By: Robert Lovi By: Robert Lovi | June 23, 2022 | Culture, Food & Drink, Lifestyle,
Some may think of Miami as an adult-only city due to its fabulous parties, excess, and glamour, but the Magic City has plenty of fun options for kids and their families. From endless beach options, great restaurants with fantastic food, and top-notch entertainment, you and your kids are guaranteed a fun time this summer in the 305. Below, we present some fun activities to do with your kids in Miami.
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9700 Collins Ave #135 / Website
Located on the ground floor of Miami’s shopping mecca, the Bal Harbour Shops, this renowned French restaurant is a wonderful family-friendly stop to enjoy the open-air mall with children and take a break from shopping in the city's countless high-end boutiques. With great options for children like its pop Steak and Frites, you can also sip on its delicious bellini while you get ready to continue exploring the mall.
955 Alton Road / Website
We all know kids can be a little indecisive when it comes to food, especially if they are just getting into different cuisines. However, they don’t have to choose just one and Miami offers an array of options so they feel content and enjoy their meals. Alton Food Hall, Miami Beach's newest hotspot, houses various restaurants. Golden Burgers' Chicken Fingers and Fries and Pollo Campero's Empanada Kids Meal are great options for your picky eaters. Drinks like Top Gun, made with Mezcal, plum liquor, sparkling wine, Peychaud's bitters, and lemon, can be found at Airmail. You and the other adults can have a delicious drink at this cocktail bar. This location is perfect for the whole family when nobody can decide what to eat.
1060 Ocean Drive / Website
The iconic Sugar Factory American Brasserie is an experience that everyone in the family, including the little ones, can enjoy. With colorful and fun drinks and food, this spot has been named "The Most Instagrammed Restaurant in the United States" by Food & Wine Magazine. It now offers a sweet escape with a newly-opened location in Miami Beach's Ocean Drive. Insane Milkshakes, rainbow dishes, and smoking non-alcoholic Goblets are just some of the treats available at this kid-friendly celebration hotspot known for its sweets and treats (or spiked for the parents). Every aspect of Sugar Factory's Ocean Drive location has been thoughtfully designed to make dining there an enjoyable experience for the whole family. This includes a candy retail store with the Sugar Factory's famed floor-to-ceiling candy wall.
980 MacArthur Causeway / Website
The Miami Children's Museum is a non-profit educational institution that serves all children in our multicultural community. Exhibits, programs, and materials about the city's arts, culture, and history are available at the Museum. Children can play, learn, imagine, and create with their friends and family at the Museum, which is undoubtedly one of the best destinations in the Magic City for all children. The mission of the Miami Children's Museum is to inspire a lifelong love of learning in children and to help them reach their full potential.
1101 NW 23 St. / Website
Undoubtedly, one of the most incredible destinations in the city that guarantees a fun time for everyone. Here, three of the world's most renowned experiential artists, Es Devlin, James Turrell, and teamLab, collaborate with Superblue Miami to create large-scale installations that will be on display and available to the public. TeamLab's wall-to-wall landscapes, or DRIFT's Meadow, are just two of the stunning artworks on display. As Yinka Illori's work is displayed in Blue Rider Cafe, guests are encouraged to eat at Jealous Fork while there. If your kids enjoy fun and experimental exhibitions, this is the place to take them.
1101 Biscayne Blvd / Website
Kids love museums, especially when they can learn and touch and just put their imagination to the test, and Miami has some of the most interactive and fun ones. Frost Science, a cutting-edge science museum devoted to inspiring wonder and investigation in children and adults alike, is the ideal summer vacation spot for families with children of any age. In their newest exhibit, "Sherlock Holmes: The Exhibition," you'll work alongside the world's most famous detective and put your observational skills to the test. Many daily planetarium shows are available at Frost Science, such as Living Worlds and Worlds Beyond Earth. A new menu featuring Sherlock Holmes-inspired dishes can be found at Food@Science for everyone to enjoy.
3555 S Ocean Drive / Website
There is nothing more fun than spending a day at the pool with your loved ones, and kids love the pool because everything is just more exciting in the water.
At The Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood, take in the expansive ocean views from the infinity pool terrace's porthole bottom and two waterfalls cascading into the 240-foot Sparkling Lagoon pool below. The pool is surrounded by tropical landscaping and views of the Atlantic Ocean, making it the perfect place to cool off on a hot day.
Enjoy a selection of refreshing beverages and delectable cuisine from the hotel's beachfront Playa Restaurant from the comfort of your lounge chair. Towels and cabanas are provided free of charge, and food and drink are available for purchase at the poolside from lunch until dinner. There are some extras you'll have to pay for.
Kids can enjoy the hotel's Oceanfront Dip + Slide, located above the Sparkling Lagoon pool. There are small and medium water slides surrounded by fountains of all sizes in this supervised children's playground. To avoid getting soaked, keep an eye out for the drench bucket's tendency to tip over.
You can also get a Trina Turk™ styled poolside Cabana, upper-deck Casita, or one of the hotel's Beach Beds, to get the most out of your time at the pool. Relax in the sun or shade of your private paradise and take advantage of enhanced poolside amenities, dedicated chaises, umbrellas, and full-service attention.
Fourteen spacious Cabanas surround the Sparkling Lagoon Pool, and an elevated terrace with sweeping ocean views home to 11 Casitas provides a more private setting. A 10% discount on cabanas is available for resort guests, and some charges can be applied to your account.
To reserve a cabana click here. To learn more about aquatic fun at the hotel visit the website.
4441 Collins Ave / Website
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach is South Florida's premier resort for leisure, conferences, events, fine dining, and entertainment. The hotel is also perfect for families, and kids will love its fantastic pools, amenities and the beach. If you are a Miami local, this is the ideal destination to take your kids this summer for a short staycation, and you are advised that they will not want to leave.
1100 Biscayne Blvd / Website
The Gabriel Miami is a Downtown Miami lifestyle hotel with 129 guest rooms and suites, all of which have views of Biscayne Bay. It is also conveniently close to some of the museums on this list, making it the perfect staycation for you and your kids. One of the hotel's most popular features is the 14th-floor sundeck, a palm-tree-lined sundeck, and a rectangular pool with views of the Intracoastal Waterway, the Miami Beach skyline, PortMiami, and Biscayne Bay. The best place to watch the sun rise over the Miami skyline is from one of the hotel's balconies, equipped with outdoor seating.
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