Start from 114 curated places around Miami, FL, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Joe's Stone Crab
The 1913 stone crab institution at the south tip of Miami Beach — claws served chilled with mustard sauce, served by lifers in white jackets. Touristy, yes; still very good and very Miami.
Stubborn Seed
Michelin-starred tasting menu in a low-key South of Fifth dining room, run by a Top Chef alum. The seasonal prix fixe leans technique-heavy without going precious, and the bar serves a tighter a la carte version.
Trails & outdoors
Oleta River State Park
Florida's largest urban park — 1,000 acres of mangroves north of Miami with paddle trails, mountain-bike singletrack, and a long beach on Biscayne Bay. The 15+ miles of trails are the best off-road riding in Miami-Dade.
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
The southern tip of Key Biscayne — pine flats, beach trails, the 1825 Cape Florida Lighthouse, and No Name Harbor. A flat, easy day with both forest paths and a swimmable strand.
Things to do
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Downtown science museum with an aquarium, a planetarium, and a rooftop gulf-stream tank you can stand under. Big-budget exhibits that work for kids and adults — best half-day rainy-weather option in Miami.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Downtown's Cesar Pelli-designed performing-arts complex — Broadway tours, classical, jazz, and Miami City Ballet. Three venues across the campus, with a free outdoor plaza programming on weekends.
Landmarks & sights
Wynwood Walls
Outdoor street-art museum that turned a warehouse district into Miami's most photographed block. The rotating roster of large-scale murals from international artists is the whole point; the surrounding galleries and shops are the chaser.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Italian Renaissance villa on Biscayne Bay built as a Gilded Age industrialist's winter estate, with formal gardens that wind down to a stone barge in the water. Plan a half-day; the gardens are as much the point as the house.