Coconut Grove is an eclectic and intriguing neighborhood, a haven for writers and artists that goes about its usual business during the day, but in the evening the streets come alive as tourists pour into small boutiques, sidewalk cafés, and stores lodged in two massive retail-entertainment complexes. A mix of galleries, restaurants, bars, bookstores, comedy clubs, and theaters cater to honeymooning couples, families, and prosperous retirees. Spend an evening here to taste bohemia.

Coral Gables where more than 150 multinational companies maintain headquarters or regional offices, and the University of Miami campus in the southern part of the Gables brings a youthful vibrancy to the area that extends down the shore of Biscayne Bay through neighborhoods threaded with canals. The gorgeous Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and beachfront Matheson Hammock Park dominate this part of the Gables.

Downtown Miami dazzles with sparkling glass high-rises springing up between Biscayne Boulevard and the Miami River. Mary Brickell Village serves as a culinary oasis for the starved business district. Attractions are conveniently located within about two blocks of the nearest station and this is an excellent tour to take by rail.

Key Biscayne and Virginia Key are now home to top-ranked beaches and golf, tennis, softball, and picnicking facilities. The long and winding bike paths that run through the islands are favorites for in-line skaters and cyclists.

Little Havana settled en masse by Cubans in the early 1960s, after that country’s Communist revolution is a predominantly working-class area and the core of Miami’s Hispanic community. It offers great, inexpensive food (not just Cuban, there’s Vietnamese, Mexican, and Argentinean here as well), distinctive, affordable art, cigars and coffee, history and life as it’s really lived in Miami.

Miami Beach with its energetic Ocean Drive unfolds 24 hours a day. Beautiful people pose in hotel lounges and sidewalk cafés, tanned cyclists zoom past palm trees, and visitors flock to see the action. On Lincoln Road, café crowds spill onto the sidewalks, weekend markets draw all kinds of visitors and their dogs, and thanks to a few late-night lounges the scene is just as alive at night. thanksgiving recipes car rental miami
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