The Greater Miami area has countless fascinating attractions, with the warm and pleasant weather; you can enjoy outdoor activities during any season. This is a list of the top 10 things to do in Miami.
South Beach
South Beach is the hottest spot in Miami. Visiting South Beach means you are going to have lots of fun! Just 24 streets harbor the only remaining Art Deco architecture in the country and the largest in the world, with 1,200 buildings.
Miami Seaquarium
This aquarium includes 38 acres of entertainment and education on marine life. The Seaquarium is home to Lolita the whale and famous TV star Flipper.
Zoo Miami
With nearly 300 acres developed, which make only a part of the total 740 acres of land, the Miami Zoo is the only zoo in the continental United States, which is located in a subtropical climate. This is home to more than 700 wild animals, which live in a cage free environment.
Monkey Jungle
Visitors to the monkey jungle will enjoy walking through paths while monkeys roam free in large enclosures. It truly lives up to its tag line “Where the humans are caged and the monkeys run wild”.
Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium
The Museum has over 150 exhibits with which you can interact with, and a natural history gallery. The Planetarium exhibits change periodically Planetarium, and has daily presentations about stars and laser light shows. The observatory is open on Saturdays from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. (weather permitting) offering free telescopic observations.
Parrot Jungle and Gardens
This subtropical jungle of parrots and Botanical Gardens presents a variety of exotic birds and flamingos among others. It also has a mini zoo where you can pet small animals.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Vizcaya is a village in the style of the Italian Renaissance, built in 1916. The house comprises of 34 rooms decorated with antiques from the 15th to 19th centuries. The surroundings include 10 acres of formal gardens, divided by walls and decorative shrubs.
Miami Children’s Museum
If what you are looking for is fun with the family, you can’t go wrong with a place who’s motto is “Play, Learn, Imagine, Create”. The museum has a wide variety of interactive exhibits for the entire family.
Bayside Marketplace
One of the better malls in Miami. You can enjoy live music, a plethora of restaurants and shops. You can also enjoy boat tours which offer a view of the city from a whole new angle.
Coral Castle
Built by Ed Leedskalnin as a monument to his lover,. The monument, known as the Coral Castle, stands almost unnoticed in a corner of U.S. Highway 1. To build the castle, Ed Leedskalnin used a type of sedimentary rock abundant in Florida, composed of fossilized coral. Nobody knows how this man, who measured just five feet tall, managed to move and cut 1,100 tons of rock, without special equipment, while working alone.
How to see it all?
It can be difficult to get around Miami and see it all so getting a rent a car is the best way so you can drive around Miami or Miami beach easier and make that you get to see all of these 10 things with easy and more time to spare.
