Overview
Stretched along 23 miles of Florida's east coast, Daytona Beach and its surrounding areas offer a vacation unlike any other. At the world's most famous beach, visitors can feel freer in endless ocean waves or on warm sandy shores. Explore farther on nature trails or in unique shops. Play longer on world-class greens or on boardwalk games. Get closer over romantic dinners for two or during networking business conferences for 2,000. Whatever the vacation, Daytona Beach offers fun for all ages.
Daytona Beach is a town with many personalities. It is at once the self-proclaimed "World's Most Famous Beach" and "World Center of Racing," a mecca for tattooed motorcyclists and pierced Spring Breakers and the site of a marvelous art museum. The area is also home to many points of interest that provide a unique fusion of history and nature. Visitors can explore an extraordinary mix of botanical gardens, historic ruins, state parks, waterways, and nationally recognized landmarks that serve as bridges to the area's colorful past.
Daytona Beach has been a destination for racing fans since the early 1900s, when "horseless carriages" raced on the hard-packed sand beach. Today, hundreds of thousands of race enthusiasts come to the home of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) for the Daytona 500, the Pepsi 400, and others. Spring Break, Bike Week and Biketoberfest are held annually at different times of the year.