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This 38-acre tropical island paradise features marine shows and marine life exhibits. Expect to stay around 2-3 hours touring the large aquarium. 10 minutes from downtown Miami and directly adjacent to Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden.
The Miami Seaquarium was a 38-acre (15 ha) oceanarium located on the island of Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida, located near downtown Miami. The seaquarium closed after 70 years of operation on October 12, 2025.
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Urban park and nature preserve
Claughton Island
An island community, attached to Brickell by a pedestrian friendly bridge. It is home to the famed Mandarin Oriental hotel. Strollers along Brickell Key often spot one of the many giant iguanas that make the island their home.
Waterfront park and nature preserve.
An archaeological site — a 38 ft circle of holes and wood claimed to date back somewhere between 1,700 and 2,000 years old.
This park has two amphitheaters (one large and a one smaller) and hosts live performances. This park also has memorials for the astronauts who perished in the Challenger spaceship accident, former president John F. Kennedy (the JFK Torch of Friendship), and a fountain dedicated to Claude Pepper, a distinguished US congressman.
Shopping, dining, and special boat tours of surrounding islands, including the island where celebrities live.