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Tours of the City The Miami Design Preservation League (tel: (305) 672 2014; ) conducts 90‐minute walking tours of South Beach’s Art Deco Historic District twice a week (Saturday at 1030 and Thursday at 1830), departing from its Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, and costing US$15. Self‐guided audio tours are available here daily and cost US$10 to rent the 45‐minute cassettes. Bus Tours Dragonfly Expeditions (tel: (305) 774 9019) and Dade Heritage Trust, 190 SE 12th Terrace (tel: (305) 358 9572; fax: (305) 358 1162), operate the ‘Miami Magic City Bus Tour’, which takes in the city’s most famous and historic neighbourhoods in a three‐ to four‐hour tour costing US$40. Bicycle Tours The Miami Beach Bicycle Center, 601 Fifth Street (tel: (305) 674 0150), organises two‐hour bicycle tours of South Beach and the Art Deco Historic District. These depart from the Bicycle Center, on the first and third Sunday of the month, at 1030, and cost US$15, which includes bicycle rental (reservations are essential). Boat Tours Island Queen Cruises, Bayside Marketplace, 401 Biscayne Boulevard (tel: (305) 379 5119; ), tour Miami Bay in one and a half hours, travelling past the Port and exclusive Millionaire’s Row – home to such celebrities as Gloria Estefan, the Bee Gees, Oprah Winfrey, Boris Becker, Paul Newman and Whitney Houston. The tours depart from Bayside Marketplace daily every hour on the hour 1100‐1900 and cost US$15 (concessions are available). |