Riviera Beach, FL Road Trips

Sailfish Marina Resort, ☏ +1 561-844-1724. 7AM-9PM. Base for sightseeing tours. $10-$30.

Riviera Beach Marina Village aims to transform the city into a tourist destination on par with neighboring Jupiter, Delray Beach, and Boca Raton and serves as a hub for watersports and boating tours in the city. Several retailers located within the marina offer a comparable menu of rentals, charters, private tours (from parasailing to snorkeling to sunset cruises), and lessons. Expect a stand-up paddleboard rental to set you back $30/hour, a kayak $50 for 2 hours, snorkeling gear $30 for 2 hours and other craft like jet skis and small powerboats $100-200+. Tour and lesson prices vary by what's being offered, length, and time of day, but anything from $40 to $200 per person is typical. The marina also offers a small park with splash bad, a restaurant, and a short beach. Adventure Water Sports, Kiosk 1, ☏ +1 772-333-7723. (updated Mar 2021) 1 Get Wet Watersports, Kiosk 2, ☏ +1 561-243-8938. (updated Mar 2021) Nautical Ventures, Kiosk 3, ☏ +1 561-612-7076. (updated Mar 2021) Paddle Boarding Palm Beach, ☏ +1 561-313-6011. (updated Mar 2021) Blue Water Boat & Waverunner Rentals, Kiosk 4, ☏ +1 561-840-7470. (updated Mar 2021) 2 Peanut Island (east of the Marina Village and Port of Palm Beach in the middle of Lake Worth Lagoon), ☏ +1 561-777-0438. Water taxis every 25 minutes, 10AM-5PM (last boat to the island 3:30PM). The county-run Peanut Island Park is an extremely popular destination for day trips.

1 Rafiki Tiki Bar & Grill, 190 E 13th St (within the Marina Village on the east side of the Event Center), ☏ +1 561-812-2240. 11AM-10PM daily. Located within Marina Village (see #Do above), this outdoor patio restaurant bills itself its cuisine as "Floribbean" - think lots of seafood alongside burgers, wings, sandwiches, and some Mediterranean and Latin specialties. Also offers tropical beverages and sometimes music. Main courses 15-20 USD. (updated Mar 2021)

1 Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront Resort, 3700 North Ocean Drive, Singer Island, ☏ +1 561-848-3888. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 11AM. Many different size rooms from standard doubles to junior king suites. Rooms include a walk out balcony, mini bar, work desk and a flat screen t.v. and the suites have a full ocean view. $118-240. 2 Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach, 3800 North Ocean Dr, ☏ +1 561 340-1700. (updated Aug 2021)

Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA IATA), located in neighboring West Palm Beach, is a small airport serving most major cities in the Eastern and Midwest United States, along with a handful of international destinations in the Caribbean. From the airport, Riviera Beach's Blue Heron Boulevard exit is about 12 miles north on I-95. Riviera Beach is also accessible from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL IATA), which serves a greater variety of domestic and international destinations. Further afield, Miami International Airport (MIA IATA) has flights to most American cities along with Europe and the Middle East. Intercity passenger rail service is pretty non-existent in Riviera Beach proper, but Amtrak has a station in neighboring West Palm Beach served by the Silver Star, Silver Meteor, and Palmetto lines connecting to elsewhere in Florida and other cities on the Eastern Seaboard. West Palm Beach is also served by the new Brightline, which offers higher-speed connections to Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and by 2022, Orlando. Both stations are located in downtown West Palm Beach, which can be reached via I-95. The regional Tri-Rail commuter line connects destinations in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties, including the Fort Lauderdale and Miami airports. The closest station to Riviera Beach is located in the community of Mangonia Park, just north of West Palm Beach. The station can be accessed from most of the city via US-1 or President Barack Obama Highway, east of I-95, or by PalmTran bus.