City break in Miami. Active leisure ideas for Miami - attractions, recreation and nightlife

Miami will be undoubtedly the favorite destination of the active leisure enthusiasts. Plenty of natural attractions, entertaining and sport centers, luxury boutiques and attractive night clubs meet every taste and fancy of travelers. The natural reservation named Monkey Jungle will be a perfect place for the family leisure and recreation. The territory of the scale reservation is inhabited by hundreds of monkey species. The peculiar trait of the reservation is that the animals live in their natural habitat.

Guests of Miami get a unique chance to go for safari trip to South African district. The matter is that the city neighbors the reservation named Lion country. Visitors can cruise the vast territory of the park only by car. As it is clear from the name of the park, the main inhabitant of the reservation is the king of beasts.

Those wishing to get to know closer the inhabitants of the sea floor will love the local aquarium the Seaquarium. Among its inhabitants one will meet cute friendly dolphins and gigantic marine turtles, exotic fish and shell fish as well as sea lions and other exotic inhabitants of the ocean. Each day attracting events and engaging shows are held for the visitors of the the Seaquarium. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Miami hosts a magnificent zoological garden Miami Metrozoo and the botanical gardens Fairchild Tropical Gardens which are of ultimate beauty. The most well known entertainment park is considered to be Parrot Jungle. Visitors of the park will get a chance to enjoy the beauty of tropical birds and relax at the scenic waterfall or at the lake shore. The fans of beach recreation should set off to the Ocean Drive district. The most attracting beach of Miami is stretched along the district.

The shore features all the facilities for comfortable rest and recreation. Travelers may enjoy sun bathing or on water entertainments. As for the shopping then at this point Miami is hardly next to New York. In the heart of the city one will find luxury boutiques where the brand clothes, elite perfumes and accessories of world renowned brands are sold. The local stores Macy`s, Barney and Bloomingdale offer more attractive pricing than the same department stores in New York. In the Lincoln Road, South Beach and Collins Avenue districts one will not only find excellent clothing stores but attractive souvenir shops.

In the city, you can find two great casinos where not only gamblers but also those wishing to have a good time after dark are frequent guests. Casino Miami offers its visitors poker, slot machines, and horse racing simulation. Apart from gambling, meals in a bar and music concerts are available to all guests. Magic City Casino is equipped with poker tables and slots. A restaurant located here is famous for its excellent cocktails. Golf is considered a popular game. Among the many golf centers, locals and tourists prefer the city's most popular clubs such as Country Club Of Miami Golf Course and Palmetto Golf Course.

Miami is a great destination for animal lovers - besides the aforementioned zoos, reserves, oceanarium, and theme zones, you can also explore Neighborhood Fish Farm. Any oceanarium would envy such a diversity of small fish (including tropical species, kept in separate aquariums). A family-friendly atmosphere that reigns here will not leave visitors indifferent. While in Miami, be sure to visit Star Stable in order to ride a graceful horse and get lots of positive emotions. Besides horseback riding lessons, visitors will learn all about the stable's inhabitants - how to care for them properly, what they like and eat.

On Christmas holidays, Miami (namely, Tropical Park) turns into a real paradise for children and those who want to feel childish thanks to Santa's Enchanted Forest. Rides for the most sophisticated tastes, magnificent shows, a wonderful children's menu with delicious sweets, festive illumination and decorations, and, of course, meeting with the hero of the occasion - Santa Claus. All this fascinates immediately, giving a festive mood and great impressions. Together with young tourists, it is certainly worth visiting another place - Grapeland Water Park where you can find a huge play area for children with a pool and several water slides. All the children's entertainment presented here is not the goal for adults, so most of them prefer taking sunbathes on specially equipped sites.

The most popular entertainment center in Miami is Lock & Load Machine Gun Experience & Range. Here you can shoot all types of weapons, including automatic weapons (for example, the iconic riffles Kalashnikov and M16 or the gangster-style Thompson). After some active time, tourists will have the opportunity to visit an on-site museum striking with its huge collection of weapons dating from the Middle Ages to our days. Even those who have repeatedly visited cultural institutions of this kind will be impressed. For tourists who want to feel the adrenaline rush, there are such entertainments as ax throwing (Extreme Ax Throwing), laser tag and paintball (Laserland & Adventure, Action Town), The Flying Trapeze School.

Fox in a Box - the most popular escape center in town - offers visitors a variety of quest rooms (for example, detective, scientific or military themes) where they have standard 60 minutes to escape or solve a puzzle. The second most popular club offering this kind of activity is PanIQ Room where tourists can try to find a pirate treasure, escape from a mysterious hospital or try themselves as secret agents. If you hadn't a chance to book the above rooms, you can also play games of this kind in The Escape Zone or The Great Escape Room where tourists choose from many authentically decorated rooms.

AMR Homestead is another great place in Miami where you can enjoy driving. Strike Club invites visitors to heat some pins and play laser tag, as well as visit its bar with excellent cocktails. The facility is ideal for families. A great idea is to visit loftVR Arcade Club where visitors are provided with a virtual reality station. Tourists and locals looking forward to movie premieres should first of all check if seats are available at CineBistro Cinema, which is the most popular in the city. Interesting concerts are held at the Klipsch Amphitheatre that is located in Bayfront Park. If you don't wont to miss one, just follow the news and posters.

Workshops are also of interest to tourists who can learn something new. For example, Ayesha's Kitchen is the place where travelers are tough how to cook and Spun Candy is the best place for those enthusiastic about candy making. Those who want to learn the basics of drawing do not have to attend an art school - for this, Miami has Painting with a Twist Studio. A warm family atmosphere that prevails here attracts most of all. Among spa centers, The Trump Spa with its beautiful lounges, massage rooms, and a thermal area is in the highest demand. MySpa offering a similar range of services follows it closely behind in terms of popularity.

Miami's nightlife is pretty fast-paced, its guests will certainly find the perfect bar or club for themselves to have a good time after dark. Such clubs as Space and Salsa Mia will suit those who wish to have plenty of fun and dance, but if the heart wants to sing and tourists want to show off their vocal skills, a visit to Sweet Caroline Karaoke Bar with friends would be a great option. What about comedy clubs in Miami? Talented local stand-up comics make visitors crack up with laughter. The most popular clubs are Homefield Comedy Club & Grill and Villain Theater. Night-time entertainment may also include cigar bars, and Tobacco Road is considered the most interesting one.