Attractions in Miami
Bass Museum of Art
The Bass Museum of Art exhibits art from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Address: 2100 collins avenue, Miami
Phone: (305) 673 75 30 Hours of Operation
Hours: Wed – Sun from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: http://www.bassmuseum.org
Entry fee: With admission fee.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove, on the edge of Biscayne Bay and south of Downtown Miami, is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. Today it is a modern district with a lively village atmosphere, lots of colorful galleries, theaters, night clubs, fine restaurants, chic street cafes and shops. The main attraction is the CocoWalk, an elegant shopping center with numerous restaurants, bars, shops and a cinema.
Address: 3015 Grand Avenue (CocoWalk), Miami
Phone: (305) 444 07 77
Website: http://www.cocowalk.net Entrance Fee
Hours: No.
Disabled access: No
UNESCO: No
Coral Gables
This elegant, Mediterranean-style residential area is 10 miles southwest of Downtown Miami and was founded by local contractor George Merrick during the 1920s construction boom.
Today you can find some of the most beautiful buildings in the city, wide boulevards, canals and parkland. Some buildings are listed, such as. B. the huge Biltmore Hotel, easily recognizable by its 15-story tower, modeled on the Giralda bell tower in Seville. The remarkable Venetian Pool, with its exotic bridges and waterfalls, was once a quarry and is the only swimming pool in the United States that is listed.
Coral Gables is also known for its art galleries, the exclusive Miracle Mile shopping street, well-tended golf courses and some of the city’s best hotels and restaurants.
Biltmore Hotel
1200 Anastasia Avenue
Tel: (305) 445 19 26.
Internet: www.biltmorehotel.com
Venetian Pool
2701 De Soto Boulevard
Tel: (305) 460 53 06
Internet: www.coralgablesvenetianpool.com
With admission fee.
Address: Coral Gables
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is the center of the metropolis – the commercial heart of the city – which is characterized by its elegant skyscrapers, impressive government buildings and cultural centers and borders on the city’s port, the world’s largest cruise ship dock.
Flagler Street, Miami’s lively thoroughfare, is lined with shops and ethnic eateries, and Brickell Avenue is home to international banks and businesses, as well as restaurants with a business clientele.
The popular Bayside Marketplace shopping and entertainment center with bars, shops and stalls extends along a small harbor. Most water taxis also operate from Bayside, and various boat tours through Miami Bay begin here. Behind the harbor is the exclusive island of Fisher Island, which can only be reached by boat or private plane and is home to many celebrities.
Address: 401 Biscayne Blvd (Bayside Marketplace), Miami
Phone: (305) 577 33 44
Website: http://www.baysidemarketplace.com
Entry Fee: No.
Disabled access: No
UNESCO: No
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
The enchanting, 33 hectare botanical garden south of Coconut Grove is home to countless tropical plants, a 1440 m² winter garden, 11 lakes and water lily ponds as well as a rainforest oasis with its own stream and waterfall.
Address: 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables
Phone: (305) 667 16 51
Hours: Open Mon-Sun from 7.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Website: http://www.fairchildgarden.org
Entry fee: Yes.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
HistoryMiami
HistoryMiami (formerly Historical Museum of Southern Florida) offers a fascinating glimpse into the region’s past. The museum has a small but impressive collection of interactive exhibits, archive material, historical objects and multimedia presentations, which trace the history of Florida up to 8000 BC. BC, from the first settlers to the present day.
Address: 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Phone: (305) 375 14 92. Hours of
Operation: Tue – Sat from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Monday.
Website: http://www.historymiami.org
Entrance Fee: With admission fee.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne, connected to the mainland by the Rickenbacker Causeway, combines traditional Florida-style houses with grand villas that belong to some of Miami’s wealthiest citizens. Key Biscayne’s beaches are some of the best in Florida, and are particularly popular with families due to the fine sand and relatively calm sea. Other attractions include two beautiful parks, Crandon Park and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Recreation Area – both have lovely beaches, bike trails, and nature trails.
Crandon Park
4000 Crandon Boulevard
Tel: (305) 361 54 21.
With parking fee.
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Recreation Area
1200 South Crandon Boulevard
Tel: (305) 361 58 11.
Internet: www.floridastateparks.org/capeflorida
With entrance and parking fees.
Address: Key Biscayne
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
Little Havana
After Cuba’s seizure of power by Fidel Castro in 1959, Cuban refugees settled west of downtown Miami in a neighborhood called Little Havana. Today, in this lively district with its 90,000 Cuban-American residents and the distinctly Latin American atmosphere, you will find Spanish street signs, Cuban café bars and restaurants, small cigar factories and street food stalls selling delicious specialties such as Baho (Cuban stew) and freshly squeezed sugar cane juice sold. Monuments in honor of Cuban opponents of Castro line the streets, especially around Calle Ocho, the liveliest part of Little Havana, where the Calle Ocho Festival takes place every spring – America’s largest street festival.
Address: Little Havana
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
Miami Beach
Miami Beach is located on a long narrow island that is connected to the mainland of Miami by six dams. It consists of various different coastal towns – including Surfside, Bal Harbor, Sunny Isles Beach, South Beach and Golden Beach.
The white sand beach of Miami Beach stretches north from 15th Street to 87th Street and is lined with a jetty that is particularly popular with joggers and walkers, and pastel-colored art deco-style lifeguard stations. Various water sports are offered, including windsurfing, sailing, jet skiing and parasailing.
Address: Miami Beach
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
Miami Metro Zoo
The Miami Zoo is a state-of-the-art zoo without cages, in which more than 300 different animal species (a total of around 2,000 animals) can move relatively freely on a 300 hectare site. Animal performances, a petting zoo, tours with a small train and a monorail, gift shops, stalls with food and a playground ensure that the whole family has fun here. The zoo has also been awarded several prizes for the successful breeding of rare and endangered species.
Monkeys have free space in the Monkey Jungle, but visitors can only move in cage-like corridors. Here you can also see the oldest colony of wild monkeys in North America, monkeys eating crabs and diving for treats, as well as hundreds of other exotic primates in a lush, tropical jungle area.
Jungle Islands is both a unique conservation area and a botanical garden and is home to more than 1100 birds and 100 plant species, but also alligators, giant tortoises and monkeys. Several performances are held each day with uniquely trained birds. Children can help feed the birds, hold one of the free-flying macaws, or play with the animals in the petting zoo.
Zoo Miami
12400 Southwest 152nd Street
Tel: (305) 251 04 00.
Internet: www.miamimetrozoo.com
With admission fee.
Monkey Jungle
14805 Southwest 216th Street
Tel: (305) 235 16 11.
Internet: www.monkeyjungle.com
With admission fee.
Jungle Islands
11000 Southwest 57th Street
Tel: (305) 400 70 00.
Internet: www.parrotjungle.com
With entrance fee.
Address: Miami
Hours of Operation:
Daily from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Website: http://www.miamimetrozoo.com
Entry fee: Yes.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Miami Seaquarium
The Miami Seaquarium on the beautiful island of Key Biscayne is one of the best marine aquariums in Florida and is home to more than 10,000 aquatic animals – including crocodiles, alligators and seals as well as fish in every conceivable shape, color and size.
The most impressive thing about the Miami Seaquarium is that, unlike other marine aquariums, you are really trying to preserve and protect the marine life. Many of the animals housed in the Seaquarium are threatened with extinction, and the marine mammal rescue team working here is constantly trying to rescue stranded or injured manatees, dolphins and whales from the waters of South Florida.
Other attractions include Discovery Bay, a natural mangrove swamp where people try to rescue saved turtles, and the special Manatee Exhibit, where manatees are pumped up again until they can be released.
Address: 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne
Phone: (305) 361 57 05
Hours of Operation:
Open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Website: http://www.miamiseaquarium.com
Entry fee: Yes.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Museum Park with Perez Art Museum and Science Museum
In the Museum Park (formerly Bicentennial Park), which is located in downtown Miami, is the Perez Art Museum (PAMM) and in 2016 also the Miami Science Museum. Until 2016, the Miami Science Museum can still be found on South Miami Avenue, Coconut Grove.
In the Perez Art Museum, international art is exhibited, which dates from the period after the Second World War until today and is supplemented by works of art from other periods in order to achieve a historical comparison.
The renowned Miami Science Museum houses over 140 interactive scientific exhibits on the subjects of physics, electricity, light, acoustics and anatomy, and organizes daily astronomy and laser shows in the connected planetarium. This museum also has the largest natural history collection in South Florida. There is also an animal center here, where injured birds of prey and reptiles are healthy again and more than 175 live animals are housed.
Perez Art Museum
1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132
Tel: (305) 375 30 00.
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue, Coconut Grove (until 2016)
Address: 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
Phone: (305) 646 42 00 (Miami Science Museum)
Hours of Operation:
Miami Science Museum: Daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry at 5:30 p.m.).
Perez Art Museum: Tue – Sun from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Website: http://www.miamisci.org (Miami Science Museum)
Entrance Fee: With admission fee.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
National Hurricane Center
From June to November, hurricanes pose a constant threat to Florida, and Miami is the city in the United States with the most hurricanes and winds of comparable strength.
In this fascinating research center, visitors can learn everything about hurricanes, tropical cyclones and storms. You can also learn how to track down the so-called “twisters” in the United States.
Address: 11691 Southwest 17th Street (Florida International University campus), Sweetwater, Miami
Phone: (305) 229 44 70
Hours: February to April every Thursday at 10 a.m.
Website: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
Entry fee: No.
Disabled access: No
UNESCO: No
Sanford L. Ziff Jewish Museum
The Sanford L. Ziff Jewish Museum is a former synagogue that was built in 1936. The museum shows Florida Jewish life and experiences since 1763.
Address: 301 Washington Avenue, Miami
Phone: (305) 672 50 44.
Hours of Operation:
Tue – Sun open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: http://jmof.fiu.edu/
Entrance fee: With admission fee.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
South Beach
The dazzling, chic South Beach – “SoBe” for insiders – is undoubtedly the trendiest part of the city and a magnet for stars and fun-loving people who get their money’s worth there because of the cosmopolitan atmosphere, the designer shops, the lively restaurants and the lively nightlife .
During the day, Ocean Drive is teeming with young trendsetters who give the district its feverish energy. At night you can hear the salsa rhythms of the many open-air dance clubs on the beach.
South Beach, with its white-sand beach, palm trees, and stunning blue sea, stretches from 15th Street to South Pointe Park on the southernmost tip of Miami Beach – a great place for surfing, fishing, and watching sunsets. The main access is Lummus Park, bordering Ocean Drive, a popular place for inline skaters and volleyball players.
The most impressive thing about South Beach, however, is the famous Art Deco Historic District, which consists of over 800 buildings on one and a half square kilometers, all built in the same style, painted in pastel colors and z. T. are illuminated with bright colors in neon lights. The Art Deco Welcome Center (1200 Ocean Drive) provides information on guided and unguided tours of the district.
Address: 15th Street to South Pointe Park, Miami
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
The Wolfsonian
The Wolfsonian is all about American and European design from 1885-1945.
Address: 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami
Phone: (305) 531 10 01. Hours of
Operation: Every day except Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Fri 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Website: http://www.wolfsonian.org
Entry fee: With admission fee.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Vizcaya, south of Downtown Miami on Biscayne Bay, is a beautiful palatial Italian Renaissance-style mansion surrounded by a picturesque, well-tended garden of four hectares. It was built in 1916 as a winter residence for industrialist James Deering from Chicago and has 70 rooms that are furnished with antiques from the 15th to 19th centuries.
Address: 3251 South Miami Avenue, Biscayne Bay, Miami
Phone: (305) 250 91 33
Hours of Operation:
Wed-Mon open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Website: http://www.vizcayamuseum.org
Entrance fee: Yes.
Disabled access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Tourist offices
Greater Miami and the Beaches Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Address: Postfach 1425, 61284 Bad Homburg
Phone: +49 (0) 6172 92 16 01.
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm.
Website: http://www.miamiandbeaches.com
Downtown Miami Welcome Center
Address: 174 East Flagler Street, Miami
Phone: (305) 379 70 70
Website: http://www.downtownmiami.com
Miami Beach Visitor Information Center
Address: 510 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
Phone: (305) 674 14 14
Website: http://www.miamibeach.org
Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce
Address: 2820 McFarlane Rd, Miami
Phone: (305) 444 72 70
Website: http://www.coconutgrove.com
Visitor passes
The Miami Visitor Pass includes up to 15% discount at 66 participating companies and organizers (Internet: www.miamibeach411.com/discount_card.htm).
The Go Miami Card grants entry to over 40 attractions, tours and activities. The card is valid for between one and seven days (Internet: www.gomiamicard.com).
