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Eating in Little Havana: Ventanitas, Coladas and What to Order
The ritual matters as much as the menu. Coffee is shared, lunch is the big meal, and the neighbourhood is no longer only Cuban.
8 min readYvette Charles
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Guides to Miami
10 long-form guides to Miami, each one signed and dated so you can see how current it is. They answer the questions that do not fit on a listings page: how the place is laid out, what you will actually be charged for, and which trade-offs are worth making.
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The ritual matters as much as the menu. Coffee is shared, lunch is the big meal, and the neighbourhood is no longer only Cuban.
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Do You Need a Car in Miami? Tolls, Parking and the Free Options
For most visitors the honest answer is a split one: no car for the city days, a car for the days you leave it. The expensive mistake is renting for the whole week.
8 min readCamila Rojas
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When to Visit Miami: Two Seasons, Hurricanes and King Tides
Miami runs on two seasons. Dry, warm, expensive and crowded from November to April; hot, humid, stormy and cheap from May to October.
8 min readAndre Beaumont
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Three Days in Miami: An Itinerary That Does Not Cross the Bay Twice
Three days is enough for the beach, two neighbourhoods and a national park, as long as each day stays on one side of the water.
8 min readCamila Rojas
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Miami Art Guide: Murals, Private Collections and Free Museums
Wynwood is where visitors start and where most of them stop. The city that collectors fly in for every December is spread across five neighbourhoods.
8 min readYvette Charles
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Miami's Beaches, Compared: Ocean, Bay, Lifeguards and Parking
Twenty miles of sand and two quite different kinds of water. The ocean side breaks; the bay side barely moves. Knowing which you want decides the day.
9 min readAndre Beaumont
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The Miami Neighbourhood Guide: What Each One Is Actually For
Miami is not one city with districts. It is a run of distinct places, some of them older than the city itself, and the trip works when you treat them that way.
9 min readCamila Rojas
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A First-Timer's Guide to Miami: Geography, Bases and What to Book
Miami is a county of distinct cities separated by water, not one downtown with suburbs. Get the map right and the rest of the trip organises itself.
9 min readCamila Rojas
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The Everglades from Miami: Which Entrance, Which Season, Which Boat
The largest subtropical wilderness in the United States starts about an hour from downtown. Most visitors book an airboat and never actually enter it.
8 min readAndre Beaumont
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Miami with Kids: Beaches, Museums and Working Around the Heat
The constraint in Miami is not what there is to do. It is heat, distance and a thunderstorm that arrives most summer afternoons at roughly the same hour.
8 min readCamila Rojas