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Driving Along Florida A1A: This oceanfront route, which runs north up Miami Beach, through Sunny Isles and Hollywood, and into Fort Lauderdale (starting at Ocean Dr. and First St. in Miami and merging onto Collins Ave. before running north), embodies the essence that is South Florida. From time-warped hotels steeped in Art Deco kitsch to multimillion-dollar modern high-rises, A1A is one of the most scenic, albeit heavily trafficked, roads in all of Florida.
Experiencing South Beach Nightlife: If you can handle it, you can boogie down until the sun comes up in cavernous, pulsating dance clubs, which are considered amongst the best in the world. Lounges aren't too shabby either. There's Privé, where the likes of Jessica Simpson, Janet Jackson and Paris Hilton, Kid Rock, Courtney Love and members of Mötley Crüe mix with a colorful crowd of local and international hipsters and then there's Skybar, Prive, Mansion, Opium, the Setai, The Forge, and, well the list goes on. Where else can us ordinary folk brush elbows with—or spill Cosmopolitans on—Hollywood starlets, entertainment moguls, and living legends but in South Beach's hot clubs, bars, and restaurants, many of which don't get going until the crack of dawn?
Seeing a Moonlight Concert at the Barnacle State Historic Site: Once a month, on or near the full moon (except during July and Aug), the Barnacle State Historic Site hosts a concert in the backyard of their charming 1908 Coconut Grove bungalow built on 5 acres of waterfront property. Listeners are welcome to picnic and bask in this sublime setting for a mere $5.
Watching the Cruise Ships Set Sail from South Pointe Park: Unless you're already on a boat, you can't get a better view of the monstrous cruise ships leaving the Port of Miami than from South Pointe Park, located at the southern tip of South Beach. If you stare long enough, you will feel like you're moving, which is almost as much fun as being on board.

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A week in Miami is not unlike watching an episode of, say, Access Hollywood with a little CNN thrown in for good measure. Miami: the city to which J-Lo fled when she and Ben Affleck were on the outs; where Tom Cruise took Katie Holmes to celebrate her never-ending 27th birthday; the place where the paparazzi camps out for days hoping to catch a glimpse of something or someone fabulous; the place where former President Bill Clinton kibitzes with the head of a top modeling agency at a St. Tropez-ish beach club; where Janet Reno throws a politically driven dance party at a South Beach nightclub. And that's just a small sampling of the surreal, Felliniesque world that exists way down here at the bottom of the map. Nothing in Miami is ever what it seems. Read More

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Is there a ferry going from Miami to the Florida Keys. and if so could you send me information. thank you Linda Hankins
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how far is capa kennedy from boca raton? are there tour trips from boca raton to cape kennedy?
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want a nice hotel that has a shuttle to pick us up at the airport and drop us off at a cruise ship when we leave. in a good area of town that has lots of shopping and things to do at a reasonable price. j.j.
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