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For sheer visual excitement and glitzy style, nowhere in the world comes close to Miami; Art Deco hotels in peachy pastel shades, roller bladers scooting by along the wide beachfront boardwalks, sleek powerboats zooming across the waves and ultra-cool cars posing in the sunshine. Miami is the playground of the rich and famous and many superstars from all areas of the entertainment world have homes here, so relaxing in one of the trendy pavement cafés people watching is a must, as you never know who you may see! For culture enthusiasts there's plenty of museums to visit, the ballet to enjoy and for shopaholics it's a dream.

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Atmospheric evenings in Miami

Known as the ‘capital of Latin America’, Miami pulsates after dark to the rhythms of Spanish-speaking DJs spinning salsa, merengue and rhumba, with a little reggae thrown in for good measure. Bars, clubs and restaurants abound along Ocean Drive, Lincoln Road and the charmingly bohemian Española Way, while the Cuban influence is naturally at its peak in the district of Little Havana. For live blues and jazz take a cab Downtown to Tobacco Road - it’s Miami’s oldest bar and one of its friendliest too.

Retail therapy in Miami

Funky Lincoln Road Mall - with its multicoloured glass walls and curvy buildings, housing an eclectic collection of shops - is a great place to begin your shopping odyssey. A favourite Miami Vice backdrop, Española Way offers arty shops and a weekend market, while designer clothing stores, from Armani and Chanel to Prada and Louis Vuitton, are found at the exclusive and supremely elegant Bal Harbour. If haute couture isn’t your scene, Downtown’s Bayside Marketplace caters for every taste, budget and nationality with familiar big name stores rubbing shoulders with multi-ethnic speciality shops, often with live entertainment to boot.

On the beach in Miami

The vast Miami Beach stretches north almost as far as Fort Lauderdale from the unpretentious South Pointe. Here you’ll find stunt-kite flyers, swimmers, walkers and windsurfers out enjoying beach life. At the southernmost tip, where the fishermen wait for a bite, you can watch magnificent cruise ships sailing into the Port of Miami, one of the world’s largest cruise ports. On South Beach Central you’ll find the beautiful people topping up their tans or maybe taking part in a fashion shoot, whereas the white sandy beaches of Key Biscayne offer a far more relaxing, low-key experience

Hints of history in Miami

You don’t have to walk far to encounter Miami’s history, those credited with building Miami can be found in Miami’s street names including; Brickell Avenue. The Julia Tuttle Causeway and Collins Avenue. Art Deco can also be found in abundance, a reminder that Miami was a playground to the rich, attracting Hollywood greats including; The Rat pack and Marilyn Monroe. Don’t miss the Freedom tower, now housing a museum, it was original built by the Miami news and served as beacon across Miami bay.

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Spend a day in Lovely leafy Coconut Grove, Miami's oldest suburb, with many original Spanish colonial buildings, is also one of its trendiest with some great European-style outdoor restaurants and cafés, brilliant shopping and hot nightspots.
All the family will enjoy a day at MetroZoo. The finest zoo in Florida, this largely cage-free environment lets you see the animal in as near-natural a setting as possible.
Take a cruise from Bayside Marketplace, to see the homes of the famous and infamous including Don Johnson, Al Capone, Howard Hughes and Elizabeth Taylor.
From Bayside Marketplace jump aboard the driverless Metromover monorail and enjoy the Disney-like shuttle through the Downtown skyline, gaping at the sleek high-rise buildings which rise to 55-storeys.
Drive over the Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne and enjoy a Sunday brunch next to the Nature Reserve.
Relax with a coffee or cocktail on Ocean Drive, South Beach, and watch the Caddillacs cruise past.