Design District architecture to Midtown dinner
Free contemporary art, buildings by famous architects, and a short walk to a quieter dinner.
The Design District is a luxury mall that happens to be outdoors, and the architecture is the reason to come: the Fly's Eye Dome, the Museum Garage, the ICA building. It is free to walk and free to look. Midtown, ten minutes south, is where locals actually eat.
Las paradas
- Palm Court and the Fly's Eye Dome30 min
The courtyard at the center of the district with Buckminster Fuller's dome. Start here and walk the blocks around it.
Cómo llegar a esta parada - ICA Miami50 min
Institute of Contemporary Art: free admission, a sculpture garden, three floors of shows. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Cómo llegar a esta parada - Museum Garage10 min
A parking garage with five facades by five studios. Look up from the corner of NE 41st Street and NE 1st Avenue.
Cómo llegar a esta parada - Midtown Miami60 min
Ten minutes south on foot. Restaurants with patios along NE 1st Avenue and the Shops at Midtown; dinner here costs half of the district.
Cómo llegar a esta parada
Bueno saberlo
- Street parking in the district is metered; Midtown has garages.
- The district's restaurants are expensive and good; Midtown's are reasonable and good.
- Design Miami in December turns the whole area into a fair.
Lo que pregunta la gente
Is the Design District free?
Walking it and the ICA museum are free. Only the shops and restaurants cost money.