Must-see attractions in Daytona Beach

  • February 26, 2017 - Daytona Beach, Florida, USA: The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams take to the track for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

    Daytona International Speedway

    Daytona Beach

    The Holy Grail of raceways has a diverse race schedule. Ticket prices skyrocket for good seats at big races, headlined by the Daytona 500 in February. It…

  • Southeast Museum of Photography

    Daytona Beach

    We love this hidden treasure in Daytona, a service of the Daytona State College: it's the only museum in Florida dedicated solely to photography. This…

  • 2BE61NY April 12, 2020 - Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, United States - People in cars attend Easter Sunday services at the Daytona Beach Drive-in Christian Church as a way to practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic on April 12, 2020 in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida. Florida's stay-at- home order exempts religious services, but Governor Ron DeSantis has advised against attending crowded religious gatherings. (Paul Hennessy/Alamy)
Daytona Beach Drive-In Church

    Daytona Beach Drive-In Church

    Daytona Beach

    At Daytona Beach Drive-In Church you can get your daily dose of (Protestant) religion from the comfort of your car. Pull in to the former drive-in movie…

  • Marine Science Center

    Daytona Beach

    We were impressed by this center's rescue, rehab and release programs for sea turtles and seabirds that nest on Daytona's beaches. It's a fun and…

  • Museum of Arts & Sciences

    Daytona Beach

    This self-guided museum has a healthy dose of brain food for a fast and furious little town like Daytona. There's a delightful mishmash of everything from…

  • Cici & Hyatt Brown Museum of Art

    Daytona Beach

    Part of the Museum of Arts & Sciences complex, this striking must-see museum, designed to look like a rural Floridian house, tells the story of the…

  • Tomoka State Park

    Daytona Beach

    The 20-minute drive here from downtown Daytona Beach is almost as pleasant as the park itself, a bird-watchers' heaven of former indigo fields turned…

  • Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It lies about 51 miles (82.1 km) northeast of Orlando, 86 miles (138.4 km) southeast of Jacksonville, and 242 miles (389.5 km) northwest of Miami. In the 2010 U.S. Census, it had a population of 61,005. It is a principal city of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area, which was home to 590,289 people in 2010. Daytona Beach is also a principal city of the Fun Coast region of Florida.
Daytona boardwalk and pier

    Boardwalk & Pier

    Daytona Beach

    Follow Main St E and you'll cross Daytona's sabal-palm-lined, ocean-fronting boardwalk, bedecked with dollar-grabbing ice-cream shops, amusement arcades,…

  • Ponce Leon Lighthouse, Daytona beach, Florida.

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse & Museum

    Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse & Museum

    Daytona Beach

    Those prone to vertigo may wish to forgo the 203-spiral-step climb to the top of Florida's tallest lighthouse and enjoy the interesting historical…

  • Jackie Robinson Ballpark & Museum

    Daytona Beach

    'The Jack' made history when, in 1946, the Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson's team, were in Florida to play an exhibition against their parent club, the…

  • Gamble Place

    Daytona Beach

    Twenty minutes south of Daytona but a million miles away, the winter estate of the Gamble family (of Procter & Gamble fortune) lies in a sun-dappled glade…

  • Daytona Beach

    Daytona Beach

    This perfectly planar stretch of sand was once the city's raceway. Sections of the beach still welcome drivers to the sands at a strictly enforced top…