Miami Travel Deals and Vacation Packages

Fun-filled Miami vacation attractions beckon us!  But travel deals and vacation packages to this exotic and enchanting paradise is not only about beaches.  This great attraction is a treasure trove of a lot of interesting sights, sounds and events that will surely make it one of the most enjoyable traveling destinations.

Miami is a city and port in Florida on Biscayne Bay. It is located in the South Florida region, 20 miles from Fort Lauderdale, 106 miles from Naples, Florida and 156 miles from Key West. It is a major tourist destination and retirement center which during the Florida land boom of the 1920s.  World renowned hotspots of this tourist paradise include Coral Cables and the iconic Miami Beach.

The City is renowned for its sunny weather, vibrant nightlife and fine cuisine.  This tourist hotspot, with relatively humble beginnings, was founded some 100 years ago when the tycoon Henry Flagler extended his railroad to carry citrus fruits from the frost-free south. During the more turbulent period of the region in the 60s, Cuban refugees started flocking to the city developing a pervading Latin character which has attracted other Latin countries including Colombia, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua and Haiti. Miami has successfully absorbed the different cultures of a mixed population and has evolved into a society so unique to become the face of the New American community.  Miami is now the most exciting and vibrant city in the country.  Indeed this multicultural metropolis pulsates with joie de vivre and savoir faire and is really a “City of the Future”.

As it is located near the equatorial region, Miami experiences a warmer weather than most other parts of the United States.  Winter weather averages around 60 to 70 degrees F, while it can fall to around 50 degrees F during the day and 40 degrees F at night. June and November are usually the times when thunderstorms and rains visit the region.

Miami has been dubbed “America’s Casablanca”.  It has also earned the moniker “Magic City” and more recently “America of the Millenium”.  These adulations that this great paradise has deservingly earned speaks well of how the vibrancy and enduring mystery of Miami has sustained its place in the center of the tourism map.  Miami has that distinct identity as truly a multicultural American city.  The beauty of America’s ‘Riviera’ is a balance of the natural magnificence of fabled white-sand beaches and clear blue waters lapping Miami Beach, and the splendor of world-class shopping and cosmopolitan dining, international culture and legendary nightlife. A visit to Miami is a journey of leisure and some really great fun activities, from cultural to sporting.  Residential Coral Gables is renowned for its architectural elegance boasts of the Biltmore Hotel, Fairchild Tropical Garden and the incomparable Venetian Pool, while the bustling Bayside harbor complex in Downtown Miami offers great boat excursions.  Moving on to the Latin district of Little Havana, home to the city’s huge Cuban population, you will be greeted by the cigar-making shops.  Tourist should visit the place in March for the lively Calle Ocho Festival.  You should also include in your “must-see” list the legendary Ocean Drive boulevard along South Beach, and rub elbows with the chic crowd of Miami’s trendiest sidewalk boutiques, bars and restaurants, the favorite haunts of such local celebrities as Gloria Estefan, Madonna, Ricky Martin and Donatella Versace.