Downtown Miami is Miami’s bustling epicenter, packed with gleaming skyscrapers, sweeping bay views, and hidden places to explore. It’s a neighborhood of layers—decades of history overlapping and colliding; tourism destinations like Port of Miami alongside local favorites like American Airlines Arena, home to the Miami Heat; century-old buildings among new pockets of young residents who call the neighbourhood home.

Visiting Downtown and not doing some shopping is like going to Little Havana and not eating a Cuban sandwich – it just doesn’t happen. The best place for some Downtown retail therapy is the two-story Bayside Marketplace, where you can browse anything from designer shoes to Miami fridge magnets – all with a palm-fringed marina view. But shopping isn’t all that’s on offer at this oceanfront retail complex: craft cocktail bars, fresh fish restaurants and a daily schedule of live music performances will likely have you staying here longer than planned.

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