Introduction
26 miles S of Palm Beach, 40 miles N of Miami, 21 miles N of Fort Lauderdale
Boca Raton is one of South Florida's most expensive, well-maintained cities -- home to ladies who lunch and SUV-driving yuppies. The city's name literally translates as "rat's mouth," but you'd be hard-pressed to find rodents in this area's fancy digs.
If you're looking for funky, wacky, and eclectic, look elsewhere. Boca is a luxurious resort community and, for some, the only place worth staying in South Florida. Although Jerry Seinfeld's TV parents retired to the fictional Del Boca Vista, Boca is just too pricey to be a retirement community. With minimal nightlife, entertainment in Boca is restricted to leisure sports, excellent dining, and upscale shopping. The city's residents and vacationers happily comply.
Delray Beach, named after a suburb of Detroit, is a sleepy-yet-starting-to-awaken beachfront community that grew up completely separate from its southern neighbor. Because of their proximity,...
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Deer Creek Golf Club
- Deer Creek Golf Club is one of the best golf courses in South Florida. Redesigned by noted course architect Arthur Hills, the layout here is fairly...
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Boca Raton Museum of Art
- Two women, one a philanthropist and the other a socialite, got together for an open house which resulted in the birth of the Art Guild of Boca...
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Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Slip off your shoes and enter a serene Japanese garden that dates from 1905, when an entrepreneurial farmer, Jo Sakai, came to Boca Raton to build...
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