Looking for culture and convenience? Look no further than Boca Raton, Florida. Situated between Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton is delightful all year long. It's a comfortable setting for residents of all ages, and offers lots of sunshine to enjoy boating, fishing, golf, tennis, racetracks, the beach, natural attractions, and cultural venues. You can sample the culinary masterworks of celebrity chef-owned restaurants, or soak up sunshine on pristine beaches and golf on world-class courses. The summer months can get hot and humid during the day, but you can still play golf and tennis in the morning, go to the pool or beach in the afternoon and out to dinner in the evening without any major discomfort at all. Here's what hot and what's not:
One of the area's most upscale venues is Mizner Park. This grand open-air mall is a city icon that features entertainment, culture, dining, fabulous shopping, and the premiere site for people watching. This beautiful place to see and be seen has a park-like setting with traditional Mizner-style architecture, beautiful landscaping and a casual chic ambience, complete with an amphitheater that presents many concert events throughout the year. You'll also enjoy dining sidewalk- or air-conditioned dining at wonderful restaurants such as Max's Grille, Racks, Ruth's Chris, Truluck's, Dubliner and others.
Patch Reef Park is 55 acres of passive and active recreation facilities, which include a community center, softball & baseball fields, soccer & football fields, basketball courts, fitness trail, children's playground, picnic pavilions and tennis courts. The Community Center offers a variety of classes, activities and special events for all ages. Pirates Cove Playground has a huge pirate ship for great adventures. Hot weather is cool when you turn on the waterspouts that shoot water on the kids while the ship's mast and palm trees shower then with more water! There are sling swings and a tire swing too. Little pirates, ages 2 to 5, have a slide, climbing station and swings. The Electronic Playground is an interactive computer controlled design that combines the excitement of digital gaming and an outdoor playground.
Sugar Sand Park is a 132-acre park for the enhancement of recreation and culture for residents and visitors alike. Possibly the best family park in the area, Sugar Sand Park is home to Sugar Sand Park Community Center, which features the Children's Science Explorium and the Willow Theatre. The Park is also home to the Field House, which features an indoor gymnasium. The Sugar Sand Park Carousel has 30 horses and two wheelchair accessible chariots. The horses are reproductions of various hand-carved wood originals produced for use on steam-powered machines of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The carousel is housed its own decorative tent surrounded by benches and shade trees, while lights and music enhance the festive scene. The Science Playground is a tri-level, hands-on experience that features many interactive components demonstrating a variety of scientific principles for all ages. It also features a water trough and water jets for those who really want to get wet, while others can stay dry in the rest of the playground. Sugar Sand Park's two nature trails lead you through parts of the endangered Florida scrub and wind through a piece of Florida's scrubby pine flatwoods. Sugar Sand Park Community Center provides Boca Raton residents with wonderful, fun, quality cultural arts programs and events for adults and children. Pavilion rentals are limited to residents of the City of Boca Raton.
Coconut Cove Waterpark truly is an interactive playground for kids. It's the most fun in town on a hot summer day. Watch them or join them as they go tubing on a 986-foot river ride, or zoom down the big and little water slides, romp around in the sprinkler & fountain playpool, do the sea pals scramble, and other fun activities. A full-service concession stand is available and lockers are available for rental so that you have a place to store you and your child's belongings. It's open June through Labor Day.
Well, those are just a few things to do in Boca Raton. Beautiful beaches and parks, golf courses, tennis clubs, plenty of family fun, plus great restaurants, hot nightlife, live music and so much more to see and do you will never get bored in Boca Raton. Boca Raton and its neighboring towns create a mini-paradise and an ideal place to live. The climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, wonderful active retirement communities, educational and business opportunities all add up to the fact that Boca Raton is a wonderful lifestyle just waiting for you to join in. That's a list of what's hot. What's not hot is you not being here.
One of the area's most upscale venues is Mizner Park. This grand open-air mall is a city icon that features entertainment, culture, dining, fabulous shopping, and the premiere site for people watching. This beautiful place to see and be seen has a park-like setting with traditional Mizner-style architecture, beautiful landscaping and a casual chic ambience, complete with an amphitheater that presents many concert events throughout the year. You'll also enjoy dining sidewalk- or air-conditioned dining at wonderful restaurants such as Max's Grille, Racks, Ruth's Chris, Truluck's, Dubliner and others.
Patch Reef Park is 55 acres of passive and active recreation facilities, which include a community center, softball & baseball fields, soccer & football fields, basketball courts, fitness trail, children's playground, picnic pavilions and tennis courts. The Community Center offers a variety of classes, activities and special events for all ages. Pirates Cove Playground has a huge pirate ship for great adventures. Hot weather is cool when you turn on the waterspouts that shoot water on the kids while the ship's mast and palm trees shower then with more water! There are sling swings and a tire swing too. Little pirates, ages 2 to 5, have a slide, climbing station and swings. The Electronic Playground is an interactive computer controlled design that combines the excitement of digital gaming and an outdoor playground.
Sugar Sand Park is a 132-acre park for the enhancement of recreation and culture for residents and visitors alike. Possibly the best family park in the area, Sugar Sand Park is home to Sugar Sand Park Community Center, which features the Children's Science Explorium and the Willow Theatre. The Park is also home to the Field House, which features an indoor gymnasium. The Sugar Sand Park Carousel has 30 horses and two wheelchair accessible chariots. The horses are reproductions of various hand-carved wood originals produced for use on steam-powered machines of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The carousel is housed its own decorative tent surrounded by benches and shade trees, while lights and music enhance the festive scene. The Science Playground is a tri-level, hands-on experience that features many interactive components demonstrating a variety of scientific principles for all ages. It also features a water trough and water jets for those who really want to get wet, while others can stay dry in the rest of the playground. Sugar Sand Park's two nature trails lead you through parts of the endangered Florida scrub and wind through a piece of Florida's scrubby pine flatwoods. Sugar Sand Park Community Center provides Boca Raton residents with wonderful, fun, quality cultural arts programs and events for adults and children. Pavilion rentals are limited to residents of the City of Boca Raton.
Coconut Cove Waterpark truly is an interactive playground for kids. It's the most fun in town on a hot summer day. Watch them or join them as they go tubing on a 986-foot river ride, or zoom down the big and little water slides, romp around in the sprinkler & fountain playpool, do the sea pals scramble, and other fun activities. A full-service concession stand is available and lockers are available for rental so that you have a place to store you and your child's belongings. It's open June through Labor Day.
Well, those are just a few things to do in Boca Raton. Beautiful beaches and parks, golf courses, tennis clubs, plenty of family fun, plus great restaurants, hot nightlife, live music and so much more to see and do you will never get bored in Boca Raton. Boca Raton and its neighboring towns create a mini-paradise and an ideal place to live. The climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, wonderful active retirement communities, educational and business opportunities all add up to the fact that Boca Raton is a wonderful lifestyle just waiting for you to join in. That's a list of what's hot. What's not hot is you not being here.
