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Ranked by traveller reviews: 1) the hop-on-hop-off Water Taxi through the canals, 2) the Jungle Queen riverboat along Millionaires’ Row, 3) the Fort Lauderdale Segway tour, 4) a drift-fishing trip off the coast, 5) an Everglades airboat tour with hotel pickup, 6) parasailing over Fort Lauderdale Beach, 7) the sightseeing cruise with a sandbar swim, 8) a sunset sailing charter, 9) the Las Olas food and drink tour and 10) Flamingo Gardens’ wildlife sanctuary and the Bonnet House.

Plan two to three days. Day one: the beach and the Wave Wall, then the Water Taxi from the beach stops to Las Olas and the Riverwalk, with dinner on Las Olas Boulevard. Day two: an early Everglades airboat ride, Flamingo Gardens on the way back, a sunset sail or the Jungle Queen dinner cruise. Day three: the Bonnet House and Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, a Segway tour, the Museum of Discovery and Science with children or the NSU Art Museum, then Hollywood Beach’s Broadwalk at dusk.

Fort Lauderdale Beach and its palm-lined Wave Wall, watching the cruise ships leave Port Everglades from the south end of the beach, Las Olas Boulevard, the Riverwalk and Esplanade Park, the Broadwalk in Hollywood, the Anne Kolb Nature Center’s observation tower, shore snorkelling on the reef at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and Datura Avenue, the Dania Beach and Pompano piers (small fees), the FATVillage art walk on the last Saturday of the month and the Guitar Hotel’s nightly light show at the Seminole Hard Rock.

The Everglades — Everglades Holiday Park and Sawgrass Recreation Park are 30 minutes away (airboat tours with pickup from about $75); Miami’s South Beach, Wynwood and Little Havana (40 minutes); the Bahamas by fast ferry to Bimini (two hours) or a day cruise; Key Largo and the Florida Keys (90 minutes); Boca Raton and Delray Beach (30–40 minutes); Palm Beach’s Worth Avenue and Flagler Museum (one hour); and Butterfly World in Coconut Creek (25 minutes).

Dinner and bars on Las Olas Boulevard, the Jungle Queen dinner cruise with its variety show, a sunset sail or the Sea Rocket sunset cruise, the beachfront bars along A1A (the Elbo Room is the spring-break landmark), the Riverwalk and Himmarshee Village, the Seminole Hard Rock’s casino and Guitar Hotel light show, a night airboat tour listening for alligators, the Fallen Frights ghost tour, a show at the Broward Center or Parker Playhouse and Hollywood Beach’s Broadwalk bars.

Winter is peak season — sunny highs around 75°F, calm seas and every boat running. The Winterfest Boat Parade lights up the Intracoastal in mid-December, the International Boat Show fills the waterways in late October and early November, snowbirds pack Las Olas, and the Everglades are at their driest and best for wildlife. Book beachfront hotels early for February and March; spring break brings crowds to the beach in March.

The Museum of Discovery and Science with its IMAX and otters, Butterfly World, Flamingo Gardens’ alligators and flamingos, an Everglades airboat ride, the Water Taxi, the Jungle Queen, the calm swimming at Fort Lauderdale Beach and the Broadwalk in Hollywood, Xtreme Action Park’s go-karts and trampolines, the Bonnet House’s monkeys, Hugh Taylor Birch State Park’s bike trails and Sawgrass Mills’ shopping and the Rainforest Café.

November to April — dry, warm and comfortable, with the boat parade, boat show and the Everglades’ dry-season wildlife. March is busy with spring break; December to February is the priciest. Summer is hot and humid with daily storms and warm, calm seas; hurricane season peaks in September, when prices are lowest.

Yes — the all-day pass (about $38) is both a narrated tour of the mega-yachts and Millionaires’ Row mansions and the easiest way to get between the beach, Las Olas Boulevard and the Riverwalk without parking, with more than 4,000 reviews. Ride the whole loop once for the commentary, then use it as transport; the sunset run is the prettiest.