Must-see attractions in Miami

  • Dale Chihuly Exhibition at Fairchild Tropical Garden ;

    Fairchild Tropical Garden

    Miami

    If you need to escape Miami’s constant motion, consider a green day in one of the country’s largest tropical botanical gardens. A butterfly grove,…

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    Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

    Key Biscayne

    If you don’t make it to the Florida Keys, come to this park for a taste of their unique island ecosystems. The 494-acre space is a tangled clot of…

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    Biltmore Hotel

    Miami

    In the most opulent neighborhood of one of the showiest cities in the world, the Biltmore is the greatest of the grand hotels of the American Jazz Age. If…

  • Fountain at Bayfront Park in the downtown area of Miami, FL with Biscayne Bay in the distance.

    Bayfront Park

    Downtown Miami

    Few American parks can claim to front such a lovely stretch of turquoise as Biscayne Bay, but Miamians are lucky like that. Noted artist and landscape…

  • Domino players in Maximo Gomez Park, Little Havana, Miami, Florida, USA

    Máximo Gómez Park

    Little Havana

    Just five minutes from Memorial Boulevard Park, which honors a number of Cuban heroes, Máximo Gómez is the big beating heart of Miami's Little Havana…

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    Vizcaya Museum & Gardens

    Miami

    If you want to see something that is 'very Miami', this is it – lush, big, over the top, a patchwork of all that a rich US businessman might want to show…

  • HistoryMiami

    Downtown Miami

    South Florida – a land of escaped slaves, guerrilla Native Americans, gangsters, land grabbers, pirates, tourists, drug dealers and alligators – has a…

  • Pérez Art Museum Miami

    Downtown Miami

    One of Miami's most impressive spaces, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron, integrates tropical foliage, glass, concrete and wood – a melding…

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    Wolfsonian-FIU

    South Beach

    Visit this excellent design museum early in your stay to put the aesthetics of Miami Beach into context. It’s one thing to see how wealth, leisure and the…

  • Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

    Wynwood & the Design District

    Encompassing 45,000 sq ft, this vast not-for-profit exhibition space houses one of the best art collections in Wynwood – Martin Margulies' awe-inspiring…

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Miami Beach, USA - January 22, 2015: People running and walking on Miami Beach Boardwalk

    Miami Beach Boardwalk

    Miami

    Ahhh the Miami Beach Boardwalk! Stretching seven miles from South Point to Surfside, the parade of humanity you'll encounter on any given day will take your…

  • The Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach.

    Holocaust Memorial

    South Beach

    Even for a Holocaust piece, this memorial is particularly powerful. With over 100 sculptures, its centerpiece is the Sculpture of Love and Anguish, an…

  • Miami, FL, USA - April 19, 2019: The Art Deco Museum on Ocean Drive at the historical Art Deco District of Miami South Beach in Miami, Fl, United States of America.
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    Art Deco Museum

    South Beach

    This small museum is one of the best places in town for an enlightening overview of the art deco district. Through videos, photography, models and other…

  • MIAMI BEACH - FLORIDA - USA, OCTOBER 30: the New World Center which opened in 2011 and was designed by architect Frank Gehry and acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota on october 30 2012 in Miami beach, Florida.
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    New World Center

    South Beach

    Designed by Frank Gehry, this performance hall rises majestically out of a manicured lawn just above Lincoln Rd. Not unlike the ethereal power of the…

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    South Beach

    South Beach

    When most people think of Miami Beach, they're envisioning South Beach (SoBe). This area is rife with clubs, bars, restaurants, models and a distinctive…

  • Art Deco Historic District

    South Beach

    The world-famous art-deco district of Miami Beach is pure exuberance: an architecture of bold lines, whimsical tropical motifs and a color palette that…

  • Miami Florida USA - April 11 2018:  People Enjoying the Trellis Landscape of Soundscape Park Miami
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    SoundScape Park

    South Beach

    Outside of the New World Center, this park is one of the best places for open-air screenings in Miami Beach. During some New World Symphony performances,…

  • Coral Gables, Florida - February 24, 2010: The Kampong, winter residence of the famed horticulturalist Dr. David Fairchild
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    Kampong

    Miami

    David Fairchild, the Indiana Jones of the botanical world and founder of Fairchild Tropical Garden, would rest at the Kampong (Malay/Indonesian for …

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    Wynwood Walls

    Wynwood & the Design District

    In the midst of rusted warehouses and concrete blah, there's a pastel-and-graffiti explosion of urban art. Wynwood Walls is a collection of murals and…

  • Miami, Florida, USA - December 15, 2018: Institute of Contemporary Art in the Design District at 61 NE 41st Street
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    Institute of Contemporary Art

    Wynwood & the Design District

    An excellent contemporary arts museum, the ICA sits in the midst of the Design District, and hosts a fantastic range of contemporary exhibitions alongside…

  • Miami, United States of America - November 30, 2019: Cardozo Hotel at Ocean drive in Miami Beach, Florida. Art Deco architecture in South Beach is one of the main tourist attractions in Miami.
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    Cardozo Hotel

    South Beach

    The Cardozo and its neighbor, the Carlyle, were the first deco hotels saved by the Miami Design Preservation League, and in the case of the Cardozo, we…

  • MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 08:  A general view of atmosphere at the Art Miami after party at the Bakehouse Art Complex on December 8, 2012 in Miami, Florida.  (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Art Miami)
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    Bakehouse Art Complex

    Wynwood & the Design District

    One of the pivotal art destinations in Wynwood, the Bakehouse has been an arts incubator since well before the creation of the Wynwood Walls. Today this…

  • Virginia Key Beach North Point Park

    Key Biscayne

    This lovely green space has several small but pleasing beaches, and some short nature trails. Pretty waterfront views aside, there are two big reasons to…

  • De La Cruz Collection

    Wynwood & the Design District

    Housing one of Miami's finest private collections, this 30,000-sq-ft gallery has a treasure trove of contemporary works scattered across three floors,…

  • Void Projects

    Downtown Miami

    If you'd like to meet local artists and see how life is lived on a smaller, more modest scale in Miami's creative pockets, visit this arts collective –…

  • Ancient Spanish Monastery - Miami, Florida

    Ancient Spanish Monastery

    Miami

    Finding a fully intact medieval monastery in North Miami Beach is yet another reason why the moniker 'Magic City' seems so fitting. Constructed in 1141 in…

  • Miami Beach, FL, Bass Museum

    The Bass

    South Beach

    The best art museum in Miami Beach has a playfully futuristic facade, a crisp interplay of lines and a bright, white-walled space – like an Orthodox…

  • Beach entrance at Oleta River State Park in North Miami Beach, FL
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    Oleta River State Park

    Miami

    Tequesta people were boating the Oleta River estuary as early as 500 BC, so you’re following a long tradition if you canoe or kayak in this park. At…

  • Downtown Miami along the Miami River inlet with Brickell Key in the background and yacht cruising by.
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    Miami River

    Downtown Miami

    For a taste of old Florida, take a stroll along the Miami River. A shoreline promenade leads past a mix of glittering high-rise condos and battered…

  • PINECREST, FLORIDA, USA: Water lily garden at Pinecrest Gardens a lush exotic botanical garden as seen on May 23, 2021.

    Pinecrest Gardens

    Miami

    When Parrot Jungle – now Jungle Island – flew the coop for the big city, the village of Pinecrest purchased the property in order to keep it as a…

  • MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA USA  - APRIL 21, 2013: The historic Fontainebleau Hotel by architect Morris Lapidus on Miami Beach is a popular international tourist destination.
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    Fontainebleau

    Miami

    As you proceed north on Collins, the condos and apartment buildings grow in grandeur and embellishment until you enter an area nicknamed Millionaire’s Row…

  • Miami river walk under a shining sun. Southern Florida, USA
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    Miami Riverwalk

    Downtown Miami

    This pedestrian walkway follows along the northern edge of the river as it bisects Downtown, and offers some peaceful vantage points of bridges and…

  • Stone House in Deering estates at south Miami

    Deering Estate at Cutler

    Miami

    The Deering estate is sort of ‘Vizcaya lite,’ which makes sense as it was built by Charles, brother of James Deering (of Vizcaya mansion fame). The 150…

  • Architectural details of the City Hall of Coral Gables, Florida, USA

    Coral Gables City Hall

    Miami

    This grand building has housed boring city-commission meetings since it opened in 1928. It’s impressive from any angle, certainly befitting its importance…

  • Monkey jungle at Miami dade county

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    Monkey Jungle

    Miami

    Step into the cage while monkeys run around, wild and free! Indeed, you’ll be walking through screened-in trails, with primates swinging, screeching and…

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    Zoo Miami

    Miami

    Miami's tropical weather makes strolling around the Metrozoo almost feel like a day in the wild. Look for Asian and African elephants, rare and regal…

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    Crandon Park

    Key Biscayne

    This 1200-acre park boasts Crandon Park Beach, a glorious stretch of sand that spreads for 2 miles. Much of the park consists of a dense coastal hammock …

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    Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

    Miami

    The Museum of Contemporary Art has long been a reason to hike up to North Miami – its galleries feature excellent rotating exhibitions of contemporary art…

  • EB94BY Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, Florida, USA

    Gold Coast Railroad Museum

    Miami

    Primarily of interest to train buffs, this museum displays more than 30 antique railway cars, including the Ferdinand Magellan presidential car, where…

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