Tours

The Miami Design Preservation League runs the Art Deco Welcome center at:

1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Phone: 305-531-3484
(Its the only building on the "beach" side of the street.)

They offer 90 minute walking tours of the Art Deco district that leave from the welcome center on the following schedule:

Wednesday @ 10:30 a.m.
Thursday @ 6:30 p.m.
Friday @ 10:30 a.m.
Saturday @ 10:30 a.m.
Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

Cost: $20 Adults, $15 Seniors, Students with school ID.

They also offer self-guided audio tours which you can pick up at the welcome center every day of the week from 10am-4pm. The cost is $15 per adult, $10 for Seniors, Students with school ID & Children under 12.

RJ Diving Ventures
offers wreck and reef diving tours

300 Alton Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Miami Nice Tours

One of the BEST ways to see Miami is by boat. Miami Nice Tours offers very reasonable city/cruise tours, and conveniently they will pick you up at your hotel if you make a reservation. Perfect if you don't have a car but would like to see some of Miami beyond South Beach. Choices include morning, evening or all day tours and even combinations of tours/attractions such as the Miami Sequarium and Parrot Jungle.

Certain of the tours are available by request only, so be sure to book ahead of time.

Vizcaya

Right on Biscayne Bay (Across from Miami Beach to the west) is Viscaya, one of Miami's most remarkable places to visit.

Vizcaya, a National Historic Landmark and Museum was built by agricultural industrialist James Deering, who wintered on the property from 1916-1925. Today, the extraordinary European-inspired estate includes a Main House filled with art and furnishings, ten acres of gardens on Biscayne Bay, a hardwood hammock (native forest), and an historic village.

A short drive from Miami Beach, Viscaya can also be reached by taxi or Bus.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
3251 South Miami Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129
305-250-9133

Driving Directions from South Miami Beach:

Take 5th street west which turns into 395 (McArthur Causeway). Exit onto I-95 south. Follow I-95 south to Exit 1A. Turn right onto South Miami Avenue. Turn left at 3rd light into Vizcaya.

Admission:

If you do not have a car, there are several companies that offer "tours" to Vizcaya that will pick you up and drop you off at your south beach hotel for around $35-$40 per adult, which includes round trip transportation and amission to Vizcaya. If there is a group of you its probably cheaper to take a cab which would be approx. $21 each way.

Rentals

Bicycle

Miami Beach Bicycle Center
601 5th St., Miami Beach, FL 33139
Phone: (305) 674-0150
Hours: Mon - Sat (10am - 7pm) Sun (10am - 5pm)

Scooter

Beach Scooter
1435 Collins Ave. or
1341 Washington Ave.

Deco Scooter Rentals
215 Sixth St.
305.538.0202

Shopping

Lincoln Road