Once upon a time, one could look down the road along Fort Lauderdale beach and inland along U.S. 1 and see flat land and the occasional scrubby palmetto as far as the eye could see. Now villages meld into adjoining towns, towns into cities, suburbs into each other and the entire county has become one sprawling megalopolis that stretches from the sea to the Everglades and from the northern border of Miami to the southern border of Palm Beach and beyond.
South
South of Fort Lauderdale is Hollywood, which has a small but significantly entertaining downtown area built around one of the several big traffic circles that characterize the city. Thanks to a redevelopment project that beautified downtown streets with intriguing architectural touches, trees and flowers, downtown Hollywood has become a popular. Restaurants like
California Cafe and
Henry's China House, and shops like Sigrid Olsen are popular among visitors.
Not far away, the tiny town of Dania, founded by tomato farmers, has left its farms...
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Everglades Holiday Park
- Airboats (and alligators) are the primary diversions at this campground, which is located on the edge of the Everglades marsh. Fishing, boat rentals...
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- Tours
- Downtown Ft Lauderdale
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Sawgrass Recreation Park & Everglades Tours
- While it shares its name with the mammoth Sawgrass Mills shopping complex, this park is a separate entity entirely. It offers all kinds of nature-oriented...
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Hugh Taylor Birch Recreation Area
- This 180-acre park was given by Hugh Taylor Birch to the state of Florida. Birch came to Florida in the last part of the 19th century and promptly...
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- Attractions
- North Beach Area
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