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SHOPPING
The adorable town of Stuart is ideal for
browsing boutiques and dining. From
beach-themed to upscale kitchen shops, it is
a favorite destination for tourists and locals
alike. You’re sure to find clothing, shoes,
jewelry and handmade arts and crafts.
When it comes to shopping in Central
East Florida, Vero Beach is the crème de la
crème. Ritzy boutiques on Ocean Drive are
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filled with items to make you ooh and aah.
Nearby, Miracle Mile features shopping Daytona Beach’s famous Boardwalk is lined complex features a unique collection of new-to-
venues such as Bark Avenue (goodies for with funky shops while the historic downtown market retail outlets and specialty shops,
your pet), Chico’s and Cottonways. The Vero offers a bounty of distinctive boutiques and restaurants and live entertainment. And,
Beach Book Store is one of the best restaurants. Situated across from the Daytona bargain hunters will be thrilled with the Tanger
independent bookstores in the state, due to International Speedway, the ONE DAYTONA Outlets, with brand names at outlet prices.
its jam-packed calendar full of best-selling
author signings and presentations. FEATURED LINKS
Florida is renowned for outlet shopping
and one of the best is in Vero Beach.
Conveniently located at exit 147 off I-95, the ARTS AND CULTURE BEACHES AND OUTDOOR GEMS
Vero Beach Outlets showcases 50 designer Atlantic Center for the Arts, Hutchinson Island
New Smyrna Beach floridashutchinsonisland.com
and brand-name shops, including Williams
atlanticcenterforthearts.org Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Sonoma, Coach, Banana Republic and an floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/
Eau Gallie Arts District, Melbourne
expanded Restoration Hardware. Jonathan-Dickinson-state-park
egadlife.com
Avenue Viera, on the outskirts of Downtown Fort Pierce Farmers’ Market St. Johns River Eco Tours, DeBary
Melbourne, is a pleasant outdoor shopping fortpiercefarmersmarket.com stjohnsriverecotours.com
Sebastian Inlet State Park
mall flanked with specialty restaurants, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach
floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/
shops and an AMC Cinemas movie theater moas.org Sebastian-Inlet-state-park
on palm tree-lined sidewalks. Visit all the The Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach
riversidetheatre.com
chain store biggies such as Kohl’s, Cost Plus ENTERTAINMENT
Sunrise Theatre for the Performing Arts
World Market and Books-A-Million. PGA Golf Club, Port St. Lucie
sunrisetheatre.com pgavillage.com
Historic Downtown Melbourne’s main
Vero Beach Museum of Art Skydive Deland Inc.
street, East New Haven, is three blocks of vbmuseum.org skydivedeland.com
fun packed with international eye-catching Taste of Little Italy, Port St. Lucie
delights, boutiques, consignment shops ATTRACTIONS tasteoflittleitaly.net
and antique stores. Better yet, most are dog- Andretti Thrill Park, Melbourne
ROAD TRIPS
friendly. andrettithrillpark.com
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
Looking for a unique shopping experi- Brevard Zoo, Melbourne fws.gov/refuge/archie_carr
ence? The tree-lined Cocoa Village is home to brevardzoo.org Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens, Port Orange
Heathcote Botanical Gardens, Fort Pierce
one-of-a-kind shops, restaurants and other dunlawtonsugarmillgardens.org
heathcotebotanicalgardens.org
points of interest. In this surfers’ paradise, be House of Refuge, Stuart
Marine Science Center, Ponce Inlet houseofrefugefl.org
sure to check out the Ron Jon Surf Shop, a
marinesciencecenter.com Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Titusville
Cocoa Beach landmark and the largest surf The Old Spanish Sugar Mill Grill and Griddle valiantaircommand.com
shop in the world. House, De Leon Springs
New Smyrna Beach offers exceptional oldspanishsugarmill.com SHOPPING
Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
shopping and art galleries along both Flagler ONE DAYTONA
ponceinlet.org onedaytona.com
Avenue and Canal Street. The route stretches
Richard Petty Driving Experience, Daytona Beach Tanger Outlets, Daytona Beach
from the river to the ocean and is a
drivepetty.com tangeroutlet.com/daytona
wonderful reminder of old-school Florida. Vero Beach Outlets
Note the Flagler Walk of Fame, made up of verobeachoutlets.com
engraved bricks along the sidewalk.
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