Things To Do

Here is the short answer. Pérez Art Museum Miami, PAMM for short, is the modern and contemporary art museum on Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami, and the smartest time to go is Thursday evening. The museum sits at 1103 Biscayne Boulevard, between the Arsht Center and the Kaseya Center. It is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday and Friday through Sunday, closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and open until 9 p.m. on Thursday. An adult ticket is $18. On Thursdays after 5 p.m., admission is f

Here is the short answer. The Norton Museum of Art is Palm Beach County's big art museum, and the smartest way to see it is on a Friday night. The museum sits at 1450 S. Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. It is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. most days, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, closed Tuesday, and open until 10 p.m. on Friday. A general ticket is $20. On Friday evenings, during Art After Dark, adults pay $10 and get live music, docent tours and drop-in art workshops on top of the g

Here is the short answer. The stretch of A1A from the Deerfield Beach pier north to Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach is the best slow coastal drive in our part of Florida, and the only hard part is knowing where you are allowed to stop. Deerfield charges by the hour. Boca Raton charges a flat gate fee of $40 on weekdays and $55 on weekends and holidays, good at one park for one day, and its gatehouses stopped taking cash on October 1, 2026. Highland Beach, the town between Boc

Here is the short answer. The Venetian Causeway is the old, low road across Biscayne Bay between mainland Miami and Miami Beach, and it is the best way to see the bay at street level. Miami-Dade County dates it to 1927. It has 12 bridges, two of them drawbridges, and both cities have designated those bridges as historic landmarks. A two-axle car pays $3.25 with SunPass or $6.50 by plate, and the toll plaza takes no cash. The better way to cross is slowly, on foot or on a bike

Here is the short answer. Gulfstream Park is the thoroughbred racetrack at 901 South Federal Highway in Hallandale Beach, and this winter is its big season. The 2026-2027 Championship Meet opens on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, and runs into late March. The headline day is the 11th Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Saturday, January 30, 2027. On most race days, general admission and self-parking are both free. The public beach is a short drive east, so a race afternoon and a

Here is the short answer. Manatee Lagoon is a free education center run by Florida Power & Light at 6000 North Flagler Drive, on the Lake Worth Lagoon at the north end of West Palm Beach, right beside FPL's power plant in Riviera Beach. Admission and parking are both free, and no reservation is needed. Manatee season runs November 15 through March 31, and on cold days dozens of manatees can gather in the warm water off the observation deck. The center is honest that sightings

Here is the short answer. The Riverwalk is a free walk along the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and Historic Stranahan House sits on it at 335 SE 6th Avenue. The house was built in 1901 and the museum calls it the oldest surviving structure in Broward County. Adult tickets are $13, and tours should be booked ahead. The free Water Trolley runs daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and makes a good way to cover the river without a car. Everything below was read off the official

Here is the short answer. Butterfly World sits on the south side of Sample Road in Coconut Creek, inside Broward County's Tradewinds Park, a straight run west from the Pompano Beach coast. It is open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Last entry is 4 p.m., and the park recommends arriving by 3 p.m. Day passes are $32.50 plus tax for ages 12 and up, $22.50 plus tax for ages 3 to 11, and free for children 2 and under. Go

Here is the short answer. Bonnet House Museum and Gardens is a historic estate on the barrier island in Fort Lauderdale, tucked between the ocean and the Intracoastal just south of Sunrise Boulevard. Self-guided visits run Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m., with last admission at 4 p.m. and the grounds closing at 5 p.m. Adult tickets are $30, ages 6 to 17 are $8, and children 5 and under are free. Parking is free. Plan on at least 90 minutes, wear flat closed-toe shoes, and

Here is the short answer. Miami Book Fair 2026 runs November 15 to 22 at Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. The part most visitors mean when they say "the book fair" is the Street Fair, Friday November 20 through Sunday November 22. Friday is free for everyone. Saturday and Sunday are ticketed: $12 for an adult day pass, $7 for seniors over 62, $5 for teens, and kids 12 and under get in free. Gates open at 9 a.m., the fair runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and

Here is the short answer. Phipps Ocean Park, one of the two public beaches on Palm Beach island, is closed for a full redesign. The Town of Palm Beach lists the closure as May 1 through November 18, 2026, and says that date comes from the estimated construction timeline, so treat it as a target, not a promise. The racquet center and its parking are open again, but only for tennis and pickleball players. The beach access and the south end of the park stay closed until the work

Here is the short answer. Snook Islands Natural Area is a restored stretch of mangroves and oyster reef in the Lake Worth Lagoon, right on the downtown shoreline of Lake Worth Beach at 100 North Golfview Road. It is open sunrise to sunset, every day of the year, and Palm Beach County lists no entry fee. You get a boardwalk, a kayak launch and a floating dock. Parking is the catch: there are only three designated spots on North Golfview Road, and the rest is next door in Bryan

Here is the short answer. West Lake Park and the Anne Kolb Nature Center sit across Sheridan Street from each other in Hollywood, between I-95 and the beach, and together they protect a long stretch of mangrove estuary along the Intracoastal. The move is a kayak or paddleboard morning on the marked mangrove trails, then a walk through the nature center. Rentals run on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and on Monday from 9 a.m. to noon, weather permitting. Weekend and

Here is the short answer. The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, at 4000 Morikami Park Road in Delray Beach, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed Mondays. Tickets are sold only at the door, on the day you visit: $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and military, $14 for students, $12 for kids 6 to 17, and free for 5 and under. The last ticket sells at 4:30. The museum suggests about three hours to see everything. Go at opening, walk the gardens befor

Here is the short answer. Deerfield Island Park is a 53 acre island in the Intracoastal Waterway at Hillsboro Boulevard, and the only way on is by boat. Broward County runs a free shuttle from the mainland every hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday only. There is no gate fee. The island is closed Monday through Thursday, closed on Christmas Day, and pets are not allowed. It reopened in June 2025 after about two years closed, with new accessible pathways, a

Here is the short answer. The West Palm Beach GreenMarket runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Great Lawn at 100 N. Clematis Street, right on the downtown waterfront. The 2026-27 season opened October 3 and runs through May 22, 2027, with two Saturdays off: February 6 and March 20. Park free in the City Center, Clematis or Sapodilla garages during market hours. Get there early, bring a bag, and plan to walk the waterfront after. Every date, hour and parking

Here is the short answer. The Flagler Museum is Henry Flagler's Palm Beach mansion, Whitehall, finished in 1902 and now a National Historic Landmark. Plan on a morning. Adult admission is $28, children 6 to 12 are $14, and five and under are free. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday noon to 5 p.m., closed Mondays. The free docent tour of the first floor is the best value in the building, and the private railcar out back is the part most people re

Here is the short answer. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is open every day except Tuesday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Adult admission is normally $32, but while the estate's restoration work is underway it is reduced to $20. Children six to twelve pay $10 and children five and under are free. The address is 3251 South Miami Avenue, on the bay just south of Brickell, and the Vizcaya Metrorail station is about a ten minute walk from the gate. Guided tours of the Main House are pau

Here is the short answer. You cannot drive to the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse and walk in. The grounds sit on a Coast Guard station, and the only way onto them is a scheduled tour run by the Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society, a volunteer non-profit. Tours happen roughly once a month, by boat, from a dock on North Riverside Drive in Pompano Beach. Every rider is either a current member of the society or pays a $35 per person transportation fee at the dock. There are no

Here is the short answer. Four Florida State Parks sit inside the stretch of coast our guests already drive every day, and almost none of them think to go. Hugh Taylor Birch in Fort Lauderdale, Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson in Dania Beach, Oleta River in North Miami Beach, and John D. MacArthur Beach in North Palm Beach. All four open at 8 a.m. and close at sunset, every day of the year. A carload costs $6 at three of them and $5 at MacArthur. Walk or bike in and it is $2 a