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Miami is a large coastal city in southern Florida, with beach districts, business centres and residential neighbourhoods spread across bays and low lying land. Caribbean and Latin American cultures strongly influence food, language and music. Away from the principal landmarks, neighbourhoods gives way gradually to markets across the wider area. Settlement follows the relationship between coast and beaches, which remains visible beyond the main visitor routes, with neighbourhoods providing an additional point of connection.

Beach time, architecture and nightlife provide obvious appeal, while neighbourhood markets and art districts add deeper cultural variety. Traffic and heat make careful daily planning useful. Exploring beyond neighbourhoods reveals markets, a part of the destination that short visits often miss. The relationship between coast and neighbourhoods becomes clearest when the destination is explored over more than one area.