Tips & Tricks
Dinner Key Marina (3400 Pan American Drive, Miami) – located near both Coconut Grove and the Brickell Avenue business & banking district, this is Florida’s largest wet slip marine facility (boasting 582 slips). Dinner Key originally served as base of operations for Pan American Airway’s famed flying boats, the Clippers, and plenty of history has […]
Don Shula’s Hotel and Golf Club (7601 Miami Lakes Drive, Miami Lakes) — It may be named for a football coach, but make no mistake: this is serious golf. With tree-lined fairways and clear streams and lakes as water hazards, this jewel of a course belies its location right off the traffic nightmare that is […]
Doral Golf Resort and Spa (400 NW 87th Avenue, Doral) — Home of the CA/World Golf Championships, Doral features four courses designed to challenge and amaze. The crown jewel is the par-72 Blue Monster where the pros themselves struggle to break par, while the Great White course, designed by golf legend Greg Norman is a […]
Crandon Golf Course (6700 Crandon Blvd., Key Biscayne) — You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more picturesque public course anywhere in the country. Located on the water on Key Biscayne, Crandon – former home of an LPGA tour event – features lush tropical surroundings and plenty of water. A number of holes are also framed […]
Coral Gables Venetian Pool (2701 De Soto Blvd., Coral Gables) — Walking through the wrought iron gates at the Venetian Pool, visitors are immediately overwhelmed by a sense of calm and relaxation. Water cascades down the 25-foot-tall cliff and splashes down onto the emerald waters that are dotted with coral reefs. This swimming pool is […]
Cuba Nostalgia (Miami-Dade County Fair-Expo Center, 10901 SW 24th Street, Miami) – this event, held in mid-May, takes visitors on a journey back in time for those who remember the island’s glamorous heydays (of the pre-Castro period) and for those who never experienced them. There is live Cuban exhibits, artists and vendors, traditional Cuban foods, […]