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WEEKEND GETAWAYS - Friday, September 21, 2007
Make The Most Of Your Vacation - From Coast to Coast!
Greetings Getaway Lover,
Now That the weather will be getting colder, it's time
to start thinking about heading South. So here we go...
off to Miami....
The territory from Palm Beach south to Boca Raton defines
the northern portion of the Gold Coast. North of Palm
Beach you'll uncover the comparatively undeveloped
Treasure Coast -- liberally sprinkled with coastal gems
-- where towns and wide open spaces along the road await
your discovery.
Altogether, there's a delightful disparity, from Palm
Beach, pulsing fast with plenty of old-money wealth, to
low-key Hutchinson Island, Manalapan, and Briny Breezes.
Seductive as the beach scene interspersed with eclectic
dining options can be, you should also take advantage of
flourishing commitments to historic preservation and the
arts as town after town yields intriguing museums,
galleries, theaters, and gardens.
Happy Trails,
Jan
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--DESTINATION:
With Palm Beach proper representing only 1% of Palm Beach
County's land, remaining territory is given over to West
Palm and other classic Florida coastal towns, along with --
to the west -- citrus farms, the Arthur R. Marshall-
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, and Lake Okeechobee,
a bass-fishing hot spot and Florida's largest lake. Well
worth exploring is the Treasure Coast territory, covering
northernmost Palm Beach County, plus Martin, St. Lucie,
and Indian River counties.
Despite a growing number of malls and beachfront condo-
miniums, much of the Treasure Coast's shoreline remains
blissfully undeveloped. Along the coast, the broad tidal
lagoon called the Indian River separates barrier islands
from the mainland. Inland there's cattle ranching in
tracts of pine and palmetto scrub, along with sugar and
citrus production. Shrimp farming utilizes techniques for
acclimatizing shrimp from saltwater -- land near seawater
is costly -- to fresh water, all the better to serve
demand from restaurants popping up all over the region.
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--WHAT TO DO AND SEE:
A. E. "Bean" Backus Gallery
Museum/Gallery, Fort Pierce
As the home of the Treasure Coast Art Association, the
A. E. "Bean" Backus Gallery displays works of one of
Florida's foremost landscape artists. The gallery mounts
changing exhibits and offers exceptional buys on work by
local artists. www.backusgallery.com. COST: Free. OPEN:
Tues.-Sat. 10-4, Sun. noon-4; summer hrs by appointment.
Address: 500 N. Indian River Dr., Fort Pierce, FL, USA
Phone: 772/465-0630
The Breakers
Hotel, House/Mansion, Palm Beach
Originally built by Henry Flagler in 1895 and rebuilt
by his descendants after a 1925 fire, this luxury hotel
resembling an Italian Renaissance palace helped launch
Florida tourism with its gilded-age opulence, attracting
influential, wealthy northerners. Head for the lobby to
gaze at painted arched ceilings hung with crystal
chandeliers, the ornate Florentine Dining Room with its
15th-century Flemish tapestries, and other museum-quality
public spaces. www.thebreakers.com.
Address: 1 S. County Rd., Palm Beach, FL, USA
Phone: 561/655-6611
Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center
Forest, Nature Preserve, Hutchinson Island
The Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center consists of
a coastal hardwood hammock-and-mangrove forest.
Expansion has yielded a visitor center, a science center
with interpretive exhibits on coastal science and
environmental issues, and a ½-mi interpretive boardwalk.
Guided nature walks through trails and stingray feedings
are offered at various times during the day. Eco-boat
tours are 1½ hours long and include a 20-minute stop at
a bird sanctuary. Dolphins, manatees and turtles are
often seen on the boat tour, for which reservations are
required. www.floridaoceanographic.org. COST: $8; $22
boat tour. OPEN: Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. noon-4; guided
nature walks Mon.-Sat. 11 and 3, Sun. at 2; boat tours
Tues. and Thurs.-Sat. at 11 and Thurs. at 4.
Address: 890 N.E. Ocean Blvd., Hutchinson Island, FL, USA
Phone: 772/225-0505
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Other Places of Interest:
Heritage Center and Indian River Citrus Museum
Museum/Gallery, Vero Beach
More grapefruit is shipped from the Indian River area
than anywhere else in the world, as you'll learn at the
Heritage Center and Indian River Citrus Museum, where
memorabilia harks back to when families washed and
wrapped the luscious fruit to sell at roadside stands,
and oxen hauled citrus-filled crates with distinctive
Indian River labels to the rail station. A video shows
current harvesting and shipping methods.
www.veroheritage.org. COST: Free. OPEN: Tues.-Fri.
10-4.
Address: 2140 14th Ave., Vero Beach, FL, USA
Phone: 772/770-2263
Lion Country Safari
Nature Preserve, West Palm Beach
Drive your own vehicle (with windows closed) on 8 mi
of paved roads through a 500-acre cageless zoo with
1,000 free-roaming animals. Lions, elephants, white
rhinos, giraffes, zebras, antelopes, chimpanzees, and
ostriches are among the wild things in residence.
Exhibits include the Kalahari, designed after a South
African bush plateau and containing water buffalo and
Nilgai (the largest type of Asian antelope), and the
Gir Forest, modeled after a game forest in India and
showcasing a pride of lions. A walk-through park area
has bird feeding and a petting zoo, or take a pontoon
boat tour. There's also paddleboating, miniature golf,
a children's play area with rides and sports fields,
a picnic pavilion, restaurant, and snack shop. No
convertibles or pets are allowed.
www.lioncountrysafari.com. COST: $20.95; $3.50 parking
fee. OPEN: Daily 9:30-5:30; last vehicle in by 4:30.
Address: 2003 Lion Country Safari Rd., at Southern Blvd.
W, Loxahatchee, FL, USA
Phone: 561/793-1084
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--WHERE TO SLEEP:
Boca Raton Resort & Club
$140 to Over $220, Boca Raton
Addison Mizner built the Mediterranean-style Cloister Inn
here in 1926, and additions over time have created this
sparkling, sprawling resort with a beach accessible by
shuttle. There are recreational activities here and many
lodging options: traditional Cloister rooms are small but
warmly decorated; accommodations in the 27-story Tower are
more spacious; Beach Club rooms are light, airy, and
contemporary; golf villas are large and attractive. In
addition to a redesigned golf course, there's a two-story
golf clubhouse, and the deluxe Tennis & Fitness Center.
www.bocaresort.com. 840 rooms, 63 suites, 60 golf villas.
In-room: safe, kitchen (some). In-hotel: 11 restaurants,
room service, bars, golf course, tennis courts, pools, gym,
beachfront, water sports, concierge, children's programs
(ages 2-17), laundry service. AE, DC, MC, V.
Address: 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432, USA
Phone: 561/447-3000 or 800/327-0101
Fax: 561/447-3183
Colony Hotel & Cabana Club
$80 to $220, Delray Beach
In the heart of downtown Delray, this lovely and charming
building underwent an exterior renovation that luckily
did not do away with stables in the back, which date back
to 1926 when the hotel was built. Today it's listed on
Delray's local Register of Historic Places and maintains
an air of the 1920s with its Mediterranean-revival
architecture. The Cabana Club is a separate property on
the ocean about a mile away, with a private beach, club,
and heated saltwater pool. A convivial bar and live music
on weekend nights make the lobby area a great place to
wind down. Fine shops selling leather goods, body products,
and stationery fill the lower-level storefronts.
www.thecolonyhotel.com. 70 rooms. In-room: dial-up. In-
hotel: bar, pool, beachfront. AE, DC, MC, V. Continental
breakfast.
Address: 525 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33483, USA
Phone: 561/276-4123 or 800/552-2363
Fax: 561/276-0123
Capt. Hiram's Key West Inn
$80 to $140, Sebastian
A Key West-style inn with a lobby embellished with a
classic surfboard collection brings the Florida Keys to
Sebastian's Riverfront, about 17 mi north of Vero at
Marker 66 on the Intracoastal. All rooms have a private
balcony and most have oak furnishings. Minisuites include
microwave, refrigerator, and wet bar; deluxe suites also
include dishwasher and stove. A heated pool has a tropical
sun deck, shaded by tables with umbrellas. A complimentary
deluxe Continental breakfast is included.
www.hirams.com. 56 rooms. In-room: refrigerator (some),
dial-up. In-hotel: 2 restaurants, bar, pool, minibar (some).
AE, D, MC, V. Continental breakfast.
Address: 1580 U.S. 1, Sebastian, FL 32958, USA
Phone: 772/388-8588
Fax: 772/589-4346
--WHERE TO DINE:
11 Maple Street
Continental, $20 to $30, Hutchinson Island
With a mere 16 tables, this spot is as good as it gets
on the Treasure Coast, with a menu that changes nightly.
Soft recorded jazz and friendly staff satisfy, along with
food served in ample portions. Although the food is
progressive, the place is filled with antiques and many
vintage collectibles. Appetizers run from panfried conch
and crispy calamari to spinach salad, and entrées include
pan-seared rainbow trout, wood-grilled venison with onion
potato hash, and beef tenderloin with white truffle and
chive butter. Desserts such as a white-chocolate custard
with blackberry sauce are seductive, too. Reservations
essential. MC, V. Closed Mon. and Tues. No lunch.
Address: 3224 Maple Ave., Hutchinson Island, FL, USA
Phone: 772/334-7714
Baha Grill
American, $15 to $30, Hutchinson Island
Replacing the former Scalawags restaurant, but in a
slightly different locale (the main dining room is now
on the first floor), this spot serves breakfast, lunch,
and dinner daily, though from a more limited menu than
before. The food is basically the same -- assorted soups,
salads, and entrées consistent with most Marriott hotels.
Standouts include a prime-rib buffet on Friday night and
the all-you-can-eat Wednesday-evening seafood extravaganza
with jumbo shrimp, Alaskan crab legs, clams on the half
shell, marinated salmon, and fresh catch. The decor is
also standard for a Marriott dining room -- a tasteful
assemblage of wood accents, floral patterns and subtle
hues. AE, D, DC, MC, V.
Address: Marriott Beach Resort, 555 N.E. Ocean Blvd.,
Hutchinson Island, FL, USA
Phone: 772/225-6818
Benny's on the Beach
American, Under $10, Lake Worth
Perched on the Lake Worth Pier (and nearly wiped out in
Hurricanes France and Jeanne), Benny's has diner-style
food that's cheap and nothing fancy, but the spectacular
view of the sun (or moon) glistening on the water and
the waves crashing directly below is what dining here is
all about. Reservations and credit cards are only
permitted at dinner. MC, V. No dinner.
Address: 10 Ocean Ave., Lake Worth, FL, USA
Phone: 561/582-9001
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