Head here to explore beaches, canal front mansions with massive yachts, the Everglades, and the historic New River.
Things to do: Butterfly world, Everglades holiday park, Everglades swamp tour, Flamingo gardens, Hugh Taylor birch state park, Sawgrass recreation park, Sawgrass mills shopping.
If you are headed to Fort Lauderdale make sure to get some culture in; enjoy the funk at the Elbo room on the beachfront, drink like a local at Dirty Blonde or one of the many bars of the Himmarshee Village, catching a show at the Broward Center of the Performing Arts is a must, walk through the FATVillage art district for it's monthly art walk which has you visiting all the local galleries, and if you enjoy cigars, there is one cigar room open that you can still smoke inside at - Beach Cigar Bar & Hookah Lounge