I had often thought about a Florida beach vacation in the Ft. Lauderdale area. I had some time to kill before my flight home on Monday and decided to check out an area beach. I wanted to get an idea what I could expect while on vacation. I headed south from the airport towards Hollywood along route 1 then cut over to A1A and North Ocean Drive. I found myself in an area named Dania Beach. The hard part was figuring out where I could park. Most of the parking spots had meters, making me wish I had more change.


It was an interesting area with older non-chain hotels. The walkway and bike path along the beach was lined with restaurants, ice cream shops, and stores and bike rental shops. I got photos looking south (above) towards Hollywood and Miami and one looking north towards Port Everglades.