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Daytona Beach © Daytona Beach Area CVB
Paddleboarding © Daytona Beach Area CVB
Ormond Scenic Loop © Daytona Beach Area CVB NASCAR Racing Experience © Peter Ellegard
where Sir Malcolm Campbell’s record-breaking
Bluebird III car that he drove on Daytona Beach
is among the exhibits. There is more racing
memorabilia at museums such as the Living
Legends of Auto Racing in South Daytona and
the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum, at
Florida’s tallest lighthouse that gives 360-degree
views of the beaches, the Atlantic Ocean and the
Intracoastal Waterway. Catch a festival any time of year. Daytona Beach is
known as the “Festival Capital of Florida” for its many
events celebrating art, music, food, cars, motorcycles
and more.
Daytona Beach offers culture galore at institutions
such as the Halifax Historical Museum and
the Smithsonian-affiliated Museum of Arts &
Sciences, which incorporates the Cici and Hyatt
Brown Museum of Art, a planetarium and the
Children’s Museum, as well as at the Ormond
Beach Arts District, where art walks take place on
the first Saturday of each month. Among other
family-friendly attractions is the Marine Science
Centre, which has touching tanks and a sea
turtle rehabilitation unit, and amusements at the
Daytona Beach Boardwalk and Pier.
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Shopping opportunities abound, at locations
including the Boardwalk and Pier’s Ocean Walk
Shoppes, Volusia Mall, Tanger Outlets, the Riverfront
Shops of Daytona Beach and the multi-million dollar
ONE DAYTONA retail and entertainment district
opposite the Speedway race track.
Dining options span every conceivable cuisine
and style, from oceanside breakfast eateries and
food trucks to period diners and award-winning
restaurants. There’s no end of choice for things to do
when the sun goes down, besides eating out. Enjoy
drinks in fun pubs, rooftop bars and many other
establishments, perhaps trying locally-made craft ales
in some of the breweries and bars on the Daytona
Beach Ale Trail.
Then dance the night away in classy clubs or to one
of the regular free summer concerts at the Daytona
Beach Bandshell.