Welcome to Boca Raton, Florida!

Boca Raton, Florida has everything you’re looking for in a vacation destination: white sandy beaches, Intracoastal waterway. Located between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Boca Raton offers a wide array of leisure activities for everyone to enjoy including golf, tennis, boating, deep-sea fishing, shopping and more. Within a short drive from downtown Boca Raton, you will find a variety of restaurants and entertainment, including performing arts venues and museums.

Boca Raton Arts and Culture
Just minutes from the Plaza Hotel & Suites are many Boca Raton - Fort Lauderdale area performing arts and cultural venues. Discover the Broadway shows, opera, ballet and concerts at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, plus performances and activities at Showtime Dance & Performing Arts Theatre, Boca Ballet Theatre Company, and the Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia.

Boca Raton Museums and Historical Attractions
The nearby South Florida Science Museum features hundreds of interactive exhibits, aquariums, and a planetarium. The Boca Raton Museum of Art is one of South Florida's leading cultural institutions, and features a variety of historic artwork in addition to current work by local and international artists. The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is a center for Japanese arts and culture in South Florida, and the Children's Museum of Boca Raton provides programs, exhibits, activities and special events for children and their families. The International Museum of Cartoon Art features over 150,000 pieces of original cartoon artwork, including animations, newspaper strips, comic book art, editorial cartoons, gag cartoons, caricatures, sports cartoons, and book and magazine illustrations.

Boca Raton Outdoors: Water Sports, Golf, Parks, Trails and Fun!
Boca Raton offers outdoor fun for everyone. A year-round climate made for being outdoors, with lots of sunshine makes Boca Raton the perfect place to enjoy boating, fishing, and any number of water sports at the nearby Intracoastal Waterway and Atlantic beaches. There are several parks to visit during your stay in Boca Raton, among them the Spanish River Park, Sugar Sand Park, and Red Reef Park, which is home to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.

For golfers there is no shortage of good greens. The Boca Raton area features many highly rated golf courses. Some top-notch ones include the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton and the Inn at Ocean Breeze Golf and Country Club in Boca Raton. Also check out the Deer Creek Golf Club, 2801 Country Club Blvd., Deerfield Beach 954-421-5550. Finally, the Boca Raton Executive Country Club, 7601 E. Country Club Blvd. 561-997-9410 is another good place to go. You can even get a lesson from a professional! The Club is open to the public most of the year.

If you want to play Tennis in Boca Raton seek out the chic Delray Beach Tennis Center, 201 W. Atlantic Ave. 561-243-7360, or the Patch Reef Park courts, 2000 NW 51st St. 561/997-0881.

For snorkelers and divers there are two good places to seek out. First, Moray Bend, 3/4 mile off of Boca Raton Inlet. Take a boat from Force E Dive Center, 877 E. Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton 561-368-0555, and make sure to feed the three moray eels that are accustomed to getting fed by divers! Also check out Red Reef Park, 1400 N. Ocean Park Blvd. Boca Raton - 561-393-7974. This park on the ocean has beginning snorkeling. Make sure to take a picnic to enjoy in the park on one of the picnic tables when you’re finished in the water!

Finally, don’t forget the beach! One of the most popular is Delray Beach, on Ocean Boulevard at the east end of Atlantic Avenue. Some other good spots are Atlantic Dunes Beach, 1600 S. Ocean Blvd., South Beach Park, 400 N. Ocean Blvd., and Spanish River Park

Boca Raton Sports Venues
Sporting enthusiasts will be happy to learn that many professional sporting venues are nearby. Four major league sports venues are less than an hour away: Miami Dolphins football, Florida Panthers hockey, Miami Heat basketball and Florida Marlins baseball. A little closer to home, visit the Royal Palm Polo Sports Complex and watch some of the world's top polo players compete here at polo's winter capital. If you prefer, watch some greyhound racing at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, or catch the action at Dania Jai-Alai at Dania Beach.

Annual Boca Raton Cultural Events & Fairs
Boca Raton is home to a number of popular ongoing cultural events, including Boca Bacchanal, Cinema in the Park, Spring Fling, Fabulous 4th, Allianz Championship (Golf), Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, the Delray Affair (the largest arts and crafts festival in the southeast US), and the Florida Renaissance Festival.

Enjoy Boca Raton Shopping
Boca Raton puts you close to everything, including some of the country's finest shopping. Mizner Park is a beautiful shopping center centered around a Spanish-styled courtyard that offers boutiques, retail shops, dining, music, events, museums, and movies. Mizner is the place to see and be seen, where Rolls-Royces and Ferraris are parked curbside, freshly coiffed women sit amid shopping bags at outdoor cafes. Mizner Park is scenic in its own right, with beautiful landscaping. It's really an outdoor mall, with 45 specialty shops, seven good restaurants, and a multiplex.

Royal Palm Plaza is known to the locals as "Pink Plaza". This charming venue, built in the Mediterranean style, lays claim to being Boca's oldest shopping center. Seeking to recapture the leisurely pleasure of whiling the day away in quaint shops and delightful boutiques, Royal Palm regales guests with entertainment and retailers of all sorts. Jewelry, clothing, gifts, home fashions, and salons all share space in the lovely environment and offer a good cross-section of merchandise and services for anyone who gives in to temptations of the purse.

If you're the type who wants to see everything available, the Town Center Mall will beautifully suit your needs. A host of department stores (Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdale's among them) offers convenient shopping, and numerous specialty shops increase the options. Look for Banana Republic, J. Crew, The Polo Store by Ralph Lauren, and A/X Armani Exchange. You'll also find Coach, Sharper Image, Montblanc, Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Pottery Barn, and many more of your favorite upscale shops. Restaurants, a food court, a gracious environment, and even valet parking add to the experience and to the convenience.

Boca Raton Night Life
Boca Raton has restaurants that become nightclubs of sorts as the night wears on, or try one of several bars, like Mark’s Mizner Park (334 Plaza Real, Boca Raton - 561 395-0770) or Gigi’s Tavern (346 Plaza Real, Boca Raton - 561 368-4488). There are a few select spots outside of Mizner Park in Boca Raton, like the singles hot-spot Gatsby’s in Boca Raton.

Another nightlife option for a more happening scene is to head to Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, where you’ll find snazzy and chic restaurants, bars and lounges.