Wynwood Art District
www.wynwoodartdistrict.com
Located roughly between NW 20th and NW 37th Streets, the Wynwood is the hotspot for galleries and museums in the city of Miami. The wannabe-SoHo district hosts second-Saturday gallery nights that will have you feeling like a local.

Everglades National Park
4000l State Road 9336 (Homestead)
Tel. 305.242.7700
www.nps.gov/ever
There’s no other place on Earth like this. A short trip from the glimmering lights of Miami’s main-strip exists a beautiful, delicate and very threatened ecosystem. See massive alligators swivel their way through the murky waters of the Everglades. Take an airboat ride through the swamp and witness birds, marine-life and if you’re lucky, an endangered Florida Panther. Don’t forget the sunscreen and bug repellent—the mosquitoes take no prisoners.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
 10901 Old Cutler Road (Coral Gables)
Tel. 305.667.1651
www.fairchildgarden.org
 Come enjoy a surreal array of plant-life. The park’s namesake and world-famous botanist David Fairchild collected the majority of the floras you will see in years past. It’s a great idea if you're looking to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Monkey Jungle Park
14805 Southwest 216th Street
Tel. 305.235.1611
www.monkeyjungle.com
Thirty acres of monkeys. What more is there to say? Founded in 1935 by Joseph DuMonds to study the primates that inhabit the grounds, visitors have been welcome since then. The only catch is the monkeys aren’t the ones in cages—they get to run free, while you sit in the cage to watch them. Welcome to the jungle.

The Museum of Contemporary Art
770 NE 125th Street (North Miami)
Tel. 305.893.6211
www.mocanomi.org
Appropriately opened less than a decade ago, this museum continues to exhibit the latest in painting, sculpture, and much more. With ever-changing exhibits, it's guaranteed you’ll find something you haven’t seen before and, even better, something you’ll enjoy.

Still fishing for what to do in Miami? Check out our special suggested itineraries from Virtuoso, the Specialists in the Art of Travel

Quattro
1014 Lincoln Road (South Beach)
Tel. 305.531.4833
www.quattromiami.com
This upscale Italian (think Ciprini south) restaurant gets the "Euro" crowd and also an interesting after dinner buzz at the cathedral-like bar. It closes at 1:30AM so it's a good place to get a head start on the evening or end one.

Sardinia
1801 Purdy Avenue (South Beach)
Tel. 305.531.2228
www.sardinia-ristorante.com
This south beach neighborhood Italian is just a good unpretentious place with great food. It's great place to see locals (yes, they do exist).
 
Azul
500 Brickell Key Drive
Tel. 305.913.8254
www.azulrestaurant.com
The venue is wonderful: Sophisticated and urban, but with great views of the bay and beautiful Miami. The food by chef Clay Conley is billed as Mediterranean with Asian influences. It's all just another Miami success story. Be sure to make a reservation in advance and have cocktails first in the exquisite lobby of the Mandarin Oriental where the restaurant is located.

Nobu Miami Beach
The Shore Club (South Beach)
1901 Collins Avenue (18th Street)
Miami Beach
Tel. 305.695.3232
www.nobumatsuhisa.com
You must eat Japanese and you miss your friends in New York, London, Tokyo, Beverly Hills and even Aspen. Executive chef Thomas Buckley interprets sushi master Nobuyuki Matsuhisa’s inspirational fare with aplomb. Special dishes include rock shrimp tempura with piquant cream sauce, arctic char with crispy baby spinach, and the signature black cod with miso. Main dishes run from Peruvian-style rib-eye steak to beef tenderloin with wasabi-pepper sauce, but don’t even think of dining here without at least sampling the town’s best sashimi and sushi rolls.

No doubt you will find a wealth of shopping in the hippest city in the Sunshine State, but these are a few interesting shops you won’t find anywhere else:

Art Deco Welcome Center
1001 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach
Tel. 305.672.2014
www.mdpl.org

Run by the Miami Design Preservation League, the Art Deco Welcome Center is located on Ocean Drive across the street from the Clevelander and the Edison Hotels. Look for fascinating books and gifts reflecting the world-famous Art Deco District.

Padrón Cigars
1575 SW First Street
Tel. 305.643.2117
www.padron.com

José Orlando Padrón wanted to continue a grand ancestral tradition of making puros when he uprooted his family from Cuba two years after the revolution. By his shop’s 40th year, he had sold nearly 150 million hand-rolled cigars. And these are fine cigars: two-dozen lines highly ranked by Cigar Aficionado magazine and other industry experts. The entire process occurs in Nicaragua and Honduras, from the growing to the rolling to the shipping. The "vertical integration" system keeps prices reasonable ($2 to $25).

Tomas Maier
1800 West Avenue Miami Beach
Tel. 305.531.8383
www.tomasmaier.com

The chicest shop in Miami Beach. Located in a 1930s Addison Mizner-style building, there are ten rooms offering men’s and women’s clothing and accessories, books, fine art, home furnishings, tea and fragrances.

Gotham Dream Cars
605 SE 1st Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444
Tel. 561.992.8700 / 877.2.GOTHAM
Exotic Car Rental Miami: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche, Aston Martin, and Ford GT rentals in Miami / South Florida. Serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Tampa, Naples and beyond...
http://www.gothamdreamcars.com

Tropical Tanning Salon
11547 SW 88th Street
Tel. 786.263.0202
Arrived in the land of sun looking a bit pasty? Not to worry. Here you can bronze yourself with UVA/UVB tanning in horizontal beds or sunlamp standup chambers offered in 20- and 15-minute sessions. After all, you don’t want to leave the beach looking like the lobster you had for dinner, so get a base tan before you go.

Kosher Miami
www.koshermiami.org

Click on the ‘hashgachos’ link to get a list of the fine Miami restaurants, bakeries and stores under strict kosher supervision. Three Guys from Miami www.3guysfrommiami.com Ever enjoyed a guarapo? Ever had platanos on your pizza? Three Cubans encourage you to jump out of your culinary rut and explore Cuban food. What would a visit to Miami be without it? Check out the informal Web site of these three guys and consider buying their recipe books.

Cameo
1445 Washington Avenue
Tel. 305.532.2667
www.cameomiami.com
Five distinctively designed bars housed in a two story historic art deco theater. If your're not in the mood for a crowd then head to the seperate entrance of their smaller club which is on the mezznine level. It's called Vice and the name says it all! www.vicesouthbeach.com

Set 320
Lincoln Road
Tel. 305.531.2800
www.setmiami.com
This serious nightspot does not have a dance floor. That does not, however, stop anyone from dancing. Redbull and vodka before you arrive!

Mokai
235 23rd Street (off Collins Avenue)
Tel. 305.531.4166
www.mokaimiami.com
This lounge and tasting room (small meals served) is stylish and is one of "the" places to hang. Music is geared to eclectic partygoers with Rock 'n Roll, Hip Hop and house. Beautifully decorated, it is the place to see and be seen while enjoying bottle service, of course. Get here early or on less popular Sunday's.

Snatch
1437 Washington Avenue
Tel. 305.604.3644
www.snatchmiami.com 
Rock n’ Roll is here to stay. All locals, models and celebrities are told to check the attitude at the door. Tattooed bartenders pour serious drinks. Monday night party "Back Door Bamby" is not for novices!

Suite
1439 Washington Avenue
Tel. 305.604.3644
www.suiteloungemiami.com
This is the sister club to Snatch and caters to a VIP crowd including but not limited to visiting Hollywood beauties who come to South Beach to really let their hair down.

Condal & Penamil House
741 Lincoln Road (Miami Beach)
Tel. 305.604.9690
www.recordseguridad.com
A high-end cigar bar with two-for-one happy hours, ladies nights (in other words, free champagne) and a delicious pitcher of Sangria. There are a few umbrella-covered tables out front for people watchers and patrons with a low second-hand smoke tolerance.

Grass
28 NE 40th Street
Tel. 305.573.3355
www.grasslounge.com
Trendy, downtown restaurant, dance club and lounge with outdoor patio. Dress to impress, as the Miami starlets and impresarios frequent this chic establishment.

Onda South Beach
1248 Washington Avenue (Miami Beach)
Tel. 305.674.4464
www.clubonda.com
This South Beach hotspot is a cool, comfortable, upscale New York style bar and lounge. Onda, meaning wave in Italian, features the blue and beige palette of the nearby beaches, with an LED light system creating gentle color waves. With its retro South Beach feel and futuristic, state of the art sound and light system, Onda attracts locals, visitors and celebrities.