This girls' trip is built from the films groups actually made — heavier on New Smyrna than Daytona proper, because that's where the cameras keep going for this kind of trip.

Best Things to do in New Smyrna Beach, Florida

AikenAdventures

AikenAdventures' favorite-things tour of New Smyrna Beach (2023) works both of the town's historic main streets — Canal Street, with Old Fort Park, one of Florida's most interesting city halls and the shops and galleries, and beachside Flagler Avenue — plus the Sugar Mill Ruins and a finale at Smyrna Dunes Park, 185 acres of dunes on elevated boardwalks. A family-paced checklist that still holds up as an NSB orientation.

Key takeaways
  • Canal Street historic district plus beachside Flagler Avenue
  • Old Fort Park and the Sugar Mill Ruins
  • Smyrna Dunes Park: 185 acres with boardwalk trails

Dining on Beach Street - Daytona Beach, Florida

DaytonaBeach

The Daytona Beach CVB's own short film on dining along historic Beach Street — the riverfront restaurant row across from the Halifax River in downtown Daytona Beach. At 81 seconds it is a promo, not a tour, but it is official, on-topic narration in a set where longer Beach Street films carry no usable narration, so it loads as a borderline keeper.

Key takeaways
  • Official CVB promo for Beach Street's riverfront dining
  • Short film (81s) — kept as a borderline keeper in a narration-thin set

Free Chocolate Factory in Daytona Beach | Angell & Phelps Chocolate Factory in Daytona

the altem life

The Altem Life's visit bills Angell & Phelps as a free chocolate factory stop in Daytona Beach, walking through the Beach Street shop and factory viewing areas and the cases of molded chocolates. As with the other tour-era films in this set, the visit predates a change: guided tours have since been DISCONTINUED, and the current experience is the working factory's viewing windows plus the shop.

Key takeaways
  • Free to visit — a working factory with a retail shop on Beach Street
  • Guided tours shown in older films are discontinued; viewing windows are today's route
  • Molded chocolates are a house specialty

New Smyrna, both ways

Two full NSB days lead: the favorite-things tour (Canal Street's Old Fort Park and galleries, beachside Flagler Avenue, the Sugar Mill Ruins, a Smyrna Dunes finale) and a solo traveler's atmospheric version — moss-draped ruins, a lighthouse climb, blackened fish tacos and key lime pie between stops. A third film makes the 'hidden gem' case for the same two streets. The dunes boardwalk film adds the practical layer: $10 a vehicle as filmed, accessible paths, dog wash stations, picnic decks.

Daytona's additions

Beach Street's dining row gets the CVB's official short; the chocolate factory film (old tour era — windows and shop today) covers the sweet stop; GameTime at ONE DAYTONA covers the rainy-day save — 35,000 square feet, 12 bowling lanes, 100+ games, eat-and-play combos (with the fine print the film learned: unlimited cards earn no e-tickets and can't be shared).

I'm Going Alone to New Smyrna Beach

Miles In America - Introvert Travel

Episode one of Miles In America's New Smyrna Beach road trip (2026) races the rain through five planned stops and makes it to the atmospheric ones: the Cruger-dePeyster Sugar Mill Ruins under Spanish moss, Old Fort Park, and a climb of the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse just across the inlet, with blackened fish tacos and key lime pie in between. Cheerfully unpolished, it shows how much of the NSB area a visitor can string together in a single day.

Key takeaways
  • Sugar Mill Ruins and Old Fort Park anchor the history stops
  • Ponce Inlet Lighthouse sits just across the inlet from NSB
  • Filmed June 2026, racing afternoon rain

This Florida Park Has Views Around Every Turn!

Chrissa Travels

A family tour introduces Smyrna Dunes Park as a 184-acre Volusia County park about 20 miles south of Daytona Beach, open 365 days a year at $10 per vehicle as filmed. More than 2 miles of elevated boardwalk cross several ecosystems to scenic overlooks and picnic decks; the park is wheelchair accessible and dog friendly, with dog wash stations at the entrance pavilion, and the walkway views take in the drivable beach that runs south toward Canaveral National Seashore.

Key takeaways
  • County park open 365 days a year; $10 per vehicle as filmed
  • Wheelchair accessible and dog friendly, with dog wash stations
  • Boardwalk overlooks double as picnic spots above the beach

GameTime- Over 100 Arcade Games, Bowling, and Dining at One Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida

Off Our Couch

Off Our Couch spend a rainy day inside GameTime (2024), ONE DAYTONA's 35,000-square-foot entertainment center: 12 bowling lanes, more than 100 arcade and prize games, a full restaurant and a bar that opens to the outside in good weather. They explain the eat-and-play combo packages and the fine print they learned — unlimited-play cards don't award e-tickets and can't be shared — and buy their game credits through a Groupon deal.

Key takeaways
  • GameTime spans about 35,000 sq ft with 12 bowling lanes and 100+ games
  • Food-and-play combos exist; unlimited-play cards earn no e-tickets and are single-user
  • The bar opens to the outdoors when weather allows; the family bought credits via Groupon

Shopping, silently

The closer is a 16-minute silent walk through Tanger Outlets — storefronts and courtyards at street level — for the group that shops by wandering. Two towns, one trip, no filler invented.

Sources: the 8 videos on this page, filmed in New Smyrna Beach and Daytona Beach.

Watch: Daytona Beach Girls Trip, guided

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Florida's Hidden Gem 🌴 New Smyrna Beach! 🌊 Explore Canal St and Flagler Ave

Leah Robinson

Leah Robinson explores Canal Street and Flagler Avenue in her case for New Smyrna Beach as Florida's hidden gem. (No transcript available for this video.)

Daytona Beach Florida - Tanger Outlets

Florida 4K

A silent 16-minute walk through Tanger Outlets Daytona Beach — the open-air center's storefronts, courtyards and splash pad at street level, with no narration.

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