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American Icon Brewery

American Icon Brewery

Distance: 4.1 mi

This cool industrial taproom serves up hearty pub food, local brews, and live music most nights of the week. ©americaniconbrewery.com

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American Icon Brewery

American Icon Brewery

Distance: 4.1 mi

This cool industrial taproom serves up hearty pub food, local brews, and live music most nights of the week. ©americaniconbrewery.com

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Big Shots Golf

Big Shots Golf

Distance: 3.9 mi

It’s more than just a driving range. There are four different interactive games where you can play against each other or as a team against other boxes. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Big Shots Golf

Big Shots Golf

Distance: 3.9 mi

It’s more than just a driving range. There are four different interactive games where you can play against each other or as a team against other boxes. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Casey's Place

Casey`s Place

Distance: 0.1 mi

Nothing – from the menu, to the counter where you order, to the picnic tables – has changed at this burger joint since it opened in 1981, which is why it’s a Vero Beach institution. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Casey's Place

Casey`s Place

Distance: 0.1 mi

Nothing – from the menu, to the counter where you order, to the picnic tables – has changed at this burger joint since it opened in 1981, which is why it’s a Vero Beach institution. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Countryside Citrus

Countryside Citrus

Distance: 0.1 mi

A trip to the Sunshine State wouldn't be complete without a taste of the legendary Indian River citrus. Visit one of two retail locations for their signature orange soft-serve, and be sure to send a care package to those shivering their way through winter back home. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Countryside Citrus

Countryside Citrus

Distance: 0.1 mi

A trip to the Sunshine State wouldn't be complete without a taste of the legendary Indian River citrus. Visit one of two retail locations for their signature orange soft-serve, and be sure to send a care package to those shivering their way through winter back home. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Grind + Grape

Grind + Grape

Distance: 0.1 mi

Too late for coffee? Too early for wine? Not at this bar, which serves both vino and espresso all day (along with breakfast pastries, small bites, and 25 different bottled beers). ©grindandgrape.com

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Grind + Grape

Grind + Grape

Distance: 0.1 mi

Too late for coffee? Too early for wine? Not at this bar, which serves both vino and espresso all day (along with breakfast pastries, small bites, and 25 different bottled beers). ©grindandgrape.com

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McKee Botanical Gardens

McKee Botanical Gardens

Distance: 6.7 mi

Drawing ample guests since the 1940s, this hidden gem feels like a slice right out of the Amazon with wildly twisting trees, maze-like paths, and 10,000 native and tropical plants to discover during your visit. ©mckeegarden.com

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McKee Botanical Gardens

McKee Botanical Gardens

Distance: 6.7 mi

Drawing ample guests since the 1940s, this hidden gem feels like a slice right out of the Amazon with wildly twisting trees, maze-like paths, and 10,000 native and tropical plants to discover during your visit. ©mckeegarden.com

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Ocean Drive Shopping

Ocean Drive Shopping

Distance: 0 mi

This trendy beachfront neighborhood is the place to see and be seen, with restaurants, nightclubs, retail shopping, and hotels. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Ocean Drive Shopping

Ocean Drive Shopping

Distance: 0 mi

This trendy beachfront neighborhood is the place to see and be seen, with restaurants, nightclubs, retail shopping, and hotels. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Orchid Island Brewery

Orchid Island Brewery

Distance: 0.2 mi

The modest microbrewery is filled with love, history, and some locally sourced citrus-infused brews that are breaking the mold. ©Orchid Island Brewery

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Orchid Island Brewery

Orchid Island Brewery

Distance: 0.2 mi

The modest microbrewery is filled with love, history, and some locally sourced citrus-infused brews that are breaking the mold. ©Orchid Island Brewery

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Riverside Theatre (and Park)

Riverside Theatre (and Park)

Distance: 0.8 mi

Florida's largest professional theater offers up musical favorites such as Evita and My Fair Lady, comedy shows, and a popular speaker's series featuring the likes of Salman Rushdie, Condoleezza Rice, and Robin Wright. ©riversidetheatre.com

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Riverside Theatre (and Park)

Riverside Theatre (and Park)

Distance: 0.8 mi

Florida's largest professional theater offers up musical favorites such as Evita and My Fair Lady, comedy shows, and a popular speaker's series featuring the likes of Salman Rushdie, Condoleezza Rice, and Robin Wright. ©riversidetheatre.com

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Round Island Park

Round Island Park

Distance: 1.2 mi

This waterside park boasts boating, a playground, observation tower, and two boardwalks. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Round Island Park

Round Island Park

Distance: 1.2 mi

This waterside park boasts boating, a playground, observation tower, and two boardwalks. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Sebastian Inlet State Park

Sebastian Inlet State Park

Distance: 15.6 mi

This park is also known as a surfer’s paradise thanks to the “First Peak” and “Monster Hole.” ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Sebastian Inlet State Park

Sebastian Inlet State Park

Distance: 15.6 mi

This park is also known as a surfer’s paradise thanks to the “First Peak” and “Monster Hole.” ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Treasure Coast Seaplanes

Treasure Coast Seaplanes

Distance: 5.6 mi

A private tour high above the mangroves, beaches, and islands of Florida is waiting for you here. ©Treasure Coast Seaplanes

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Treasure Coast Seaplanes

Treasure Coast Seaplanes

Distance: 5.6 mi

A private tour high above the mangroves, beaches, and islands of Florida is waiting for you here. ©Treasure Coast Seaplanes

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Vero Beach Dog Park

Vero Beach Dog Park

Distance: 1 mi

This five-acre off-leash green space along the Indian River Lagoon is maintained by community volunteers and claims it is just as much for people as it is for dogs. Bring Fido and see for yourself. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Vero Beach Dog Park

Vero Beach Dog Park

Distance: 1 mi

This five-acre off-leash green space along the Indian River Lagoon is maintained by community volunteers and claims it is just as much for people as it is for dogs. Bring Fido and see for yourself. ©No Credit/Shutterstock.com

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Vero Beach Museum of Art

Vero Beach Museum of Art

Distance: 0.9 mi

Nestled in Riverside Park on the banks of the Indian River, the VBMA is home to 2-D and 3-D works, as well as a sculpture garden, museum store, and a cafe. Docent-led tours are held daily at 2 p.m. and are free with museum admission. ©Ebyabe

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Vero Beach Museum of Art

Vero Beach Museum of Art

Distance: 0.9 mi

Nestled in Riverside Park on the banks of the Indian River, the VBMA is home to 2-D and 3-D works, as well as a sculpture garden, museum store, and a cafe. Docent-led tours are held daily at 2 p.m. and are free with museum admission. ©Ebyabe

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Walking Tree Brewery

Walking Tree Brewery

Distance: 5.7 mi

Creativity meets science at this expansive taproom. Come for the beer, stay for the Sunday morning Yoga or the monthly vintage VW meet-up. ©verovine.com

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Walking Tree Brewery

Walking Tree Brewery

Distance: 5.7 mi

Creativity meets science at this expansive taproom. Come for the beer, stay for the Sunday morning Yoga or the monthly vintage VW meet-up. ©verovine.com

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Costa d'Este Wanderguide

Your top-rated places to explore in Vero Beach, FL

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Flavor of

The best food artisans, farms, and local markets. 

Countryside Citrus Beach Store 

Countryside Citrus Beach Store

The family that owns this Ocean Drive farm store has been growing citrus in Indian River County since the late 1880s. The quaint shop sells everything from honeybells and mandarins to grapefruit and red navels by the bag or the bushel, as well as homemade citrus-based ice cream and slushies. 

Casey's Place

Casey’s Place

This classic burger joint with a retro-style takeout window has been a Vero Beach institution since 1981. The open-air community tables make each visit a chance to get to know a local over a char-broiled cheeseburger or a side order of chili cheese fries that are a meal in itself.

Walking Tree Brewery

Walking Tree Brewery

Built under the roof of a 1945 aviation supply warehouse, Walking Tree Brewery is located less than 4 miles from the resort. Enjoy weekly special events, along with an array of food trucks and award winning craft beer.

Chelsea’s Gourmet

Chelsea’s Gourmet

As one of the first gourmet markets in town, Chelsea's Gormet has been doing food as an art for years. Everyone is a regular at this neighborhood market with a touch of fine dining. Located just two blocks from the resort, you will enjoy the freshest breakfast or lunch in town.

The Adventurist

When simply “seeing” a destination just won’t do.

 

 

Feature Adventure: Take a Dive

No scuba lessons needed to dive  The Breconshire wreck – just basic snorkel gear and a sense of adventure. Located 400 yards from Vero Beach in 10 to 15 feet deep water (sometimes, you can even see the boat’s bow in low tide), the British steamship that sunk in 1894 after striking a reef is the area’s most accessible dive. And with much of the algae-lined structure intact, it serves as a hidden city of angelfish, eels, rays, spiny lobsters, and nurse sharks. Costa d’Este provides snorkel gear, fins, and a kayak during their Saturday 11 a.m. tours to the wreck.

PADDLES BY THE SEA

KAYAKING INDIAN RIVER LAGOON | PADDLES BY THE SEA

Enjoy the Indian River Lagoon by paddle board or kayak with a guided tour. Certified instructors will show you the wonders of the water way we loving refer to as The River. The trip starts at the dock in the marina with a quick lesson and review of the “float plan”, then off to find dolphin, manatee and otter. 

SURFING SEBASTIAN INLET | SEBASTIAN INLET SURF SHOP

Sandy-bottomed jetty with several consistent breaks; find the biggest waves at First Peak, less-intense and less-crowded breaks to the north. Need a board? Sebastian Inlet Surf and Sport has you covered with killer deals on soft tops, longboards, and stand-up paddleboards. They also offer a two-day surf experience to jump-start your path to surfing stardom.

AIRBOAT TOURS | GATOR BAIT AIRBOAT ADVENTURE TOURS

See live alligators on Gator Bait Airboat Adventure's one-hour tours aboard a 24-foot-long airboat. These boats travel through the Blue Cypress Conservation Area marsh, home to alligators and swamp waterfowl. They guarantee you'll see a gator, and if you're lucky, you'll get to meet one of the local monsters, Big Bubba, King Kong or Wally Gator.

Like a Local

Quirky, under-the-radar highlights only a local could recommend. 

Treasure Coast Wine & Ale Trail

This self-guided tour encourages visitors to taste the best of the Treasure Coast. Follow the map to eight breweries and a winery, sampling as you go. At each location, you receive a “gold doubloon” sticker stamp for your trail map. Collect all nine stickers and turn into the bartender at your final location to receive a prize, typically a commemorative pint glass.

Grind + Grape

This ocean-side coffee, dessert, and wine bar satisfies from sun up to sun down. In the morning, expect French-pressed coffees, espressos, and lattes, along with breakfast pastries; come evening, it serves small bites, flatbreads, cheese, and charcuterie, plus 100 varieties of wines and champagnes, 25 different bottled beer, and six drafts. Live music is also offered on their patio every night of the week.

BigShots Golf

Golf just got a lot more exciting! Situated on 10 acres, BigShots Golf, located less than three miles from the resort in Vero Beach, is a two-story golf recreation and entertainment experience offering a full-service restaurant, 2 sports bars, event space and 30 climate-controlled tee boxes. Hit some balls, relax, and enjoy our chef crafted menu, creative cocktails and fun-filled atmosphere. 

Farmer's Market Oceanside

Look no further than this Saturday market at Humiston Park for nearly any and everything you would need as a local or vacationer. Offering produce, baked good, fresh fish and beef, orchids and air plants, locally grown kombucha, coffee, treats (for humans and dogs alike), and live music, it’s a great way to spend the morning before you spend your afternoon lounging beachside at Costa d'Este.

The Weekender

How to spend 36 hours in Vero Beach, with Costa d’Este as your base camp. 

Friday

7:30 p.m. | Laugh out Loud at Riverside Theater

An evening out doesn’t get any livelier than the Comedy Zone at the area’s only professional theater. Just a five-minute drive east of Costa d’Este, the night of laughs comes complete with dinner and drinks. Come early to experience the live music outdoors and to take advantage of the full lineup of comedians.  

Saturday

6 a.m. | Sunrise Adventure

Every Saturday, the hotel offers a special paddleboard or kayak excursion for guests who are able to make it out of bed and to the front desk before sunrise. As you paddle around the shoreline, you might be lucky enough to spot turtles crawling back to the ocean or dolphins catching their morning meal. The experience ends with breakfast on the beach.

 

11 a.m. | Stroll McKee Botanical Garden

Sadly, only 18 acres of what used to be an 80-acre tropical jungle garden in the 1940s remains in this hidden Vero Beach gem. Still, it feels like a little slice right out of the Amazon: wildly twisting trees with elaborate root systems stand guard among the paths, accented with little ponds, and 10,000 native and tropical plants.

3 p.m. | Shop Ocean Drive & Dinner

The stretch of Ocean Drive from Humiston Park north to where it intersects with Banyan Road has some great boutique shopping (and within easy walking distance of Costa d’Este), including Simon Pearce pottery at Veranda and Lily Pulitzer in The Lazy Daisy on Azalea Lane. Most of the stores close down by 5 p.m., so explore for a couple hours and then grab dinner on your way back at Ocean Grill, a historic 1941 wooden building perched precariously over the Atlantic.

 

9 p.m. | Drinks around the Fire

If you haven’t taken advantage of your complimentary “check in” mojito at Costa d’Este’s Cabana bar, now’s the time. Enjoy it at the bar’s new patio-based fire pit, surrounded by lounge chairs beside the beach. 

Sunday

11 a.m. | Brunch at Costa d’Este’s The Wave Kitchen & Bar

The creative Cuban flair that makes this chic restaurant’s dinner menu so popular is also found at brunch. Try the paella de pollo, dulce de leche–stuffed French toast, or empanada de pollo. Bottomless bloody Marys made from a homemade tomato juice mix come garnished with a pickled shrimp.

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