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Welcome to Daytona Beach, Florida.
Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida. Daytona Beach is a year-round resort area, and home to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach Community College, and Keiser College Daytona Beach Campus. The city is also home to the Daytona Cubs, a minor league baseball team of the Florida State League.
Daytona Beach is well-known for its beaches (and the accompanying spring breakers) and as host of the Daytona 500, the most important race of NASCAR. During motorcycle events (Bike Week and Biketoberfest), several hundred thousand bikers from all over the world visit the greater Daytona Beach area.
Photo by Veronica Marie, November 2006
The city and its beaches, lined with hotels, motels, condominiums and houses, attract over 8,000,000 tourists each year. In a wide variety of price ranges, hotel and motel rooms are typically plentiful except during special events. Daytona Beach has high security around its main hotel locations, with multiple cameras filming hotel and beach areas.
The city was founded in 1870 and incorporated in 1876. It was named for its founder, Matthias Day. In 1886, the St. Johns & Halifax River Railway arrived in Daytona. The line would be purchased in 1889 by Henry Flagler, who made it part of his Florida East Coast Railway. The separate towns of Daytona, Daytona Beach and "Seabreeze" merged as "Daytona Beach" in 1926, at the urging of civic leader J.B. Kahn and others. By the 1920s, it was dubbed "The World's Most Famous Beach".
Daytona's wide beach of smooth, compacted sand attracted automobile and motorcycle races beginning in 1902, as pioneers in the industry tested their inventions. The area would be nicknamed "The Birthplace of Speed." On March 8, 1936, the first stock car race was held on the Daytona Beach Road Course. In 1959, William France created Daytona International Speedway to replace the beach course. Automobiles are still permitted on the beach, although now only at slow speeds.
Daytona Beach has often been viewed as a party town. It has been a traditional destination for people who want to drink and get rowdy. There are still very strong remnants of the party culture, but in recent years the local government has made somewhat successful efforts to clean up Daytona Beach's rough image and turn it into a more family-friendly beach destination.
Visitors come year-round to swim in the sparkling waters and scuba dive at the offshore reefs - but there's even more to do once you leave the beach! During your stay, be sure to enjoy the extensive collection of quality golf courses, take in a Daytona Cubs game and do some relaxing river kayaking.
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Local daily news in Daytona Beach:
Armed Carjacking in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach Police Department is looking for a carjacking suspect in Daytona this afternoon.
911 Call Released from Spruce Creek Football Player
Authorities on Thursday released a recording of the 911 call from immediately after Spruce Creek High School football player Jordan Petersen's heart stopped due to a blunt trauma he suffered at practice on Tuesday.
County Council members to attend meeting Sept. 13
Several members of the Volusia County Council are expected to attend a meeting in which Halifax Area Civic League members will discuss findings from a report titled 'Possibilities of fire and rescue services consolidation in Volusia County.' The meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Sept.
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Places of interest:
Holly Hill, FL (2.6 miles), South Daytona, FL (3.5 miles), Daytona Beach Shores, FL (4.7 miles), Ormond Beach, FL (6.0 miles), Port Orange, FL (6.6 miles), Ormond-By-The-Sea, FL (9.3 miles), Samsula-Spruce Creek, FL (10.1 miles), Ponce Inlet, FL (10.2 miles).
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Hotels in Daytona Beach
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Daytona Surfside Inn & Suites
3125 S. ATLANTIC AVE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Tropical Winds Resort Hotel
1398 N ATLANTIC AVE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Oceanside Inn
1909 S ATLANTIC AVENUE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Days Inn Daytona Speedway
2900 INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32124
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Hilton Daytona Beach Resort
2637 S. ATLANTIC AVE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Ramada Inn Speedway
1798 WEST INTERNATIONAL - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32114
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Adam's Mark Daytona Beach Rsrt
100 N. ATLANTIC AVENUE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Days Inn South Trpclsea
3357 SOUTH ATLANTIC AVE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Travelodge Daytona Beach
2250 INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32810
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Ramada Limited Oceanfront
1000 N. ATLANTIC AVENUE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Ocean Sands Beach Resort
1024 N. Atlantic Avenue
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Bermuda House
2560 NORTH ATLANTIC AVE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Hampton Inn Daytona Spdwy
1715 W International Speedway Daytona Beach Fl 32114
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Quality Inn Ocean Palms
2323 S. ATLANTIC AVENUE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Daytona Beach Ocean Jewels
935 S ATLANTIC AVE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Comfort Inn & Suites
730 NORTH ATLANTIC AVENUE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Plaza Resort & Spa
600 NORTH ATLANTIC AVENUE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Acapulco Resort
2505 SOUTH ATLANTIC AVENUE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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Fountain Beach Resort
313 S. Atlantic Avenue
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Days Inn On The Beach
1220 NORTH ATLANTIC AVENUE - Daytona Beach, FL, US 32118
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