Coconut Grove is enchanting, lush tropical village is considered the oldest and most important settlement in Florida because of its location on the edge of Biscayne Bay. Today it provides easy access to Miami International Airport, downtown Miami, the Port of Miami, the Metrorail and all major roadways. Coconut Grove, Florida has been dubbed a “village with a rhythm all its own." Coconut Grove’s variety and originality are reflected in the dining choices offered by its eateries and in the jazz, salsa and reggae heard in its funky neighborhood bars. The waterfront parks of Coconut Grove, Florida offer some of the best vantage points for watching manatees and sailboats, while specialty Coconut Grove stores sell an exhilarating range of merchandise.
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Cocowalk
Coconut Grove's most exciting destination for shopping, dining and entertainment! The unique grounds and buildings of CocoWalk were carefully designed to blend seamlessly into the surroundings of Coconut Grove, a bayside village known for being eclectic, sometimes eccentric and always exciting. CocoWalk's rows of shops and boutiques are a window-shoppers paradise, while our AMC movie theatre and art gallery provide cultured entertment for any taste. Restaurants and sidewalk cafes offer a kaleidoscope of flavors from every corner of the globe. Each night our variety of bars and nightclubs fill the center with sparkling lights, music and laughter.
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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Vizcaya is a National Historic Landmark; we're also a museum owned by Miami-Dade County and accredited by the American Association of Museums. Vizcaya is open to the public 364 days each year, and we invite you to visit this serene and stunningly beautiful retreat in the heart of Miami.
Vizcaya was built by agricultural industrialist James Deering, who wintered on the property from 1916–1925. Today, the extraordinary European-inspired estate includes a Main House filled with art and furnishings, ten acres of gardens on Biscayne Bay, a hardwood hammock (native forest), and an historic village that we’re restoring for public enjoyment.
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Coconut Grove Playhouse
With its 2005-2006 season, Coconut Grove Playhouse celebrates its 50th anniversary of bringing the finest theatrical entertainment to South Florida. From its beginnings as a movie house in 1926 to its birth in 1956 as a force in regional theatre, and right up through the present, Coconut Grove Playhouse has attracted stars and wowed audiences, cementing its reputation as Broadway by the Bay.
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Coconut Grove Arts Festival
The Coconut Grove Arts Festival is one of the nation's premier outdoor fine arts festivals. Celebrating its 43rd anniversary in 2006, the Festival attracts over a 150,000 people annually to view the works of over 330 of the finest artists and craftsmen in the world. A signature event on the South Florida cultural calendar, the Festival offers visitors the opportunity to meet and talk with exhibiting artists, sample fine cuisine, enjoy live entertainment, take a walk through history, and, for the kids, create their own works of art.
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King Mango Strut
The parade was started in 1982 by Glenn Terry and the late Bill Dobson as a parody of the annual King Orange Jamboree parade for the Orange Bowl. After a group of Grove residents, known as the "Mango Marching Band" were denied entry into the Orange Bowl parade due to "unsuitable instruments" such as kazoos and conch shells, they decided to create their own parade. The spirit of the King Mango Strut is significantly tongue-in-cheek. Participants are willing to poke fun at anything and everything. Most of the parade consists of satire of events that have happened in the last year, from world events to state to local. Nothing is off-limits, and the boundaries of good taste are often pushed or broken in the name of irreverent comedy.
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Goombay Festival
Goombay Festival has been dubbed the largest black heritage festival in the US. It began in 1977 and celebrates Coconut Grove's original Bahamian roots. The festival is spectacular for its contrasts. The junkanoo parades feature dancers in colourful paper creations moving to the sounds of whistles, cow bells, washboards and combs, while the Royal Bahamian Police Marching Band in their starched white uniforms perform precise drills. Both on the street and on stage the words of rappers compete with the music of steel bands. Surrounding this hive of activity are hundreds of stalls selling crafts and native food: the Bahama Mama's salads and conch fritters are legendary.