The little beachfront city grew up with the space industry and now enjoys as its neighbor booming, immaculate Port Canaveral, one of the area’s leading entertainment destinations as well as one of its premier ports. Longtime residents will point out sites where this astronaut or that television newsman dined or drank but they also point out new luxury condominiums...
Cocoa boasts old Florida charm to the east, natural Florida charm to the west and modern Florida assets all around. It has the tree-shaded streets of Cocoa Village, with some of the finest restaurants, shops and galleries, as well as the Cocoa Village Playhouse and Riverfront Park, complete with skating rink in wintertime and symphonic concerts and fireworks on...
Home of the world’s largest surf shop (Ron Jon) and the world’s greatest surfer (Kelly Slater), condominium-lined Cocoa Beach is one of the area’s premier cities for retirees, though it does keep things interesting for people of all ages. It has two major surfing festivals (on Easter and Labor Day weekends); the Space Coast Art Festival, a Thanksgiving weekend...
Only about a mile square, Indialantic is an eclectic city with lots of history as a surfing mecca- Shagg’s and the Longboard House, both famed surf shops, are here-and as an upscale ressidential and shopping community. Its Fifth Avenue ddistrict, which ends at the beach, includes shops, galleries and bistros with more than the usual panache. View Indialantic Properties
Only about two miles square, Indian Harbour Beach boasts some of Brevard’s highest end properties, including the private enclave Lansing Island as well as luxury condominiums and beachfront homes. It also has Kiwi Tennis Club, one of the top facilities of its kind in Florida, and public parks and beaches. View Indian Harbour Beach Properties
The 38-square mile “Harbor City” is a microcosm of Brevard County, with about 76,000 residents from the rural west to the oceanfront. Home of Melbourne International Airport, it also has one of the region’s premier entertainment and shopping destinations (Historic Downtown Melbourne); an arts district (downtown Eau Gallie); and Brevard Community College’s Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing...
Affluent Melbourne Beach is historic (said to have been discovered by Ponce de Leon) and sedate, though not without iis share of activities and attractions. Its pier is listed on the national register of historic places and its bright old “Pink House” now is a much-favored bed and breakfast, Port d’Hiver. View Melbourne Beach Properties
Merritt Island has some of Brevard’s most colorful history, having been founded as a citrus growing and cattle raising community in the mid 1800′s and having become a home to thousands of aerospace workers a century later. Some of Florida’s finest citrus continues to be grown on “MI” which has an airport (Merritt Island Airport); a mall (Merritt Square);...
More than 100,000 people call remarkably diverse, 67 square-mile Palm Bay home. It has every imaginable type of housing,from long established neighborhoods to glitzy new riverfront condominiums, and all the services – shopping, dining, parks and activities – to go with them. Palm Bay Hospital is located here, as are about 30 schools, including a campus of Brevard Community...
Post St. John is one of Brevard’s major family communities, an unincorporated area west of the Indian River with about 13,000 residents. Residents enjoy the 192 acre Fay Lake Wilderness Park, which has a fishing lake; and Fay Park, which has sports fields and courts, as well as picnic areas. View Port St John Properties
