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Vacation 2 USA   >   Florida   >   Towns and Cities   >   Miami

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Miami


Miami is a city in southeastern Florida. As of the 2000 census, the city's population was 362,470, but the metropolitan areas's population was 5.4 million.

Miami has many links to Central America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, as well as being home to a large Spanish-speaking population, in particular a large Cuban community which makes up over a third of Miami's population. Because of these links with other parts of the western hemisphere, the city is sometimes known as the "Gateway to the Americas".

Miami is also the site of one of the largest and most important sea ports in the United States. The Port of Miami is used both for cargo, and passenger traffic, and is in fact the busiest passenger port in the country, and has been for over a decade. It is from the sea port that Miami gets two of its other nicknames: "Cargo Gateway of the Americas", and "Cruise Capital of the World" - the latter in recognition of the many cruise ships which sail from the port.

Miami, Florida at night. The Bank of America tower is the building lit in pink.

Attractions in the Miami area include: Here is some other information about Miami:
  • Some of the major companies headquartered in Miami include Burger King and Lennar.

  • Professional sports teams in Miami include the baseball team, the Florida Marlins, the NBA basketball team, the Miami Heat, the NFL American football team, the Miami Dolphins, and the USL-1 soccer team, Miami FC.

  • The main airport for Miami is Miami International Airport.
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Here are some posters of Miami that you can buy:
 
Kat Von D
24" X 36"
Poster
Kat Von D

 
 
Dwyane Wade - Miami Heat
22.375" X 34"
Poster
Dwyane Wade - Miami Heat

 
 
Miami Heat- Dwyane Wade
22.375" X 34"
Poster
Miami Heat- Dwyane Wade

 
 
Kat Von D
24" X 36"
Poster
Kat Von D

 
 
Miami Heat - 2006 NBA Champions
22.375" X 34"
Poster
Miami Heat - 2006 NBA Champions

 
 
Dolphins Super Tickets
24" X 36"
Poster
Artist: Jason Muslin.
Dolphins Super Tickets

 
 
Miami, Florida
36" X 12"
Art Print
Artist: Jerry Driendl.
Miami, Florida

 
 
Miami Beach
8.75" X 13"
Art Print
Artist: Kerne Erickson.
Miami Beach

 
 
Miami heat- Shaq
22.375" X 34"
Poster
Miami heat- Shaq

 
 
Miami Hurricanes- Logo
22" X 34"
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Miami Hurricanes- Logo

 
 
Miami
36" X 12"
Art Print
Artist: Jerry Driendl.
Miami

 
 
Miami Beach
19.69" X 27.56"
Art Print
Miami Beach

 
 
Miami Beach
7.5" X 15.5"
Art Print
Miami Beach

 
 
Miami Heat
22" X 34"
Poster
Miami Heat

 
 
Miami to Cuba
28" X 22"
Art Print
Artist: David Grandin.
Miami to Cuba

 
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Here are a few books about Miami:

Frommer's South Florida: With the best of Miami & the Keys (Frommer's Complete)

By Lesley Abravanel

Frommer's
Paperback (416 pages)

Frommer s South Florida: With the best of Miami & the Keys (Frommer s Complete)
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Miami and the Keys are perennially popular destinations, especially for winter travel. Florida tourism officials predict a 3.2 percent increase in visitors for 2006.

Streetwise Miami Map - Laminated City Street Map of Miami, Florida -with integrated metrorail and metromover lines and stations

By Michael Brown

Streetwise Maps
Map (1 pages)

Streetwise Miami Map - Laminated City Street Map of Miami, Florida -with integrated metrorail and metromover lines and stations
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Streetwise Miami Map - Laminated Center City Street Map of Miami, Florida - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated metrorail & metromover lines & stations

This map covers the following areas:
Main Miami Map 1:24,000
North Miami Beach Map 1:33,000
Miami Design District Map 1:18,000
Downtown Miami Map 1:18,000
Coconut Grove and Coral Gables Map 1:26,000
Miami Area Map 1:200,000

Miami And The Keys (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)

By DK Publishing

DK Travel
Turtleback (160 pages)

Miami And The Keys (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)
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Take the work out of planning any trip with DK's Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides. Branded with DK's trusted and familiar "Eyewitness" style, these compact guides make finding the best every destination has to offer easier than ever before! Perfect for both business travel and vacations, whether you're looking for the finest cuisine or the least expensive places to eat, the most luxurious hotels or the best deals on places to stay, the best family destination or the hottest nightspot, Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides provide current, useful information based on the insight of local experts to find the best of everything at each destination.

Fodor's Miami & Miami Beach, 6th Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)

By Fodor's

Fodor's
Released: 2007-11-06
Paperback (256 pages)

Fodor s Miami & Miami Beach, 6th Edition (Fodor s Gold Guides)
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Sip a Piña Colada on Ocean Drive, dance at the hottest clubs, stay at an art deco hotel, or just bask in the warm Floridian sun – Fodor's Miami & Miami Beach, 6th Edition offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout the country to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best –"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

- We frequently update our Miami & Miami Beach guide, and we make every effort to bring you the most accurate and thorough book. Plus we provide timely updates about the area at Fodors.com.
- Unlike other travel books, Fodor's guides rely heavily on local experts who know the territory best–so you know you're seeing the real Miami.
- We give you the planning tools you need to tailor your trip. We give options for all budgets. You make the choices.

Time Out Miami and the Florida Keys (Time Out Guides)

By Time Out

Time Out
Paperback (320 pages)

Time Out Miami and the Florida Keys (Time Out Guides)
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Highlights Miami's best, from the nocturnal playgrounds of South Beach to the shops, cafés, and botánicas of Little Havana. Details clubs, music, galleries, gay and lesbian venues, theaters, festivals, outdoor activities, and things to do with kids.

Zagat 2008 Miami/So. Florida Restaurants

Zagat Survey
Paperback (304 pages)

Zagat 2008 Miami/So. Florida Restaurants
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Miami So. Florida Restaurants covers over 950 restaurants in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and the Key West. This handy guide contains Zagat Survey's trusted ratings and reviews for area restaurants based on the opinions of diners like you. The trademark reviews and corresponding ratings for Food, Decor, Service and Cost are organized alphabetically in a user friendly format. Use the indexes arranged by cuisine, neighborhood and special features like In Places, Winning Wine Lists, or Romantic Places to find the perfect restaurant for any occasion.

Wallpaper City Guide: Miami (Wallpaper City Guide)

By Editors of Wallpaper Magazine

Phaidon Press
Paperback (120 pages)

Wallpaper City Guide: Miami (Wallpaper City Guide)
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Wallpaper* City Guides not only suggest where to stay, eat,and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see,whether he or she has a week or just 24 hours in the city.The guidesfeature up-and-coming areas, landmark buildings in an Architour', designcenters, and a selection of the best shops to buy items unique to theparticular city.Wallpaper* City Guides present travelers with a fast-track ticket to thechosen location.The edited guides offer the best, the most exciting, andthe most beautiful of the featured city.In addition to looking beautiful, the guides are expertly designed withfunction as a priority.They have tabbed sections so the tourist caneasily find what he or she is looking for.Also included are color-codedcity maps, rate and currency cards, and an easy navigational tool.Theyare the ultimate combination of form and function.Compiled by the well-traveled editorial team of Wallpaper* and by anextraordinary network of international correspondents, the guides are trulythe insider's guide to each featured city.The contributors tothese guides have put their heads together to come up with fascinating,efficient guides that keeps the hip, urban traveler with his or her fingeron the pulse.The City Guides are being published as Wallpaper* magazine celebrates itstenth anniversary.For the past decade, Wallpaper* has been the first touncover and enticingly present the best in new design and urban travelspots across the globe.The City Guides are the perfect way to present adecade of experience in one precisely edited guide to each of the 40 citiesto be published in 2007.

Miami (America Series)

By Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Whitecap Books
Hardcover (96 pages)

Miami (America Series)
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This sun-drenched, multicultural city is captured by stunning photographs taken by some of America's best photographers. Visit the Sunshine State's most exuberant city for the first time or relive your favorite memories of Miami's long sandy beaches, vibrant neighborhoods and fabulous nightlife.

About the America series:

As expansive as America itself, this outstanding series captures outstanding views of panoramic landscapes, brilliant city skylines, and picturesque communities. Each volume focuses on a city or state and features 96 pages and 70 stunning images by internationally renowned photographers, plus descriptive captions.

Hidden Florida: Including Miami, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa Bay, the Everglades, and the Keys (Hidden Travel)

By Catherine O'Neal

Ulysses Press
Paperback (600 pages)

Hidden Florida: Including Miami, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa Bay, the Everglades, and the Keys (Hidden Travel)
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Where Vacations Meet Adventures! First, Hidden Florida reviews the destination’s famed attractions. Then (more importantly!) it invites the reader to go further to “Hidden” spots other guides overlook, including small inns and local restaurants. The guide also focuses on outdoor adventures with detailed information on beaches, parks, and outdoor activities. Special traveler-friendly features include hidden spots, author’s favorite picks, getaway itineraries, driving and walking tours, websites and e-mail addresses, and multiple scaled maps that zoom in on each area. Hidden Florida leads to art museums in Miami, tropical bungalows in the keys, and canoeing along the Gulf Coast. The author offers recommendations and opinionated reviews for over 402 restaurants and over 350 hotels and condos. This updated edition includes 46 maps.

The Unofficial Guide to South Florida including Miami & the Keys (Unofficial Guides)

By Lea Lane

Wiley
Paperback (518 pages)

The Unofficial Guide to South Florida including Miami & the Keys (Unofficial Guides)
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From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide(r) to Walt Disney World(r)

"A Tourist's Best Friend!"
-Chicago Sun-Times

"Indispensable"
-The New York Times

Five Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide(r):
* Candid, critical, and useful information on Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties, Southwest Florida, the Florida Keys, and Everglades National Park
* Helpful hints on getting the best room at the lowest possible rate-on and off the beach
* Detailed reviews of more than 100 restaurants
* The inside story on the best beaches: where to swim and sun, where to take it off, where to park, how to avoid crowds, and more
* A complete guide to the most interesting and exciting sights and attractions in South Florida, plus insider details on Everglades National Park

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Metrozoo

Appeal by age Preschool Grade school Teens Over 30 . Young adults Seniors

Location South of Miami. Take the Florida Turnpike Extension to the Southwest 152nd Street exit and follow the signs to the entrance; # 305-251-0400 for a recorded message; # 305-251-0401 for more information

Type of Attraction A "new-style" zoo that features cageless animals that roam on plots of land surrounded by moats; guided and self-guided tours. Admission Adults, $8; children ages 3-12, $4 Hours Daily, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. When to go Avoid sweltering summer afternoons. "You'll die here midday in July and August," a zoo employee reports. Come before 10 a.m. or after 3:30 p.m. to beat the worst of the heat. Saturday, predictably enough, is the most crowded day, while Sunday morning is usually a quiet time to see the zoo. Keep in mind, too, that animals are most active early in the morning and late in the day.

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