Miami

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Miami is one of South Florida's premier vacation destinations, with beaches, great weather, history, culture, sports, and entertainment.

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Miami is one of South Florida’s premier vacation destinations, with beaches, great weather, history, culture, sports, and entertainment. Downtown Miami, separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Biscayne Bay and Miami Beach, is a modern metropolis and cultural treasure trove. From the museums to the streets of Little Havana, you can always find plenty of things to do. Across the …

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CITY Miami STATE Florida COUNTRY United States of America CONTINENT North America LANGUAGE English CURRENCY US Dollar BEST TIME TO VISIT October to December NEAREST RAILWAY STATION Miami Railway Station- Amtrak (MIA) NEAREST AIRPORT Miami International Airport (MIA) EMERGENCY HELPLINE NUMBER 911 INTERNET ACCESS The USA and Florida are wired. Nearly every hotel and many restaurants and businesses offer high-speed …

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Getting Around

Bicycle Citi Bike is a bike-share program where you can borrow a bike from scores of kiosks spread around Miami and Miami Beach. Miami is flat, but traffic can be horrendous (abundant and fast-moving), and there isn’t much biking culture (or respect for bikers) just yet. Free paper maps of the bike network are available at some kiosks, or you …

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History & Culture

The area now known as Miami was inhabited by various Native American tribes especially the Tequestas until the arrival of European. In 1566 an explorer by the name of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés claimed the area for Spain and a Spanish mission was launched a year later. In 1821 Spain ceded the area to the United States. With the building …

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Top Attractions

Miami Beach Located on a barrier island and connected to the mainland by a series of bridges, Miami Beach is a mix of quiet neighborhoods, lively entertainment-focused areas, and long stretches of soft-sand beaches. For visitors, South Beach and the Art Deco Historic District, with pastel buildings from the 1930s and early 1940s sporting classic neon signs, is one of …

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