Miami

Art Deco, turquoise water and a Latin beat.

Miami pairs pastel Art Deco hotels and white-sand beaches with a vibrant Cuban and Latin American culture. Spend days by the ocean, nights in Wynwood or Little Havana, and take an airboat into the Everglades.

Best time to visit: December to April, the dry season. Language: English, Spanish. Currency: US dollar (USD).

Did you know?

Miami Beach’s Art Deco Historic District has one of the largest collections of Art Deco buildings in the world.
Miami is often called the only major US city founded by a woman, Julia Tuttle.
South Florida is the only place on earth where alligators and crocodiles live side by side.

Things to do in Miami

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (Botanic garden): The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day
Miami Seaquarium (Zoo): The Miami Seaquarium was a 38-acre oceanarium located on the island of Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida, located near downtown Miami.
Zoo Miami (Zoo): The Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, also known as Zoo Miami, is a zoological park and garden in Miami and is the largest zoo in Florida.
Bayfront Park (Park, free): Bayfront Park is a 32-acre public, urban park in the Central Business District of Downtown Miami, Florida on Biscayne Bay.
Haulover Park (Park, free): Haulover Park is a 177-acre urban park owned and operated by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation & Open Spaces Department, located in metropolitan Miami, just north of Bal Harbour, Florida.
Maurice A. Ferré Park (Park, free): Maurice A.
Jungle Island (Zoo): Jungle Island, formerly Parrot Jungle, is a relaunched eco-adventure park on Watson Island, Miami, Florida, United States.
Wolfsonian-FIU (Art museum): The Wolfsonian–Florida International University or The Wolfsonian–FIU, located in the heart of the Art Deco District of Miami Beach, Florida, is a museum, library and research center with collections intended to illustra
Half Moon (Archaeological site): The Half Moon was a racing sailboat; it sank in 1930 near Miami, Florida, United States.
The Bass Museum of Art (Art museum): The Bass Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum located in Miami Beach, Florida.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Botanic garden): Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is an 83-acre botanic garden with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees, and vines.
Cape Florida Light (Lighthouse, free): The Cape Florida Light is a lighthouse on Cape Florida at the south end of Key Biscayne in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Gesu Church (Church, free): The Gesu Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Miami, Florida.
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Science museum): The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, formerly known as the Miami Science Museum or Miami Science Museum and Space Transit Planetarium, is a science museum, planetarium, and aquarium located in Miami, Florida
MacArthur Causeway (Bridge, free): The General Douglas MacArthur Causeway is a six-lane causeway that connects Downtown Miami to South Beach via Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County.
World Erotic Art Museum Miami (Art museum): The World Erotic Art Museum is a museum, library, and education think tank for erotic art, located in the Art Deco District of Miami Beach, Florida, United States.
Lummus Park (Park, free): Lummus Park is a 74-acre public, urban park in Miami Beach, on the Atlantic Ocean.
Frost Art Museum (Art museum): The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum is an art museum located in the Modesto A.
Fowey Rocks Light (Lighthouse, free): Fowey Rocks Light is located seven miles southeast of Cape Florida on Key Biscayne.
Miami Circle (Archaeological site): The Miami Circle, also known as The Miami River Circle, Brickell Point, or The Miami Circle at Brickell Point Site, is an archaeological site in Brickell, Miami, Florida.
History Miami (Museum): Museum of Miami, formerly known as HistoryMiami Museum, is a museum located in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States.
Cuban Hebrew Congregation (Synagogue): The Cuban Hebrew Congregation, or Temple Beth Shmuel, is a Conservative synagogue used by Ashkenazi Jewish Cuban expatriates, located at 1700 North Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, in the United States.
South Pointe Park (Park, free): South Pointe Park, known locally as South Pointe, is a 17-acre county urban park in metropolitan Miami, in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida.
Miami Beach Botanical Garden (Botanic garden): The Miami Beach Botanical Garden is a 2.6 acres urban green space in Miami Beach, Florida founded in 1962.
The Kampong (Botanic garden): The Kampong is a botanical garden in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States.
Amelia Earhart Park (Park, free): Amelia Earhart Park is a 515-acre urban park in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, just north of Hialeah, Florida.
Olympia Theater (Theatre): The Olympia Theater is a theater located in Miami, Florida.
Lyric Theater (Theatre): The Lyric Theater is a historic theater in Miami, Florida at 819 Northwest Second Avenue.
Greater Bethel AME Church (Church, free): The Greater Bethel AME Church is a historic church in Miami, Florida.
American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora (Museum): The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora or The Cuban, is a Miami, Florida museum dedicated to the history and culture of those who left Cuba due to the rise of communism.
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Church, free): First Church of Christ, Scientist is located in Miami, Florida.
Beth Jacob Social Hall and Congregation (Synagogue): The Beth Jacob Social Hall and Congregation was the first synagogue in Miami Beach, Florida.
Haitian Heritage Museum (Museum): The Haitian Heritage Museum Miami is located in Miami, Florida and exhibits art, culture and heritage from Haiti.
De la Cruz Collection (Gallery): The de la Cruz Collection was an art museum at 23 NE 41st Street, Miami, Florida, owned by the Cuban-born American businessman Carlos de la Cruz and his wife Rosa.
Crandon Park (Park, free): Crandon Park is an 808-acre urban park in metropolitan Miami, occupying the northern part of Key Biscayne.
Plymouth Congregational Church (Church, free): The Plymouth Congregational Church is a historic church located at 3429 Devon Road corner of Main Highway in the Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida.
Coral Gables Congregational Church (Church, free): The Coral Gables Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church in Coral Gables, Florida, United States.
Church of the Little Flower (Church, free): The Church of the Little Flower is a Catholic church in Coral Gables, Florida founded in 1926.
Arch Creek (Park): Arch Creek was an early settlement in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in present-day metropolitan Miami.
John C. Gifford Arboretum (Botanic garden): The John C.
Pinecrest Gardens (Botanic garden): Pinecrest Gardens is a 20-acre park in Pinecrest, Florida on the corner of Southwest 111th Street and Southwest 57th Avenue.
Tamiami Park (Park, free): Tamiami Park is a public urban park in metropolitan Miami, just south of the Modesto Maidique campus of Florida International University.
Simpson Park Hammock (Park, free): Simpson Park, officially Simpson Park Hammock, is a 7.8-acre urban park and nature preserve located between Brickell and The Roads neighborhoods of Miami, Florida.
Bay of Pigs Museum (Museum): The Bay of Pigs Museum, also known as the Brigade 2506 Museum and Library, is the official museum in memory of the Bay of Pigs Invasion's Brigade 2506 in Little Havana, Miami, Florida.
Margaret Pace Park (Park, free): Margaret Pace Park is an 8-acre urban park located in the Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater district of Greater Downtown Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
E. G. Sewell Park (Park, free, hidden gem): E.
Coconut Grove Playhouse (Theatre, hidden gem): The Coconut Grove Playhouse was a theatre in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States.
Peacock Park (Park, free, hidden gem): Peacock Park is a 9.4-acre public, urban park where Indian peacocks roam in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida on the shore of Biscayne Bay.
St. Dominic Catholic Church (Church, free, hidden gem): St.
Montgomery Botanical Center (Botanic garden, hidden gem): The Montgomery Botanical Center, originally known as the Montgomery Foundation, is a nonprofit botanical garden and institution located at 11901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Florida.
Greynolds Park (Park, free, hidden gem): Greynolds Park is a 265-acre urban park in metropolitan Miami, just north of North Miami Beach, Florida, United States.
Sunshine State Arch (Monument, free, hidden gem): Sunshine State Arch is a national historic site located at the intersection between NW 13th Ave.
Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park and Campground (Park, free, hidden gem): The Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park is the largest park/campground in Miami-Dade County.
Pérez Art Museum Miami (Art museum): Pérez Art Museum Miami—officially known as the Jorge M.
North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art (Gallery): The Museum of Contemporary Art is a collecting museum located in North Miami, Florida.
Lowe Art Museum (Art museum): The Lowe Art Museum is the art museum of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
Mid-Beach (Beach, free): Mid-Beach is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida.
Temple Emanu-El (Synagogue): Synagogue in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A..
Flagler Memorial Monument (Monument, free, hidden gem): Monument in Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America.

Where to eat and drink in Miami

Joe’s Stone Crab, South Beach: A Miami institution since 1913.
Versailles, Little Havana: “The world’s most famous Cuban restaurant”.
Prime 112, South Beach: Glamorous South Beach steakhouse.
Ball & Chain, Little Havana: Salsa and Latin jazz in a 1935 club.
Mila, South Beach: MediterrAsian small plates on a rooftop with live-fire dancers.
Daniel's, Coral Gables: Called the best steakhouse in Miami right now.

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