{"id":364992,"date":"2026-08-07T04:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364992\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T04:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:16:09","slug":"how-to-spend-the-perfect-48-hours-in-fort-lauderdale-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364992\/","title":{"rendered":"How to spend the perfect 48 hours in Fort Lauderdale, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover<\/p>\n

Fort Lauderdale<\/a> is far more than just a cruise port. Linger longer to explore its postcard beaches, innovative cuisine and maze of mansion-lined canals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Plan<\/p>\n

December to April brings the best weather, but also the biggest crowds. The shoulder months of May and November are compelling alternatives. Avoid the college spring-break crowds in March and peak hurricane season from July to October.<\/p>\n

Book<\/p>\n

Opposite the beach, the stylish AC Hotel by Marriott<\/a> Fort Lauderdale Beach has 171 spacious rooms, many with views of the Atlantic Ocean or the Intracoastal Waterway. Facilities include a gym, pool, communal lounge and complimentary beach chairs and bike hire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several airlines offer one-stop services to Fort Lauderdale, including Qantas<\/a>, United<\/a> and Delta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flying out of Orlando or Miami? Consider catching Brightline<\/a>, an excellent high-speed rail service that runs between Miami and Orlando, with stops in Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The writer was a guest of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Discover Fort Lauderdale is far more than just a cruise port. Linger longer to explore its postcard beaches,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[28,249,251,250,3445,1617],"class_list":["post-364992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-florida","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-north-america","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}