Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The tourism sector in Florida’s Palm Beach County alone brings in $10 billion annually to the local economy and supports more than 85,000 jobs, according to the Discover The Palm Beaches promotion organization. As one of the country’s first major tourism sites, Palm Beach is famous for the celebrated historic Breakers Hotel, posh shopping along Worth Avenue and endless opportunities to enjoy polo, golf, boat shows, fine art, food and wine. With the good life beckoning, it would be easy to miss all the rich adventure and nature activities right outside your door.
The Palm Beaches are known for excellent snorkeling and diving sites. Cruising The Intracoastal Waterway A boating excursion with Flying Lady Boat Tours gets you quickly acquainted with the lay of the land, so to speak, down the remarkable Intracoastal Waterway that not only separates Palm Beach from West Palm Beach, but stretches 3,000 miles along the Eastern Seaboard. You’d never know that before the waterway was dredged in the early 20th century, this was all once the huge fresh water Lake Worth, a lagoon really.
Start your relaxing two-hour cruise with a look at Peanut Island formed from the sand removed to expand the Lake Worth Inlet to the ocean and named for a short-lived peanut oil refinery on site. The fine 1930s former Coast Guard Station looks more like a comfy Colonial Revival home. Word has it that the Cold War bunker there called Detachment Hotel.
