Daytona Beach. Overview.
Daytona, the birthplace of speed. This is the place to let go. Have a great time on the twenty miles of beach where no one expects you to do anything except chill. It is a classic holiday style resort with miles of beaches, motels and happy people having shamelessly good times. The event of the year is the Daytona 500 stock car meeting, as well as other Daytona Speedway events.
Daytona is one of the few beaches where you can drive on the sands. It is important to remain sober enough to avoid the high tides when driving on the sands. When in doubt hail a taxi for a beach ride as you rise up out of the surf. Mainland Daytona has a different landscape. Relax in parks and walkways along the waterways. Be sure to catch just one of the highly popular guided trolley tours around.
There are Speed Weeks when bikers roar into Daytona. Daytona’s reputation for speed originated in the early 20th century when an Alexander Winston challenged someone to a high profile race and reached the then unheard of speed of 57 mph! Since then Daytona has been a popular beach to smash speed records on.