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About Miami
The appeal of greater Miami goes beyond sun-soaked beaches and a world-renowned climate. The young metropolis also has diverse neighborhoods and a cultural richness suggestive of older, more established American cities.
Surprisingly, this popular destination may require some geographic orientation: Few realize Miami proper, on the mainland, and Miami Beach are separate cities. The former, while still a vacation spot, is more business-oriented, with a skyline of imposing bank towers; the latter's casual environment is almost entirely geared to tourism and its silhouette lined with high-rise hotels and condominiums.
A tropical sun and crystal-hued waters beckon visitors year-round--mom, dad and the kids to build sand castles and frolic in the ocean during summer, and snowbirds anxious to leave ice scrapers and snow shovels for a temperate winter. It's a place where you can wave at cruise ships sailing away to Caribbean islands, dine at waterfront restaurants, sleep in pastel-colored Art Deco hotels, shop at designer boutiques and catch exhibits at world-class museums.
This is not a typical Southern city, though, as its location might suggest. Multicultural Miami has integrated large populations of Northern expatriates, Cubans and other Hispanic groups, and those with Caribbean, European and Asian heritage. You're as likely to hear Spanish spoken as English, sip a martini or a mojito, and dine on stone crab, arroz con pollo or corned beef on rye.
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