Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Village Outfitters OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT
(
321-633-7245; www.villageoutfitters.com ; 229 Forrest Ave, Cocoa Village;
10am-5pm Mon-Fri,
8.30am-4pm Sat)
Outdoor and camping gear, as well as kayak rental.
Information
Go to www.cocoabeach.com for events, accommodations and more.
Space Coast Office of Tourism TOURIST INFORMATION
(
321-433-4470; www.visitspacecoast.com ; 430 Brevard Ave, Cocoa Village;
9am-5pm Mon-Sat)
Inside the Bank of America, one block south of the Village Playhouse.
Getting There & Away
Three causeways - Hwy 528, Hwy 520 and Hwy 404 - cross Indian River, Merritt Island
and Banana River to connect Cocoa Beach to the mainland. At Ron Jon's, Hwy 528 (also
Minutemen Causeway) cuts south and becomes Hwy AIA (also Atlantic Ave), a
north-south strip with chain hotels and restaurants, tourist shops and condos. Hwy A1A
divides into two one-ways (southbound Orlando Ave and northbound Atlantic Ave) for a
couple miles, reconnects and continues south along the barrier-island coast 53 miles to
Vero Beach and beyond.
Melbourne & Indialantic
South of Cocoa Beach, Hwy A1A stretches along the barrier island 53 miles to Vero
Beach, passing plenty of well-signed access to Atlantic beaches, state parks, small pockets
of condos and long stretches of emptiness.
Indialantic, a blink-and-you-miss-it beach town 16 miles south of Cocoa Beach, isn't ex-
pansive, but it sure feels homey. You'll find a pizza place and a handful of other busi-
nesses, and the same surf and white sand, but it's worlds away from the Cocoa Beach rattle
and hum.
On the mainland a few minutes west of Indialantic (look for signs on A1A), historic
Melbourne offers a small-town feel with several good restaurants, coffee shops and bars.
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