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City Guides

Every guide is researched town by town: real restaurants, hangouts, parks, neighborhoods and live market numbers.

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Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona Beach is the home of Daytona International Speedway and the Daytona 500. Its hard-packed sand beach, where cars are still allowed in...

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Daytona Beach Shores, FL

Daytona Beach Shores is a small oceanfront city on a barrier island between Daytona Beach and Wilbur-by-the-Sea. It is known for its line of...

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DeBary, FL

DeBary sits on the St. Johns River and Lake Monroe in southwest Volusia County. It is known for DeBary Hall, the 1871 winter estate of Frede...

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DeLand, FL

DeLand is the home of Stetson University and a brick-lined historic downtown on Woodland Boulevard full of murals, sculpture and locally own...

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Deltona, FL

Deltona is the largest city in Volusia County, with an estimated population of about 100,000. It sits between Daytona Beach and Orlando and ...

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Edgewater, FL

Edgewater sits on the Indian River just south of New Smyrna Beach, with a riverfront Riverwalk and mangrove paddling trails that launch from...

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Flagler Beach, FL

Flagler Beach is a low-rise beach town on a thin strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway. Its beach has orang...

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Holly Hill, FL

Holly Hill is a small mainland city on the Halifax River, wedged between Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach. It is known for its string of river...

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Lake Helen, FL

Lake Helen calls itself the Gem of Florida. It is a small historic city in West Volusia with Victorian-era homes, shady tree-lined streets a...

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New Smyrna Beach, FL

New Smyrna Beach is known for its surf culture, its drivable beach, and two walkable districts: Flagler Avenue on the beachside and Canal St...

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Oak Hill, FL

Oak Hill is a small Old Florida fishing town on the western shore of Mosquito Lagoon, the water many anglers call the Redfish Capital of the...

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Orange City, FL

Orange City is home to Blue Spring State Park, where hundreds of manatees crowd the 72-degree spring run each winter. The town also keeps a ...

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Orlando, FL

Orlando is the county seat of Orange County and the gateway to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort. Past the theme parks, it is a...

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Ormond Beach, FL

Ormond Beach calls itself the Birthplace of Speed. Early automakers raced on its hard-packed sand starting in 1902. Today it is known for a ...

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Palm Coast, FL

Palm Coast is a planned city built around dozens of miles of freshwater and saltwater canals, with more than 130 miles of trails linking its...

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Ponce Inlet, FL

Ponce Inlet sits at the southern tip of the Daytona barrier island, where the Halifax River meets the Atlantic at Ponce de Leon Inlet. It is...

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Port Orange, FL

Port Orange sits on the Halifax River just south of Daytona Beach. It is known for riverfront dining under the Dunlawton Bridge, the Dunlawt...

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Shrewsbury, MA

Shrewsbury sits on the east shore of Lake Quinsigamond, right next to Worcester, with Route 9 and Route 20 crossing town. It is the hometown...

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South Daytona, FL

South Daytona is a small city on the west bank of the Halifax River, tucked between Daytona Beach and Port Orange along US-1. Locals know it...

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Titusville, FL

Titusville sits on the Indian River Lagoon directly across from Kennedy Space Center, and its riverfront parks are some of the best rocket l...

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Windermere, FL

Windermere is a small lakeside town on the Butler Chain of Lakes in west Orange County. It is known for its small downtown with unpaved side...

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Winter Garden, FL

Winter Garden is known for its brick-lined historic downtown on Plant Street, where the paved West Orange Trail runs right down the middle o...

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Winter Park, FL

Winter Park is known for Park Avenue, a brick-lined downtown of shops and sidewalk cafes facing the 11-acre Central Park. It is home to Roll...

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Worcester, MA

Worcester is the hub of Central Massachusetts. It is known for its classic lunch-car diners, the Worcester Red Sox at Polar Park, and a stro...

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