48 Hours in Daytona Beach, Any Time of Year
Every season is beach season in Daytona Beach. Give it a weekend and see for yourself. Take a dolphin cruise around Ponce Inlet, browse the indie shops on Beach Street, and stand where Jackie Robinson played in 1946.
Here's how the weekend plays out.
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Daytona Beach
Things to do in 48 hours
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Marine Science Center Ponce Inlet · 4.7★
Staff rehab injured sea turtles and seabirds for release, and the touch pool lets you feed the stingrays.
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Copperline Coffee Beach Street · 4.5★
Organic coffee, house-made pastries, and Southern comfort food. Fuel up here before you walk the rest of Beach Street.
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Boho Society 71 Beach Street · 5.0★
A woman-owned market of upcycled finds, boho jewelry, local honey, and work from rotating artists.
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Flipping Pages Bookshop Beach Street · 4.9★
A recently opened indie bookshop a few doors down from Copperline, with used books, new releases, and local reads.
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Mary McLeod Bethune Statue Riverfront Esplanade · 5.0★
A 13-foot bronze of the educator who founded what’s now Bethune-Cookman University, set where the boulevard named for her meets the river.
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Jackie Robinson Ballpark City Island · 4.7★
In 1946, Daytona Beach let Jackie Robinson play here while other Florida cities locked their stadiums to keep him out. His statue stands at the south entrance.
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Tiano’s Cucina Italiana ONE DAYTONA · 4.5★
An Italian spot across from Daytona International Speedway. Come for the cacio e pepe and the meatballs.
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The Good Life Is at Your Fingertips
Daytona Beach does more than towels and umbrellas: outfitters set up sectional couches around beach bonfires, paddleboard tours light up the water with LEDs after dark, and Daytona International Speedway will let you drive 40 laps behind a pro instructor.
Here's what your last beach trip was missing.
