The location is pretty nice for weather and fishing in Fort Lauderdale. I am not impressed with the city much beyond that. Fishing for me and my friend was pretty good, but looking for nightlife was scarce. Downtown had maybe two clubs that were not worth going to, and the casino nearby in Hollywood was mediocre at most. Downtown is all Shops and Restaurants. We went the end of April, pretty good for fishing and seeing the local folk. Restaurants range from Mcdonalds and Subway, to a very few mid-range places like Red Lobster and the Lone Star Steakhouse, to the fancier restaurants downtown similar to South Beach. They are on Los Alos blvd, ave, whatever. Find a good route from hwy 1 to the florida turnpike or you may be lost for a good while. Traveling up and down hwy 1 has very few restaurants and many dingy looking motels along the way. That's just from the airport and back from the hotel. That reminds me, the airport has small concourses with little amusement, and no smoking at all inside after the security checkpoint. That's the nice areas, anywhere we took the rental car to the West off Hwy 1, I felt we were in the ghetto. Not to mention the maze of roads besides. The beach illuded us because many times it was a maze of roads to get there. And the city seems pretty run-down overall. Anyway, I don't see why anyone would go to Fort Lauderdale for a vacation or even Spring Break unless they had to. The hotel was pretty good, sometime weak A/C, and the tiki bar closed 9pm weekdays, and the bartender was pretty depressing and scratching off lotto tickets. That's about it. Little Havanna looks pretty nice 'bout now.









