Hotels in Daytona Beach, Florida

A little about Daytona Beach...

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. As of 2004, the population estimates recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 64,422. 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, and the Daytona International Speedway.

Daytona Beach is well-known for its beaches. It is one of the few places in the world where a family car can be driven on an ocean beach. Most other driving beaches require 4 wheel drive or other special equipment.

In the past Daytona Beach catered to spring breakers, but in recent years many of the breakers have migrated to other sites.

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.

During motorcycle events (Bike Week and Biketoberfest), several hundred thousand bikers from all over the world visit the greater Daytona Beach area. While the city is often associated with spring break, the efforts of the local government to discourage rowdiness, combined with the rise of other spring break destinations, have nearly ended Daytona's former preeminence as a spring break destination.

Points of interest:
Daytona USA
Halifax Historical Museum
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
Museum of Arts & Sciences
Ponce de Leon Inlet Light, 2nd tallest in the U.S.
Southeast Museum of Photography
List of Registered Historic Buildings in Daytona Beach, Florida

Special events that draw visitors to Daytona Beach include:
Speedweeks (Daytona 500 NASCAR race, Rolex 24 sports car race, and others)
Pepsi 400 NASCAR race on or around July 4 (Traditionally called the Firecracker 400)
Daytona Beach Bike Week Daytona 200 motorcycle race in March
Biketoberfest in October
Turkey Run car show and events during Thanksgiving weekend (Traditionally called the Turkey Rod Run)
Black College Reunion (BCR) date varies
Spring break date varies
Dayton to Daytona- date varies, but is usually the second week of May.

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