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DURATION: 4 hours DESCRIPTION: PICK UP TIME: The schedule starting time ,from Port of Miami , is 09:30 AM . From other locations, the schedule time will be arranged according to each group's characteristics. A Minimum of 6 people is required for this tour.Tour Includes: RATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Tour Package #5EVERGLADES SAFARI Tour ADVENTURE
DURATION: 4 hours DESCRIPTION: PICK UP TIME: The schedule starting time, from Port of Miami, is 09:30 AM. From other locations, the schedule time will be arranged according to each group's characteristics. A Minimum of 4 people is required for this tour. Tour Includes: RATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Tour Package # 6THE NEW PARROT JUNGLE ISLAND
DURATION: 4 hours DESCRIPTION: PICK UP TIME: The schedule starting time, from Port of Miami, is 09:30 AM. From other locations, the schedule time will be arranged according to each group's characteristics. A Minimum of 4 people is required for this tour. Tour Includes: RATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Tour Package # 7MIAMI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
DURATION: 4 hours DESCRIPTION: PICK UP TIME: The schedule starting time, from Port of Miami, is 09:30 AM. From other locations, the schedule time will be arranged according to each group's characteristics. A Minimum of 4 people is required for this tour. Tour Includes: RATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE More Miami Attractions:Get to know The Origins of the City of Miami
As the largest 20th century National Register Historic District, the Art Deco area encompasses more than 800 historic buildings erected during the 1920s and 1930s. Flat roofs, smooth stucco walls and a distinctly modern look make most Art Deco buildings easy to spot despite variety in style and architecture. Historians tend to divide Art Deco into two self-explanatory periods: Decorated (1926-1936) and Streamline (the 1930s). The term Art Deco, for the record, was coined in 1968 by historian Bevis Hillier, describing early 20th century modern design. French in origin, the title comes from the celebrated 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes. Industrial and modern define much of what Art Deco is all about. To help find your way around this pastel-splashed international drawing card, stop by the Miami Design Preservation League’s Ocean Drive Welcome Center. Walking tours depart Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. from the MDPL Center. Self-guided audio tours are available with a $10 cassette rental. Bike, roller blade and private group tours are also bookable. Trendy Ocean Drive, South Beach’s best known street makes an ideal starting point for any tour. The 10-block stretch of pastel-colored hotels spills over with cafes, shops, restaurants and clubs.
Reopening after renovation on Nov. 1, 2003, the Bass offers an overview of Old Master paintings, sculptures and textiles. Collections include European art and decorative arts as well as American, Asian and contemporary art. Traveling exhibitions from around the globe are offered. The newly expanded museum, designed by architect Arata Isozaki, has a media center, café and terrace, and museum shop.
Visitors to Coral Castle some 60 years ago were greeted enthusiastically by a man weighing a mere 100 pounds and standing just over 5 feet tall asking for 10 cents admission to his fantasy world carved out of stone. It was obvious Ed Leedskalnin took pride in his work. Since no one ever witnessed Ed's labor in building his rock gate park, it was sometimes said he had supernatural powers. Ed would only say that he knew secrets used to build the ancient pyramids. Tours of Coral Castle include a 30-minute audio tour in English, Spanish, French or German detailing what millions saw on national television shows and how rock star Billy Idol wrote "Sweet Sixteen" about Ed's lost love. The Coral Castle remains a mystery to those who explore.
The 83-acre Fairchild Tropical Garden, established in 1938 and adjacent to Matheson Hammock Park, is one of the world's preeminent botanical gardens, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines. The first Wednesday of each month is Contribution Day, when visitors set their own admission fee. Garden admission includes a narrated tram tour, offered hourly, plus admission to the Conservatory and Gate House Museum at no extra charge. Fairchild is fully accessible to persons with disabilities, and wheelchairs are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Light lunches and cold beverages are served at the Garden Café, where visitors can snack under the sapodilla tree or observe the conservatory nursery through the café’s large windows. The Garden Shop offers an array of botanical and horticultural books and also sells gifts, t-shirts and decorative accessories with a tropical horticultural flair. Guided walking tours are offered mid-November through April.
The Lowe is South Florida’s only area museum owning a distinguished collection of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities. From origins in three classrooms in 1948, history of the Lowe Art Museum reflects commitment to serving the University of Miami along with residents and visitors. A gift from philanthropists Joe and Emily Lowe allowed the 1952 opening of a free-standing museum facility to the public as South Florida’s first art museum. Its 10,000-object collection is one of the most important in the southeast, with strengths in Renaissance and Baroque, American, Native American, pre–Columbian, and Asian art. A 1956 donation by Alfred I. Barton bought one of the country's finest collections of Native American art. In 1987, the Lowe was designated a “Major Cultural Institution” by the State of Florida. On the U. M. campus in Coral Gables, Metrorail arrivals should take the “University” stop. From there, a free U. M. shuttle bus heads for the museum, which has a gift shop.
The Museum of Science & Planetarium has more than 140 hands-on exhibits exploring mysteries of the universe. In addition to robotic dinosaurs and the other manufactured displays, live demonstrations and collections of rare natural history specimens provide informative fun, and often involve audience participation. The Wildlife Center has more than 175 live reptiles and birds of prey. The adjacent Space Transit Planetarium projects astronomy and laser shows and interactive demonstrations of computer technology and cyberspace. Museum favorites include the Cyber City exhibit that explores the future of computers in society and the nationally-recognized Falcon Batchelor Bird of Prey Center, which not only teaches about these aggressive but lovable animals but also helps save endangered ones.
Salty’s Pirate Playground, Miami Seaquarium’s new wet/dry playground for children, is a two-level pirate ship, 31 feet by 27 feet, smack in the center of a shark-filled moat. The pirate ship, featuring water blasters, cargo nets, punch bags, padded areas and a spiral slide is geared for kids ages two through 12. Two more play areas are being added surrounding the pirate ship – one for kids age 5 through 12, and another for ages 2 through 5.
Industrialist James Deering's 34-room winter residence showcases a long-gone lifestyle as well as America’s finest collection of 15th through 19th century furniture and decorative arts. When Deering (1859-1925) started to build his estate more than 85 years ago, he enlisted help from New York painter Paul Chalfin. They made buying trips to Europe for important architectural components, furniture, and art including wall panels, ceilings, mantels, and tapestries. Each room conveys a particular period style, from Renaissance to Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassic. Deering's suite covers several Neoclassic periods. In the sitting room, Italian carved wood paneling frames Louis XVI silk on walls, and massive mahogany desks are French Empire. A French Savonnerie rug dates from the early 19th century. His bedroom contains a gold laurel wreath on the ceiling, bed drapery supported by a bronze eagle and gold-decorated mahogany furniture of the Napoleonic French Empire period. Deering's bath features a linen ceiling canopy, suggestive of a Napoleonic campaign tent. Marble walls are decorated with Sheffield silver. Since Vizcaya was acquired by Miami-Dade County in 1952, the main house and contents have undergone extensive restoration. Unoccupied since Deering's death, salt air humidity and neglect had taken their toll. In 1987, the open courtyard was enclosed and air-conditioned for preservation.
The World Erotic Art Museum is one of Florida's hottest new attractions. Located in the heart of the South Beach art deco district, WEAM's 12,000 sq. ft. display space boasts the world's largest public view collection of erotic art, with thousands of fascinating, one-of-a-kind, historical and contemporary pieces on view. Open daily from 11am until midnight including holidays. No one under 18 years old admitted, handicap accessible and free gift shop open to the public.
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