4-Day Miami Tour: Key West, Fort Lauderdale 【Product Code: 8362】

This popular South Florida vacation destination with a major Latin American influence features clear blue sunny skies, stunning beaches, crystal blue water, fabulous Art Deco architecture and countless activities. Miami was incorporated in 1896 and is sometimes referred to as the "Capital of Latin America." It has a large Cuban population that is most prominent in its Little Havana section. Miami hot spots are Miami Beach, South Beach, Venetian Pool, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Zoo Miami, Jungle Island, Miami Seaquarium, Coconut Grove, Ancient Spanish Monastery and Perez Art Museum Miami.

The 1.5 million-acre Everglades National Park is a one-of-a-kind destination that is the biggest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Everglades National Park was created in 1947 to preserve the terrain, animals and plants of this Florida landmark because to many people were trying to convert wetlands into land harming the ecosystem. The park is home to alligators, American crocodiles, manatees, otters, snakes, birds, fish and the Florida panther. It has five habitats of Mangrove, Pineland, Hammock, Sawgrass and Slough. The attraction is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site, Wetland of International Importance and International Biosphere Reserve.

This laid-back city on the Florida Keys island of the same name is the southernmost city in the continental United States and about 90 miles from Cuba. Key West was visited by Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon in 1521 and remained a Spanish territory until U.S. Navy Commander Matthew C. Perry claimed it for the United States in 1822. Famous writers Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams lived in Key West during the mid-1900s. Several U.S. presidents including Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy visited the city. Notable sites in the city and on the island are Mallory Square, Duval Street, The Ernest Hemingway House and Museum, Southernmost Point monument and The Key West Museum of Art & History.

Nicknamed "The Venice of America," the tropical city situated on Florida's southeast coast is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, The New River and many inland canals. Fort Lauderdale was incorporated in 1911 and received its name because of the many forts constructed there in 1838 during the Second Seminole War when Major William Lauderdale commanded the Tennessee Volunteers. Popular city sites are Fort Lauderdale Beach, the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Museum of Art, Museum of Science and Discovery, Old Fort Lauderdale Village, Las Olas Boulevard and Museum and Stranaham House.

The glamorous South Florida city offers upscale shops, fine dining, amazing architecture and fabulous Broadway shows. West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1860s and 1870s and later founded by Henry Flagler in 1893 as a residential area for the employees of his two resort hotels located in Palm Beach, just across Lake Worth. Notable sites are the CityPlace, Norton Museum of Art, Antique Row, Florida Stage, Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society, Rapids Water Park and South Florida Science Museum.