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Miami: Havana to Art Deco
Miami-Dade County, Florida, US · 7 stops · 22.3 mi (36 km) · about 55 min driving · 15 spoken stories · driven 1×
This 55-minute drive captures Miami's Cuban soul and Art Deco heritage. Start at MIA airport and cruise through Little Havana's Calle Ocho for Cuban coffee at Versailles and domino games, detour to Wynwood's famous murals, then head to Miami Beach's 1930s architecture and Ocean Drive. Perfect for anyone curious about Miami's layered cultures and design history.
Photo: Marc Averette, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
From Miami International Airport (MIA) to Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
The stops
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1
Versailles Restaurant
lunchVersailles is a cafeteria, restaurant, and bakery located on Calle Ocho in Little Havana, Miami. The large restaurant seats 370 people and has ornate etched glass and statuettes and features a bakery, a takeout area, a counter window and the ability to host banquets and parties. Founded by Felipe A. Valls Sr.
“Here we are at Versailles, and if you only make one Cuban coffee stop in Miami, make it this one.”
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Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street)
The Calle Ocho Music Festival is a one-day street festival closing out Carnaval Miami. It takes place in March in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida, between SW 12th Avenue and 27th Avenue on SW 8th Street.
“This is Calle Ocho, Southwest Eighth Street, the main artery of Cuban Miami.”
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3
Tower Theater
1508, Southwest 8th Street, Latin Quarter
“Coming up is the Tower Theater, and it is a beauty.”
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Máximo Gómez Park (Domino Park)
Maximo Gomez Park is a small park located on the historic Calle Ocho in Little Havana, Miami, Florida. The park is named after a hero of Cuba's War of Independence, Máximo Gómez. It is also nicknamed "Domino Park" and is a gathering place for Cuban immigrants.
“This little corner at Eighth Street and Fifteenth Avenue is Máximo Gómez Park, better known as Domino Park.”
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Wynwood Walls
Wynwood is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida. Wynwood is known for being an entertainment district, with artwork, restaurants, breweries, clothing stores, and dance venues, among other retail options.
“Welcome to Wynwood Walls.”
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Española Way
South Beach, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard.
“Española Way is our little detour into Spain, two blocks off the beach.”
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Miami Beach Architectural District
The Miami Beach Architectural District is a U.S. historic district located in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida. The area is well known as the district where Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace lived and was assassinated by Andrew Cunanan, in a mansion on Ocean Drive.
“This is the Miami Beach Architectural District, and it holds the world's largest collection of Art Deco buildings, more than eight hundred properties put up between nineteen twenty-three and nineteen forty-three, with about nine hundred sixty historic buildings inside the district boundaries.”
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