Places to go in Miami.

Miami, Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, the Gold Coast. There are nine places here.

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Beaches

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

Key Biscayne, FL · Miami

The 1825 Cape Florida Lighthouse anchors the southern tip of Key Biscayne, and you can climb its 109 steps to a wraparound balcony that looks out over Biscayne Bay and the open…

Attractions

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Miami, FL · Miami$$

James Deering built this Italian Renaissance villa on Biscayne Bay in the 1910s and filled its seventy-some rooms with European antiques, then set it behind ten acres of formal…

Attractions

Perez Art Museum Miami

Miami, FL · Miami$$

Herzog and de Meuron wrapped this Biscayne Bay museum in a slatted canopy where Patrick Blanc's hanging garden columns spill down the pillars and broad terraces catch the breeze…

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Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science

Miami, FL · Miami$$

Three glass towers, a planetarium, and a 500,000-gallon aquarium sit together on Biscayne Bay, and the whole place is built to be walked up through. Stand under the cone-shaped…

Gardens & wildlife

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Coral Gables, FL · Miami$$

On Old Cutler Road in Miami, Fairchild's 83 acres have 2.1 miles of paved paths and a free narrated tram that starts at 11 a.m. The Montgomery Palmetum alone holds more than 500…

Attractions

Wynwood Walls

Miami, FL · Miami$

Tony Goldman turned a cluster of windowless warehouse facades into an open-air canvas in 2009, and the courtyard has been repainted by artists from dozens of countries ever…

Beaches

South Beach

Miami Beach, FL · MiamiFree

Florida's busiest beach has Art Deco lifeguard towers painted candy colors, and the Atlantic comes in warm. The people-watching on Ocean Drive, a block back from the sand, is as…

Beaches

Fort Lauderdale Beach

Fort Lauderdale, FL · MiamiFree

Lifeguards staff 20 towers along about three miles of Fort Lauderdale's beach, from Fort Lauderdale Beach Park north to NE 18th Street, every day of the year. Restaurants and…

Beaches

Hollywood Beach

Hollywood, FL · MiamiFree

You can snorkel artificial reefs straight from the sand at Hollywood Beach, about halfway between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. They lie about 10 feet down off Harry Berry Park…