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Boca Raton is a spectacular South Florida city with amazing shopping, dining, and entertainment. This is a Palm Beach County gem of a city that offers the best in south Florida living and lifestyle. Here are five fun and interesting thing that make Boca Raton a lavish place to live and a super place to visit.

Boca Raton Resort

The Boca Raton Resort is part of the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts by the Hilton Hotels. This exclusive South Florida resort features unparalleled luxury amenities including the Waldorf Astoria Spa, tennis facilities, golfing, a private beach, and other activities including water sports and a marina. 

Sugar Sand Park 

Sugar Sands Park of Boca Raton is a 132-acre park comprised of the Children's Science Exploratorium,…

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Enter a unique world of Japanese gardens and art without having to travel all of the way to Japan. Nestled in Northern Boca Raton is the Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden.

Morikami has a rich history dating back to over a century. In 1904, Jo Sakai, a young graduate of New York University, returned to his homeland of Miyazu, Japan, to organize a group of pioneering farmers and return to what is now northern Boca Raton to start a garden. With the help of the Model Land Company, a subsidiary of Henry Flagler’s East Coast Railroad, they formed a farming colony they named Yamato, an ancient name for Japan. Their crops and gardens were intended to revolutionize Floridian agriculture, but after a series of events the Japanese families eventually returned home.…

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