2 days in Miami

Day by day

1. Day 1: South Beach and Art Deco Historic District

   South Beach, Art Deco Historic District, Lincoln Road and South Pointe Park, then Little Havana and Calle Ocho in the evening.

   1. Morning

      South Beach

      The sand continues north for many kilometres and gets quieter the further you go.

   2. Late morning

      Art Deco Historic District

      The Art Deco Welcome Center on Ocean Drive runs guided walking tours.

   3. Lunch

      Lunch: Cuban sandwich

      Cuban cafés and bakeries in Little Havana, Westchester and Hialeah, and walk-up windows across the city.

   4. Afternoon

      Lincoln Road

      At its eastern end, the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center projects concerts onto an outdoor wall in SoundScape Park for free 'WALLCAST' screenings in season.

   5. Late afternoon

      South Pointe Park

      At the southern tip of Miami Beach, South Pointe Park has lawns, a playground, a waterfront promenade and a fishing pier overlooking Government Cut, the channel where cruise ships pass close to shore on their way out to sea.

   6. Evening

      Little Havana and Calle Ocho

      Visit on the last Friday of the month for Viernes Culturales, a street festival of music, art and food.

2. Day 2: Wynwood Walls and Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

   Wynwood Walls, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Pérez Art Museum Miami and Frost Science Museum, then South Beach in the evening.

   1. Morning

      Wynwood Walls

      Opened in 2009, the Wynwood Walls is an outdoor gallery of large murals by international street artists, refreshed regularly, at the centre of a district where almost every warehouse wall is painted.

   2. Late morning

      Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

      It is one of the most atmospheric places in Miami for a slow morning.

   3. Lunch

      Lunch: Cafecito and colada

      Ventanitas, the walk-up coffee windows of Cuban cafés and bakeries all over the city.

   4. Afternoon

      Pérez Art Museum Miami

      Its shaded terraces, hung with vertical gardens, look out over the bay and the port.

   5. Late afternoon

      Frost Science Museum

      The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Museum Park has a three-level aquarium built around a huge Gulf Stream tank, a planetarium and hands-on science galleries for all ages.

   6. Evening

      South Beach

      Big nightclubs, hotel bars and lounges along Collins and Washington Avenues and Ocean Drive.

Before you go

• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: Timed tickets are sold online and weekends can sell out; book ahead.

Where to stay for this itinerary

Pace and daylight

The sights in this plan add up to roughly 18–22 hours of visiting over 2 days, before meals and getting between them. Daylight runs from about 10.5 hours in December to 13.7 hours in June.

Getting between stops: Metro. Metrorail's elevated lines run from Miami International Airport and Coconut Grove through Downtown, while the free, driverless Metromover loops around Downtown, Brickell and the Omni area.

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