displays and live creatures. Outdoor saltwater tanks house ocean-dwelling animals and allow visitors to examine them close-up. Spanish River Park is one of the area's largest parks, which guarantees plenty of room to spread out and enough diversions to please the whole family. Swimming in the ocean and sunbathing on the beach is peaceful and uncrowded, while picnic tables and grills make outdoor dining a fun family affair. There are biking paths, nature trails, and an observation tower for explorers. Restrooms are available. South Beach Park and South Inlet Park are also great beaches for fun in the sun.
The Boca Raton Museum of Art in Mizner Park features an assortment of traveling exhibitions and permanent collections from established and rising artists, and includes 19th and 20th century European and American painting, drawings and sculpture with works by a number of the great masters including Degas, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Seurat, Pre-Columbian art and others, plus West African art and artifacts, photography, and more. The museum also offers educational and outreach programs, artist lectures, films, art school classes for adults and children, guest lectures, an art festival, juried competitions, and cultural events.
Boca Raton's Town Center Mall is a shopper's dream come true. This air-conditioned concourse has all the best stores, such as Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Coach, Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Bvlgari, Ralph Lauren, J. Crew, Neiman Markus, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Banana Republic, J. Crew, A/X Armani Exchange, Victoria's Secret, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Apple, and scores of specialty shops. A few of the choices to eat at the mall are: The Capital Grille, Legal Seafoods, Blue Martini, California Pizza Kitchen, and Grand Lux Caf, or just drop by the recently redesigned food court for a quick snack. All of these are great places to relax during or after a day of shopping! Town Center is the area's most comprehensive shopping center. If you want it all, it's all here. There's even valet parking for your convenience.
Horse Racing is always a fun spectator sport even if you're not gambling. Calder Race Course in Miami is one of the most important racing venues in the Sunshine State and hosts several major horseracing events. The park is a 220-acre thoroughbred racing facility with a 1-mile dirt track and a 7-furlong turf course. The track contains stalls for 1800 thoroughbreds and has a seating capacity of 15,000 people. Gulfstream Park is a renowned racetrack and casino in Hallandale Beach. During its annual meet, from January through April, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America. The main track is 1-1/8 miles in length and the turf course is 7 furlongs. Renovated in 2005, the grandstand can seat 16,627 people. Hialeah Park in Miami is one of the oldest and widest continuously operating turf horse racing tracks in the country. This magnificent park is arguably the most beautiful racetrack in the U.S. and perhaps the whole world. It is also an Audubon Bird Sanctuary and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Well, those are just a few things to do in Boca Raton. Beautiful beaches and parks, golf courses, tennis clubs, plenty of family fun, plus great restaurants, hot nightlife, live music and so much more to see and do you will never get bored in Boca Raton. Boca Raton and its neighboring towns create a mini-paradise and an ideal place to live. The climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, outdoor activities, wonderful retirement communities, educational and business opportunities all add up to the fact that Boca Raton is a wonderful lifestyle just waiting for you to join in. That's a list of what's hot. What's not hot is you not being here.
Gumbo Limbo (named for a local tree) is a 20-acre nature center that preserves the natural landscape and native wildlife along the coast in an effort to spread awareness of Florida's environmental concerns about he area. An elevated boardwalk and a viewing tower provide vistas of the terrain, and a museum boasts educational displays and live creatures. Outdoor saltwater tanks house ocean-dwelling animals and allow visitors to examine them close-up. Spanish River Park is one of the area's largest parks, which guarantees plenty of room to spread out and enough diversions to please the whole family. Swimming in the ocean and sunbathing on the beach is peaceful and uncrowded, while picnic tables and grills make outdoor dining a fun family affair. There are biking paths, nature trails, and an observation tower for explorers. Restrooms are available. South Beach Park and South Inlet Park are also great beaches for fun in the sun.
The Boca Raton Museum of Art in Mizner Park features an assortment of traveling exhibitions and permanent collections from established and rising artists, and includes 19th and 20th century European and American painting, drawings and sculpture with works by a number of the great masters including Degas, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Seurat, Pre-Columbian art and others, plus West African art and artifacts, photography, and more. The museum also offers educational and outreach programs, artist lectures, films, art school classes for adults and children, guest lectures, an art festival, juried competitions, and cultural events.
Boca Raton's Town Center Mall is a shopper's dream come true. This air-conditioned concourse has all the best stores, such as Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Coach, Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Bvlgari, Ralph Lauren, J. Crew, Neiman Markus, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Banana Republic, J. Crew, A/X Armani Exchange, Victoria's Secret, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Apple, and scores of specialty shops. A few of the choices to eat at the mall are: The Capital Grille, Legal Seafoods, Blue Martini, California Pizza Kitchen, and Grand Lux Caf, or just drop by the recently redesigned food court for a quick snack. All of these are great places to relax during or after a day of shopping! Town Center is the area's most comprehensive shopping center. If you want it all, it's all here. There's even valet parking for your convenience.
Horse Racing is always a fun spectator sport even if you're not gambling. Calder Race Course in Miami is one of the most important racing venues in the Sunshine State and hosts several major horseracing events. The park is a 220-acre thoroughbred racing facility with a 1-mile dirt track and a 7-furlong turf course. The track contains stalls for 1800 thoroughbreds and has a seating capacity of 15,000 people. Gulfstream Park is a renowned racetrack and casino in Hallandale Beach. During its annual meet, from January through April, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America. The main track is 1-1/8 miles in length and the turf course is 7 furlongs. Renovated in 2005, the grandstand can seat 16,627 people. Hialeah Park in Miami is one of the oldest and widest continuously operating turf horse racing tracks in the country. This magnificent park is arguably the most beautiful racetrack in the U.S. and perhaps the whole world. It is also an Audubon Bird Sanctuary and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Well, those are just a few things to do in Boca Raton. Beautiful beaches and parks, golf courses, tennis clubs, plenty of family fun, plus great restaurants, hot nightlife, live music and so much more to see and do you will never get bored in Boca Raton. Boca Raton and its neighboring towns create a mini-paradise and an ideal place to live. The climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, outdoor activities, wonderful retirement communities, educational and business opportunities all add up to the fact that Boca Raton is a wonderful lifestyle just waiting for you to join in. That's a list of what's hot. What's not hot is you not being here.
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