Las Olas Boulevard

One block off the New River, just east of Federal Highway (Hwy 1), chic Las Olas Boulevard provides a beautifully landscaped spectacle of exclusive boutiques, restaurants, art galleries, and sidewalk cafes.

The elegance of yesteryear pervades this street, from stylish storefronts to quaint horsedrawn carriages carrying visitors on leisurely explorations.

In Spanish, Las Olas means "the waves," the name given to this road which in 1917 led to the first bridge connecting Fort Lauderdale with the ocean.

Stranahan House, on Las Olas Boulevard, is the oldest structure in Fort Lauderdale, restored to its former splendor. There, Indians once brought furs to trade with Frank Stranahan, the city's first citizen.

The Museum of Art possesses the United States' largest collection of artwork from Amsterdam, Brussels, and Copenhagen and the largest Florida collection of pre-Columbian and Native American Art.