Best Places to Visit if You’re in Port Saint Lucie

Next time if someone ask you 'Why Port Saint Lucie,' just show them your vacation pictures, and we believe those pictures would be ample to seal their lips. Indeed, the place is so majestic that it is said to be a place just a right fit for all your sensory organs. Take a round around the city, and get amazed by an incredible array of sights-of-interest. Believe us, you are going to experience something of this sort for the first time in your life. This feeling can't be expressed in words, but all we can say that if you are seeking something one-of-its-kind, then this is the place you have been looking for. If you have always dreamt of opening your eyes next morning in the land as beautiful as your imagination, then why haven't you planned your vacations yet. The name is quite clear in your head. Book your tickets right away and begin your journey for Port Saint Lucie.

Paleo Hammock Preserve

Paleo Hammock Preserve is sprawling across 120-acre of land and boasting and preserving splendid collection of hammock holding archaeological significance. Its ancient forest of palms, elms, and oaks are something to lose your heart for. By visiting Paleo Hammock Preserve, you can also get lucky catching the sight of myriads of wildlife species, namely, deer, ibis, turkey, barred owl, heron, cardinal, catbird, mockingbird, and flycatcher. Cabbage Palm, Live Oak, Wild Lime, Firebush, Devil’s Claw, Water Hickory, Strangler Fig, American Elm, Tropical Sage, and Sour/Seville Orange are several species of plants dotted across this archaeological preserve.

Address: 8551 Carlton Rd, Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34987, United States
Phone: 772.462.2526
Website: www.stlucieco.gov/departments-services/

Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens

You will be amazed to know that Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens is famed as one of the two botanical gardens nestled in Saint Lucie County. Sprawling across 20 acres of land, Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens is dotted with a 2-acre lake with a fountain, a pavilion, paved  paths, lush gardens, a gift shop, a 4100 square feet nature center, a 2000 square feet maintenance building, 1.7 miles long sidewalks, benches, an amphitheater, spaces for weddings, receptions, meetings, and myriads of other private events. To take visitors' convenience into account, the Gardens is also marked with on-site parking. This environment-friendly and naturally-diverse setting is sincerely engaged into providing its visitors with educational, recreational, and cultural experience as well as opportunities.

Address: 2410 Southeast Westmoreland Boulevard, Port St Lucie, FL 34952, United States
Phone: 1 772.337.1959
Website: www.pslbotanicalgardens.org/index.html
Operation Hours: Wednesday to Saturday (10:00 am-4:00 pm); Sunday (12:00 pm-4:00 pm); remains closed on Monday and Tuesday

Savannas Preserve State Park

Savannas Preserve State Park is famed as the largest and intact vestige of Florida's east coast savannas. Savannas Preserve State Park is dotted with Environmental Education Center which allows it's visitors to explore and educate themselves about the value of our distinct and endangered natural system. After this educational trip, you can take your feet to its picnic spots where you can spend a quality time with your friends and family in the lap of serenity. Catch a never-ending sweet conversation while grabbing a bite to your favorite snacks. When you have had enough of tranquility absorbed, then you can try your hand on kayaking, horseback riding, canoeing, hiking, bicycling, and fishing. This place is an ideal spot for photographers & wildlife buffs due to its diverse habitats.

Address: 2541 Walton Road, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952, United States
Phone: 772.398.2779
Website: www.floridastateparks.org/park/Savannas

PGA Golf Club at PGA Village  

If you fell head over heels for magnificent PGA Golf Club, then a share of your love must also go to Tom Fazio, Jim Fazio, and Pete Dye, the world-renowned legends who designed this jaw-dropping golf club. PGA Golf Club boasts of four championship golf courses, namely St. Lucie Trail Golf Club Course, Wanamaker Course, Dye Course, and Ryder Course comprise 72 holes. If you are still an amateur in playing golf, but you can't resist your passion for it, then you must step into it's 6-hole Family Short Course which is believed to be a great spot for passionate beginners. It has also introduced a full-fledged program, i.e., Golf Learning and Performance to flourish the innate golf skills of people and to provide a platform for those who have already passed through their initial levels of golf and ready to embark on the next one.

Address: 1916 Perfect Drive, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34986, United States
Phone: 1 800.800.4653
Website: www.pgavillage.com

Oxbow Eco-Center  

Sprawling across 225 acre of land, this environmental learning center educates its visitors on the insights of forest and river through its educational programs. If you are a big time nature buff, then this place can bring a lot for you. Every lot of visitors here is guided by a naturalist who inculcate every intricate and vital details about the nature and it's extraordinaire dotted across it's gardens and wild sanctuary. The Oxbow Eco-Center is also marked with a Discovery Room and an Exhibit Hall where you can experience a natural setting and get indulged into bird singing, catching glimpse of native reptiles & artifacts of nature. Take a stroll around St. Lucie River and enjoying the splendid sight of various species of fish, turtles, crustaceans, and Florida plants and animals. The most worthy point to mention here is that Oxbow Eco-Center was constructed on the basis of green building technologies.
   
Address: 5400 Northeast St James Drive, Port St Lucie, FL 34983, United States
Phone: 1 772.785.5833
Website: www.stlucieco.gov/
Operation Hours: Tuesday-Friday (12:00 pm-5:00 pm); Saturday (10:00 am-5:00 pm); remains closed on Sundays and Mondays

The Landing at Tradition  

If you are a real fashionista, then you are sure to like Port Saint Lucie for it's shopping venues. The shopping malls nestled in Port Saint Lucie are believed to be hub of high-brow fashion lovers, and one such thriving mall is The Landing at Tradition. It's high-end stores boasts of splendid collection of A-list designers and upcoming talents in this fashion industry. It's stores are packed plenitude of dazzling and glitzy stuff that can indeed make your heads turn whenever you pass by. By and large, shopping at The Landing at Tradition keeps your fashion & style quotient high. Either people will follow you or they will become envious of your new-age style statement. bagel Brothers, AT&T, Dos Amigos, Babies R Us, Catherines, Great Clips, Publix, Dress Barn, GameStop, Justice, and many more jet-set stores are worth your every single penny.

Address: 10824 Village Parkway Drive, Port St Lucie, FL 34987, United States
Phone: 1 724.772.1877
Website: www.shopattraditions.com

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