Sunday Driver!
Top 5 things
to do while visiting Miami
So my time in Miami has come to a close. I thought a great way to end the week long is to spend my morning and afternoon doing
what many do on a balmy Sunday, go for a drive.
I promise I was so not one of those people idly gazing
out of my window pointing and holding up traffic. But I did take the time to take drive over to
certain places of interest I have always wanted to visit in Miami besides the
usual trek to South Beach. If you are in
town be sure to check them out. Here’s
my list:
1. No visit to Miami is complete without a stop at the historical 50-acre Vizcaya estate. This European-style mansion offers a glimpse at life in turn-of-the-century South Florida. It's also an extremely popular venue for galas, weddings and other entertainment events.
2.
Be sure to drive by he opulent Versace Mansion, Casa Casuarina, located at
1116 Ocean Drive, to see where Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace once
hosted lavish galas for glamorous guests like Madonna, Elton John, and Princess
Diana.
3.
Visit Little Havana center of Hispanic culture,
where Cubans pay homage to their heritage along Memorial Boulevard, located on
13th Avenue off Calle Ocho. See the monuments like the eternal flame
at the Brigade 2506 Memorial remembering the heroes of the Bay of Pigs;
also the Calle Ocho Walk of Fame, the Hispanic equivalent of Hollywood's
sidewalk of fame. Little Havana's historic Tower
Theater, located at S.W. 8th Street and 15th Avenue, teams
with Miami-Dade College to present some free Cuban and Latin American films (in
Spanish). Performances and programs are presented almost daily.
4. Roar back to the 1920's on Art Deco Ocean
Drive. Architecture lovers can Follow 5th Street north to Dade
Boulevard, and Alton Road east to the Atlantic Ocean, an area with more than
800 buildings designed in the pre-war modernism of the 1930s amidst the
Art Deco District.
The Miami Beach Architectural Historic District is only
one-mile radius on South Beach.
5. Take a trip to Miami MetroZoo, largest and oldest zoological garden in Florida. It houses over 1,200 wild animals and is a free range zoo. Its climate allows it to keep a wide variety of animals from Asia, Australia and Africa like no other zoo in the country.
Enjoy!
Koko