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Fort Lauderdale
Miami’s calmer sibling — canals, cruise ships and serious happy hours.
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The Fort Lauderdale guide
Inside the premium guide
A preview of the real thing — a detailed premium guide, researched and checked in 2026. Click a page to enlarge.
THE COMPLETE CITY GUIDE
UNITED STATES · RESEARCHED 2026
Fort Lauderdale
Miami’s calmer sibling — canals, cruise ships and serious happy hours.
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The cover
What this guide covers
38 pages, A4 — cover to back. A phone edition comes with it.
What’s inside + how to use
The place & what a day costs
City at a glance — the best-of snapshot
What & how to eat
Where to eat — cheap & local
Mid-range & special occasion
Sweets, cafés & coffee
Vegan, veggie & gluten-free
Supermarkets & typical prices
Markets & food halls
Souvenirs & shopping
Where to stay — neighbourhoods
Budget, boutique & luxury stays
Hostels — the backpacker shortlist
Six big things to do
Top 10 experiences — book & compare
Nightlife & after dark
Best day trips
Insider tips + safety & scams
Ready-made day plans
Getting around
Arrival, tickets & transport cheat sheet
When to go + best time to visit
Cash, cards & tipping
Connectivity & insurance
Health, safety & entry
The travel toolbox
Every link, one place
Sama·Sama · Fort Lauderdale guide38 pages
Everything it covers
STRAIGHT FROM THE GUIDE
Designed cover to cover
One real entry from the Fort Lauderdale guide
The price tables further down give you the ranges. The guide gives you the places — 31 of them in Fort Lauderdale, each priced, each one tap from Google Maps.
€10–16Fish shacks & taco countersThe everyday Fort Lauderdale lunch — a fresh grilled mahi or grouper sandwich, or fish tacos, from a casual dockside or beach counter, with a cold beer and a water view. Places like the beachside grills and the fish-house takeaways do it cheap and superbly fresh.📍 Open in Google Maps →One of 31. The rest are in the guide.
Everything. Two files. One price.
This isn’t a blog post saved as a PDF — it’s a detailed, premium, 38-page A4 magazine — researched and checked in 2026, designed to be used. And every purchase comes as two files: the A4 edition for your laptop, tablet and printer, and a phone edition laid out tall and narrow so you never pinch or zoom — the same guide re-flowed into 101 phone-sized pages. Keep it on your phone or print it, open it at a street corner in Fort Lauderdale and it answers the question you’re standing there with.
38A4 pages — cover to back
101phone pages — same guide, re-flowed
246+researched prices in €
239live, verified links
114jump straight to Google Maps
59hand-picked photos
Add it up: 544+ researched details — every price checked, every venue placed, every link live. More usable information than a week of blog-tab hopping, in one beautiful file.
- Made for the phone in your pocket — as well as the A4 magazine you get a phone edition: one attraction per screen, nothing cut, every link still live. No pinching, no sideways scrolling.
- Every venue is one tap from navigation — 114 Google Maps links mean you never type an address on holiday.
- Real prices, not vibes — three honest daily budgets (€69 / €126 / €252) and prices on everything from a dorm bed to a splurge dinner.
- Zero sponsorships — nobody paid to be in this guide. If it’s in, it’s in because it’s good.
- Book everything from the page — stays open on Booking.com & Hostelworld, experiences on GetYourGuide, Trip.com & Klook, transport on official operator sites.
- Plan-it-for-me included — ready day plans, a Top 10, a best-of snapshot, and neighbourhood “best for” labels that choose your base with you.
Buy the Fort Lauderdale guide — €9.95 →Or buy Fort Lauderdale on Etsy ↗
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This page gives you the ranges. The guide gives you the places — every venue named, priced and linked.
SHOESTRING
€69/day
dorms, street plates, transit
COMFY
€126/day
private room, sit-down meals, a treat
FLASH
€252/day
nice hotel, good dinners, no maths
🧮 Trip maths
€881 total
What Fort Lauderdale costs, day to day
🛵 Getting around
Uber
Lyft
Bolt — not in the US
Broward County bus ride€1.7
Brightline train to Miami€8.7–€22
Water Taxi all-day passhalf transport, half boat tour€30–€35
Sun Trolley ride€0.4–€0.9
🛏 Stays
Per night
Hostel / motel bed€24–€35
Beach-area 3-star€104–€174
Airbnb 1-BR apartment€87–€156
Resort on the sand€217–€391
Monthly
Studio inland€1,302–€1,823
1-BR, decent area€1,562–€2,257
🛒 Groceries & daily life
Publix — the Florida institution
Aldi / Walmart — the budget pair
Sedano's — Latin grocer — great produce prices
Water 1.5 L€0.9–€1.2
Milk 1 L€0.9–€1.1
Eggs ×10€2.6–€3.3
Bread loaf€2.1–€2.8
Rice 1 kg€1.6–€2.3
Chicken breast 1 kg€6.5–€8.7
Bananas 1 kg€1–€1.4
Local beer 0.5 L (shop)€1.6–€2.3
🍜 Eating out
Diner breakfast€8.7–€13
Taco / poke lunch€10–€14
Waterfront dinner, per person€26–€43
Happy-hour oysterseach€1.3–€2.2
🎡 Things to do — with kids
Hugh Taylor Birch State Parkper car€1.7–€5.2
Museum of Discovery & Science€17–€21
The beach itselffree
🌙 Things to do — grown-ups
Water Taxi day cruisethe best city tour, disguised as transport€30–€35
Las Olas Boulevard strollfree
Everglades day trip€26–€39
Craft-brewery rowper pint€6.1–€7.8
🌤 Climate
Day °CSea °CRain
Best: Dec – Apr · Wet: May – Oct
Same sun as Miami, fewer crowds. Spring Break (March) is its own weather system — loud and pricey.
✈️ Getting there
JetBlueSpiritSouthwestAllegiantNew York€39–€104
Punta Cana€78–€165
Nassau€78–€156
FLL is the budget-airline hub of Florida — often half of MIA fares.
🏧 ATMs & money
Fees: Every machine that isn't your own bank's charges $3–5.50, and hotel/store ATMs push $6+. There's no free-for-foreigners network.
Limits: Usually $300–800 per pull depending on the bank — your card's daily cap is often the binding limit.
Best machines: ChaseBank of AmericaWells Fargo
Minimise cash entirely — the US runs on cards. If you need bills, one big withdrawal at a major bank branch ATM. Never use airport exchange counters; their rates are the worst in the country.
🩺 Health & safety
Vaccines: Routine only.
Health: Tap water fine. The health story here is financial: US care is superb and staggeringly expensive — travel insurance isn't optional, it's the trip's most important booking. Sun and rip currents: swim near lifeguard flags, always.
Tap water: ✅ Tap water is safe and free — ask for it at any restaurant. Refill stations are common.
Safety: Miami's beaches and tourist districts are heavily patrolled and busy till late. American city safety is block-by-block: stay where the people are, rideshare after midnight rather than wandering, and it's a normal big-city visit. Hurricane season Jun–Nov; Dec–Apr is the postcard window.
Emergency: 911
🌱 Vegan, veggie & gluten-free
Plant-based: Miami's Cuban counters do beans-rice-plantains vegan by accident; every US city menu marks V/VG and delivery apps filter by diet.
Gluten-free: GF is a mainstream menu category — dedicated fryers and GF buns are normal in Florida chains.
Just ask — US servers recite allergens like poetry.
🛂 Visa & entry
For most short tourist trips, citizens of the US, UK, EU/Schengen, Canada, Australia and New Zealand either enter visa-free or get a simple online authorisation (an eVisa or eTA) before flying. Typical visa-free stays run 30–90 days. Some countries want a visa arranged in advance, and a growing number ask you to fill an online arrival or eVisa form even when 'visa-free' — so always check the official portal for your exact nationality before you book.
Rules change — always verify with an official source for your nationality before you book.
💬 Traveller tips & reports
Let the Water Taxi be the tour — The all-day pass floats you past mega-yachts and mansions with a beer in hand for $40. Sit on the top deck, hop off at Las Olas for dinner.
@canal.cruiser · Apr ’26 · ▲ 74