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Miami Florida
Transportation and Tours
GETTING AROUND:
If you're over 25 and have a major credit card, the easiest way to get to Miami Beach, Coral Gables, or Miami, and explore it, is to rent a car. Some of the rental agencies offer an hourly rate with no minimum charges. But be prepared; driving in Miami is not a day at the beach. Watch out for lots of traffic and extremely aggressive drivers.
Metro-Dade Transit's buses and the metro cover a healthy amount of the city. The 'Omni Metro-mover' and 'Government Center Terminal' in downtown Miami are the main bus depots. Using the metro is a good way to get a cheap tour of the downtown area.
The Metrorail is a heavy rail system with one line running through downtown Miami and then connecting with Tri-Rail Metro-mover and the Metrobus at the Government Center in the southern part. Tri-Rail is a commuter rail system that runs between three counties: Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. The double-decker trains are a marvel of cleanliness and at least for the time being they're very cheap. However,longer trips take about four times longer to take Tri-Rail than to drive....read more>>
Airport:
Miami International Airport
305-876-7000
Airport Shuttle:
Supershuttle
2595 NW 38th Street
Miami, Florida 33142
305-871-2000
Buses:
Greyhound Bus Line
FL/US 1-800-231-2222
Metrobus
305-770-3131
Limousine Services:
Dolphin Limousine
305-651-1641
Port:
Port of Miami
305-371-7678
Public Transportation:
Metro Bus
305-638-6700
Call for specific routes and weekend schedule
Metro Mover
305-638-6700
Elevated loop track around downtown Miami
and to Brickell and Omni business districts
Metro Rail
305-638-6700
Elevated rail system serves downtown Miami
extends to Hialeah and Kendall
Taxi Services:
Flamingo Taxi
198 NW 79th Street
Miami, Florida 33150
305-885-7000
Metro Taxi
1995 NE 142nd Street
North Miami, Florida 33181
305-888-8888
Water Taxi:
Water Taxi offers transportation throughout Greater
Miami and the Beaches. Departs from hotels, attractions,
restaurants, marinas, convention centers and parks.
954-467-6677
Tours:
Miami Duck Tours
Miami to Key West tour shuttle
Tropicalboat Charters
A new high performance sport yacht will satisfy the need for speed and luxury for clients of Miami-based charter company Tropicalboat Charters, Inc. The six-year-old charter company, which offers a full spectrum of yachts, speed boats, party boats, sport fishing yachts and sailing yachts for charter, has just announced the addition of the 80-foot Super80 Nor-Tech luxury yacht to its fleet...read more »
Miami Sightseeing Tours
Miami is bigger than a lot of people think; It is full of interesting things to see, to do, to enjoy and your creativity is the limit when you have a 365 days a year sunny days with warm beaches and other cool pool parties. As of Miami tours, you've got more than 10 options to discover the city in different ways;..read more »
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