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Greater Miami
Convention and Visitors Bureau
701 Brickell Ave #2700
Miami, FL 33131
(305) 539-3000
(305) 539-3113 (fax)
Population
358,548

Time Zone
Eastern

Latitude/Longitude
25.79° /-80.23°

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Sea and sunshine, glittering
luxury hotels, and an endless variety of things to do have made
Miami one of America's favorite resort centers. Miami is a
complex metropolitan area, gateway to the resort of Miami Beach,
and the largest cruise ship port in the world.

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There's much more to South Florida than the neon-hued nostalgia
of Miami Vice and pink flamingos. In fact, what used to be a
relatively sleepy beach-vacation destination has awoken from its
humid slumber, upped its tempo, and finally earned its place in the
Palm Pilots of cutting-edge jet-setters worldwide. But don't be
fooled by the hipper-than-thou celebrity-drenched playground known
as South Beach. While the chic elite do, indeed, flock to Miami's
coolest enclave, it is surprisingly accessible to the average Joe,
Jane, or José. For every Phillippe Starck-designed,
bank-account-busting boutique hotel on South Beach, there's a
kitschy, candy-coated Art Deco one that's much less taxing on the
pockets. For each Pan-MediterAsian haute cuisinerie, there's always
the down-home, no-nonsense Cuban bodega (a small corner
grocery store, usually with a walk-up window for ordering) offering
hearty food at ridiculously cheap prices.
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Beyond the whole glitzy, Access Hollywood-meets-beach-blanket-bacchanalia
as seen on TV, Miami has an endless number of sporting, cultural,
and recreational activities to keep you entertained. Our sparkling
beaches are beyond compare. Plus, there's excellent shopping and
other nightlife activities that include ballet, theater, and opera.
Leave Miami, be it for the Keys, the Gold Coast, or the Treasure
Coast, and you'll expose yourself not only to more UV rays, but to a
world of cultural, historical, and sybaritic surprises where you can
take in a spring baseball game, walk in the footsteps of Hemingway,
get up close and personal with the area's sea life, soak up the
serenity of unspoiled landscapes, and much more.
Forget what you've heard about South Florida being Heaven's
Waiting Room. That slogan is as passé as the concept of "early bird"
dinners (which you can still get--they just no longer define the
region). In fact, according to some people, South Florida is
heaven. So what are you waiting for?
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