Miami after sunset.
Places fans recognize

Ocean Drive and the Art Deco facades of South Beach

Pastel facades, neon lettering and the lifeguard huts on the beach define Ocean Drive. The open-air gym in Lummus Park is another spot where fans of virtual worlds like to take photos.

• Ocean Drive, South Beach

  Neon lettering on Ocean Drive

  A blue neon sign on an Art Deco house from 1939 is one of the best known silhouettes of South Beach. Pastel facades line up next to it and glow in neon after sunset.

  940 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach

• Ocean Drive, South Beach

  Art Deco at Lummus Park

  Across from Lummus Park stands an Art Deco house from 1937 with vertical lettering. The view runs over the palms to the beach.

  1144 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach

• Ocean Drive, South Beach

  Green and violet on Ocean Drive

  An Art Deco house on Ocean Drive is lit in green and violet in the evening. In front lie the terraces of the restaurants, with tables reaching to the pavement.

  1424 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach

• Ocean Drive, South Beach

  1500 Ocean Drive

  The residential tower on Ocean Drive rises above the promenade and can be seen from the beach. It stands at the northern end of the park.

  1500 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach

• Collins Avenue, South Beach

  Beach tower on Collins Avenue

  A tower with a curved top on Collins Avenue is one of the largest buildings in South Beach and lies right on the promenade.

  1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach

• South Beach

  Beach and lifeguard huts

  The colourful lifeguard huts are the trademark of the beach at Miami Beach. Each has its own shape and colour, and they stand in a row by the water.

  Ocean Drive at 8th Street, Miami Beach

• Lummus Park, South Beach

  Muscle Beach

  The free open-air gym in the sand offers pull-up bars, rings and weights under palm trees. It is a meeting point for strength training on the beach.

  Lummus Park, Ocean Drive at 9th Street, Miami Beach

Beach towers from South of Fifth to Sunny Isles

Along Collins Avenue residential towers stand right on the beach, among them Green Diamond, Blue Diamond and Jade Ocean. Murano Grande rises by the marina in South of Fifth.

• South of Fifth

  Murano Grande

  The residential tower stands in South of Fifth, the southernmost part of South Beach, near the marina. From here it is a few steps to the beach.

  400 Alton Road, Miami Beach

• Collins Avenue, Mid-Beach

  Green Diamond and Blue Diamond

  The two twin towers with their pyramid roofs stand at 4775 and 4779 Collins Avenue. They are recognisable from far along the beach.

  4775 and 4779 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach

• Sunny Isles Beach

  Jade Ocean

  The residential tower at 17121 Collins Avenue is part of a row of beach towers in Sunny Isles Beach, north of Miami Beach. From here the coast can be seen as far as the skyline.

  17121 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach

Skyline and port in Brickell and Downtown

500 Brickell with the round cutout between its twin towers and Brickell on the River shape the skyline on the Miami River. From the water you see the cranes of the port on Dodge Island against the towers.

• Brickell

  500 Brickell

  The two twin towers are joined at the top by a circular cutout. It stands out at once in the Brickell skyline.

  500 Brickell Avenue, Miami

• Brickell

  Brickell on the River

  The towers stand on the south side of the Miami River at Southeast 5th Street. Clean lines and plenty of glass shape the facades.

  31 and 41 SE 5th Street, Miami

• Biscayne Boulevard, Downtown

  Ten Museum Park

  The slender glass tower at 1040 Biscayne Boulevard stands at Museum Park on Biscayne Bay. The water and the museums are only a few minutes away.

  1040 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami

• Dodge Island

  PortMiami

  The port on Dodge Island is a large cruise and container port right in front of the skyline. From the bay you see the cranes and ships against the towers.

  1015 North America Way, Miami

Wynwood, Little Havana and the Venetian Islands

Murals in Wynwood, vintage cars on Calle Ocho in Little Havana, the villa islands of the Venetian Islands and the wooden houses of Stiltsville in Biscayne Bay.

• Wynwood

  Wynwood Walls

  The open-air museum shows large-scale murals by international street artists. The streets around it are full of murals too, with galleries and cafés in between.

  2516 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami

• Calle Ocho

  Little Havana

  Calle Ocho is the Cuban heart of the city, with cafecito, domino players and cigar workshops. Vintage cars that belong to the street scene stand in between.

  SW 8th Street (Calle Ocho), Miami

• Biscayne Bay

  Venetian Islands

  The chain of the Venetian Islands lies in Biscayne Bay between Downtown and Miami Beach. Villas, residential buildings and yacht docks stand on the small islands, linked by the Venetian Causeway.

  Venetian Causeway, Biscayne Bay

• Biscayne Bay

  Venetian Causeway

  The causeway links Downtown with Miami Beach across several small islands. It passes villas and yachts and is a toll road.

  Between Downtown Miami and Miami Beach

• Biscayne Bay

  Stiltsville

  The wooden houses on stilts stand in shallow water off Key Biscayne and can only be reached by boat. The first ones were built in the 1930s.

  Biscayne National Park, south of Cape Florida

Florida Keys and the Everglades

South of Miami bridges lead over turquoise water, and the white radar balloon Fat Albert floats above Cudjoe Key. In the Everglades airboats glide through the grassland, and with luck you see flamingos.

• Florida Keys

  Seven Mile Bridge

  The bridge crosses about eleven kilometres of open water from Marathon into the Lower Keys. Beside it stands the old bridge, a section of which serves as a footpath to Pigeon Key.

  Overseas Highway (US 1), Marathon to Little Duck Key

• Cudjoe Key, Florida Keys

  Fat Albert

  The white balloon over Cudjoe Key is a radar aerostat of the US border surveillance. It hangs on a cable and can be seen far across the Keys.

  Blimp Road, Cudjoe Key

• Everglades

  Airboat in the grass

  On an airboat, guests glide across the shallow grassland of the River of Grass. Along the way you see alligators, herons and many other birds.

  40351 SW 192nd Avenue, Homestead

• Everglades National Park

  Flamingos

  Wild flamingos live in the south of the national park. With luck you can see them feeding in the shallows of Florida Bay.

  Flamingo on Florida Bay

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