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Miami

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Exotic, glamorous, colorful, and cosmopolitan: Miami is everything the movies make it out to be. The city took on its multicultural character with the early migrations of New York Jews and Bahamians. Since then, an influx of people of other nationalities, including Cubans, Haitians, Brazilians, and Jamaicans, has influenced Miami’s food, arts, and culture. Families will enjoy the city’s carnival-like atmosphere.

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Left Classic vintage Cadillac parked outside a hotel in the historic Art Deco District, South Beach Right Brightly plumaged macaws in Jungle Island

Highlights

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Miami’s best-known and most-eccentric landmark, this fantasy palace and its gardens offer a fun, imaginative day out (see Vizcaya Museum and Gardens).

South Beach

Admire this neighborhood, Miami’s most-filmed district, with dazzling Art Deco buildings. Kids love it for its great beach (see South Beach).

Coral Gables

Built out of locally quarried rock in the 1920s, the “City Beautiful” boasts elegant architecture, and offers family-friendly museums and parks (see Coral Gables).

Coconut Grove

Shop, dine, and enjoy the festive atmosphere in this fashionable destination, once a Bahamian settlement and then a hippie hangout (see Coconut Grove).

Downtown Miami

Head to this bustling area that is home to the lively Bayfront Park and Marketplace, as well as the Little Havana Cuban community (see Downtown, Little Havana, Vizcaya, and around).

North Miami Beach

Enjoy the world-class shopping and high-rise resorts in Miami’s latest hot spots: Surfside, Sunny Isles, and Bal Harbour (see Middle Beach, Bal Harbour, North Miami Beach).