Family Day with Kids
Traffic-free beach near 27th Avenue and the low-tide sandbars, the Marine Discovery Center for hands-on lagoon life, ice cream on Flagler, and an easy boardwalk loop at Smyrna Dunes Park. Pack shade and water shoes.
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New Smyrna Beach Itineraries
Not sure how to spend your time? Pick a plan and go. Each one mixes the beach, the two districts, and a few local favorites so you see the real NSB without overthinking it.
The Perfect NSB Beach Day
- Sunrise: coffee on Flagler Avenue, then watch the sun come up over the Atlantic.
- Morning: beach time — pick a traffic-free stretch near 27th Avenue, or drive on at a ramp if you have a pass. Time low tide for the sandbars.
- Lunch: casual bite on Flagler Avenue; browse the surf shops and boutiques.
- Afternoon: head to Smyrna Dunes Park for the boardwalks and inlet views (bring the dog), or paddle the lagoon.
- Sunset: drive scenic Riverside Drive, then dinner downtown on Canal Street.
A Weekend in New Smyrna Beach
Day 1 — Beachside
Sunrise and a long beach morning, lunch and shopping on Flagler Avenue, an afternoon surf lesson or paddleboard, and a beachside dinner with live music. If it is the fourth Saturday, do the Wine Walk.
Day 2 — Downtown & Water
Breakfast on Canal Street, the New Smyrna Museum of History and Old Fort Park, a gallery stroll, then an afternoon eco-tour or fishing charter from the inlet. Finish with sunset on Riverside Drive.
Pick Your Day
Rainy-Day Plan
The New Smyrna Museum of History, galleries and shops on Canal Street, the Hub on Canal arts center, a long lunch, a brewery or coffee house, and a movie or live theater in the evening. Rain in NSB usually passes fast.
Foodie Crawl
Bakery breakfast, a seafood lunch on the water, an afternoon coffee or wine stop, then dinner downtown — and if the timing lines up, hit a Flagler Avenue food challenge or the Wine Walk.
Romantic Getaway
A boutique inn or B&B, a sunrise beach walk, a couples' lunch on Flagler, an afternoon gallery stroll, a sunset cruise or Riverside Drive drive, and a candlelit dinner downtown.
History Buff Day
- Start at the New Smyrna Museum of History downtown to set the timeline.
- Walk to Old Fort Park and the coquina Turnbull ruins.
- Drive to the Sugar Mill Ruins for plantation-era history.
- Stroll the Canal Street Historic District and Riverside Drive's historic homes.
- Close at the Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum to round out the story.
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