Sightseeing around Las Olas Boulevard

Las Olas Boulevard makes the perfect base if you're planning to explore south Florida and all it has to offer. You could spend a week or two on Las Olas and never feel the need to venture anywhere else!

But if seeing the sights is part of your agenda, you couldn't be more conveniently situated to enjoy the best of south Florida. Lively Fort Lauderdale Beach is just a walk away, as is Downtown Fort Lauderdale; an area with a life and charm all of its own.

The proximity of the Florida Turnpike and I-95 means that all the finest attractions and locations are within easy reach.

The Fort Lauderdale area has a great beaches, wonderful parks and memorable attractions. Explore what Fort Lauderdale and Broward County have to offer, or visit the Broward County Cultural Information Center at the Broward County Main Library (one block directly north of the Museum of Art).

You mustn't miss the Stranahan House when you're on Las Olas - it's our own historical house!

It was built in 1902 as a trading post by Frank Stranahan (1865-1929), who established a ferry across the New River. The building also served as the town hall and post office. It became his home in 1906 when he added a second story and remodeled the existing structure for his wife, Ivy Julia (Cromartie) Stranahan (1881-1971), Fort Lauderdale's first teacher and co-founder, whom he had married in 1900. After her husband's death Ivy Stranahan kept the house, but rented out the first floor to a restaurant. After her death it was devised to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church which sold it to the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society in 1979. After being restored the house was conveyed in 1981 to Stranahan House, Inc., a non-profit corporation set up to preserve and maintain it.

Tour are every afternoon at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Well worth a visit!

Las Olas in the Community : Offers : Where to Stay : Events : Beach : Location : Join

Las Olas has always been Fort Lauderdale’s most charming thoroughfare.
Las Olas is at the forefront of everything from fashion boutiques and art galleries,
to memorable restaurants, sidewalk cafes and bars.

Running almost parallel to Fort Lauderdale’s New River on its way to the Atlantic Ocean,
Las Olas is a broad avenue divided by a wide landscaped median of flowers and towering shade trees.
Over the canal at the east end of the tree lined median, in the Colee Hammock neighborhood,
are more shops, restaurants, and stores too unique to describe… all worth exploring!
The energetically inclined can even walk down to the beach, where Las Olas meets the ocean.

A few minutes from most hotels and easily accessible by water taxi or land taxi,
Las Olas is a lively, pulsating, world class boulevard. Night or day, Las Olas is the place to be.

Special offers and events, where to stay, where to eat - your guide to Las Olas Blvd, the heart of Fort Lauderdale.
(often misspelled as Los Olas, Las Olas means 'The Waves')