Stroll Miami's world-famous beaches and soak up its electric energy. Explore South Beach's Art Deco District, with 1930s pastel hotels and tropical motifs. In Little Havana, grab a legendary Cuban sandwich and a strong, sweet café Cubano. Or relax on 12 miles of sandy beach and watch the world go by. At night, dance salsa, unwind in a candlelit lounge, or party until sunrise.

Grand Turk is known for its gorgeous beaches and impossibly clear, shallow water that shades from pale to deep blue. Step off your yacht onto pearly white sand, then snorkel or dive the offshore reefs or Gibbs Cay, where you can swim with friendly stingrays. The modern cruise center offers duty-free shopping, a large Caribbean pool, and Margaritaville, while Cockburn Town's colonial architecture and the Turks and Caicos National Museum add history.

Puerto Plata offers 100+ km of beaches: Playa Dorada for golden sand and turquoise water, Cabarete for kiteboarding and windsurfing, and Sosua Beach for clear-water snorkeling. Inland, take the teleférico to Mount Isabel de Torres for sweeping views or hike the 27 Charcos de Damajagua for waterfall slides and jumps. Also visit Fort San Felipe, Museo del Ámbar, and the city's colonial heritage, including the Caribbean's largest collection of preserved 19th-century Victorian-style homes.

Once a Prohibition-era haven for rum runners and anglers, Bimini is just two hours from Miami and long known for fishing, gambling, hotels, and nightlife on North Bimini's beaches. Hemingway helped make it famous in the 1930s. Today visitors snorkel and dive at a shipwreck and Bimini Road, and visit nearby reefs like Rainbow Reef and Tuna Alley. Sharks and stingrays are studied and protected at the Shark Lab on South Bimini.

Closer to Cuba than Miami, Key West-the southernmost city in the continental U.S.-feels like its own world. Known for quirky charm, free spirits, six-toed cats, barefoot streets, and roaming chickens, it offers Caribbean villas, Keys conch houses, and Victorian and Queen Anne homes. Don't miss Mallory Square sunset, the Hemingway Home, and authentic Key lime pie. Dining ranges from waterfront seafood to Cuban food and Duval Street fine dining.

Stroll Miami's world-famous beaches and soak up its electric energy. Explore South Beach's Art Deco District, with 1930s pastel hotels and tropical motifs. In Little Havana, grab a legendary Cuban sandwich and a strong, sweet café Cubano. Or relax on 12 miles of sandy beach and watch the world go by. At night, dance salsa, unwind in a candlelit lounge, or party until sunrise.