Great Attractions in West Palm Beach

The city offers up to 47 miles of beaches, as well asand services for people of all ages and abilities.
a wide range of cultural and recreational activities. ThePalm Beach County is home to 150 golf courses, 1,100
top attractions include Clematis Street, Lake Place, Liontennis courts, and 2,000 restaurants and more than 40
Country Safari, and some of the best beachescultural venues.Visitors may be content to stroll the
around.Lion County Safaribeaches for shells, snorkel off-shore, or fish for bass in
Lion County Safari, it is open daily rain or shine fromthe calm waters of Lake Okeechobee. Palm Beach
9:30 a.m. to 5:30p.m. Since 1967 Lion Country SafariCounty's Ocean Rescue lifeguards and inflatable
has offered its visitors an up-close and personalrescue boat operators protect swimmers at thirteen
experience with some of the most fascinatingoceanfront and inlet parks from Tequesta to Boca
creatures on our planet. Located eighteen miles westRaton.Swimming areas are guarded year-round from
of Interstate 95 on Southern Boulevard in West Palm7:30 am until 5:30 pm, seven days a week. After a
Beach, Lion Country Safari continues to offer therelaxing swim you can visit Clematis Street and Flagler
public an opportunity to see its resident animals in theirDrive in downtown West Palm Beach, which is also
natural environment while also actively participating inanother tourist attraction.The best way to get to
the rehabilitation and captive breeding of many of itsClematis Street is to take I-95 to Palm Beach Lakes
species.To take full advantage of all Lion CountryBlvd. Head east on Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. to Dixie
Safari has to offer, plan on spending at least twoHighway, turn left and you're there. Clematis Street is
hours exploring the drive-thru areas by vehicle andknown for its restaurants, shopping and nightclubs. But
another two to three hours on foot enjoying theperhaps its best know attraction is the fountain in
petting zoo and other included attractions.City PlaceCentennial Square. Kids love to play and have fun in
Another tourist spot is City Place. City Place is part ofthe fountain.The water jets constantly move from
a long term reclamation of the downtown area. Theplace to place. The Fountain is located in Centennial
designers of City Place have combined an early 1900Square on the extreme east end of Clematis Street
style with modern concepts to create an environmentnear the Intercostals Waterway. Centennial Square is
that is relaxing and exciting at the same time. Once athe most famous part of Clematis Street. Centennial
depressed area, City Place left only one original buildingSquare is located on the extreme east end of
standing in process of building the new downtownClematis Street. It's the site of the fountain and
area.Rapids Water ParkClematis by Night (a major weekly event each
If you family is looking to get wet then the place to goThursday night.) On Fridays' a band was playing at the
to is, The Rapids Water Park. The Rapids Water Parklunch hour. Everyone enjoys it, including the kids.For
is South Florida's premiere family park.The Rapidsmore travel-related information on West Palm Beach
features a full day of fun for the entire family whetherlike restuarants to go and hotels to stay in, visit West
you make a splash in the cool blue waves, that aPalm Beach Travel Guide at
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