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Lauderdale Florida!
Fort Lauderdale, with its well-known
strip of beaches, restaurants, bars, and souvenir
shops, has also undergone a major transformation.
Once famous (or infamous) for the annual mayhem
it hosted during spring break, this area is
now attracting a more affluent, better-behaved
yachting crowd. Starwood Hotels has announced
plans for a W Fort Lauderdale, a 346-room
boutique hotel originally slated to open in
South Beach but instead opening here in December
2007.
In addition to beautiful wide beaches,
Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America,
has more than 300 miles of navigable waterways
and innumerable canals, which permit thousands
of residents to anchor boats in their backyards.
Boating is not just a hobby here; it's a lifestyle.
Visitors can easily get on the water, too,
by renting a boat or by hailing a moderately
priced water taxi.
Huge cruise ships also take advantage
of Florida's deepest harbor, Port Everglades,
whose name is somewhat misleading because
it is not part of the Florida Everglades.
The seaport is actually located on the southeastern
coast of the Florida peninsula, near the Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
on the outskirts of Hollywood and Dania Beach.
Port Everglades is the second-busiest cruise-ship
base in Florida, after Miami, and one of the
top five in the world...
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