Miami and Biscayne Bay Itinerary - Long Weekend Cruise
Themes: Chic/Exclusive, Excellent Snorkelling, Family, Romantic/Honeymoon, Sunset Cruise,
A great break on the waters near Miami to enjoy the best Miami has to offer!
Miami Beach and South Beach
Miami Beach and South Beach are most well known for sunny days and bronze bodies lying on the beaches lazing around waiting for the dazzling night life to lure them into the clubs and restaurants that line Ocean Drive. The Art Deco hotels offer a look into the past years of Miami’s history. Venture into the little stores and hotel lobby’s on your evening stroll to capture the real essence of this area.
Magazines often feature
Lincoln Road Mall as the best place to enjoy a cocktail or an evening meal but a local secret lies a few blocks south on
Espanola Way. Try the Mojitos and delectable delicacies at Café Nuvo.
Elliott Key and Boca Chica
Pick up your boat in
Bayside Marina, Coconut Grove or Miami Beach Marina.
Biscayne Bay approximately 35 miles long and 8 miles wide is divided into three sections: North Bay, Central Bay and South Bay.
Biscayne Bay offers fine sailing, a State Park on Elliott Key and a National Park on Boca Chica.
These keys are the most popular anchorages with boaters and cruisers because of its close proximity to Miami and Key Largo. At sunset watch the ever changing colors of Miami’s architecture providing the backdrop from your cockpit rivaled only by the “green flash” of a good Caribbean sunset.
Elliott Key is infamous for the annual Columbus Day Regatta. It’s crystal clear waters is the best place to cool off swimming and relaxing on floating beds after a hot day of sailing.
There are year round camping facilities found ashore on Elliott Key, you may make fires only in the grills provided and pick up as many coconuts from the ground as you wish. There are also ablutions but no fuel or other supplies available.
Boca Chica has reefs teeming with sea life offering great diving and snorkeling points. There is the wreck southwest of Bache Shoal which was bound for the Dry Tortugas beyond Key West filled with cement. These barrels are only three feet below the surface. Tropical fish, eels and lobsters swim among the corals formed by the rotting ship.
Coconut Grove
There is plenty of anchoring space or dockside marina facilities in
Coconut Grove. Fondly known as “the grove” it is lush, green, and breathtakingly beautiful bordered by the palm lined banks of Biscayne Bay. It has inspired famous artists, musicians and attracted business tycoons as well as eccentrics and free spirits.
Here you can choose to shop, stroll in the shade, listen to music or sit at the gelatoria snacking on cool Italian Ice Cream while doing what we all like to do best - people watching.
Back to Miami Base
Return to base refreshed and revitalized, wishing for more vacation days in this exhilarating part of the world. Book a seven day charter to the Florida Keys……..
Yacht Charter
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