South Florida is a child’s paradise. You can get lost in the abundance of children’s activities! To save you time, we’re sharing our list of the top places that kids will 100% love.
- Miami Children’s Museum – A place where kids can pretend to be a doctor, fireman, policeman, construction worker, etc. Suitable for toddlers as well as older kids. Every third Friday of the month admission is free.
- Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science – science experiments, educational installations, a huge aquarium and a planetarium (viewing a 3D movie is included in the admission price). The museum is more suitable for children of school age, although there are also activities for kids.
- At Young at Art Museum, children can exercise their creative skills and use their imagination, ride the subway car, wander the labyrinth, and the youngest visitors can visit the fairy-tale world of Alice in Wonderland.
- If you are looking for outdoor entertainment, Pinto’s Farm is the place to go. Here you can ride a pony, take part in small tractor races, chase the cutest white rabbits and other pets, ride a catamaran on the pond and much more, All activities are included in the admission ticket.
- Miami Seaquarium – a paradise for marine life lovers! Orcas, dolphins, walruses, seals and many others welcome visitors and show them different shows.
- Museum of Ice Cream – yes, now in Miami there is a bright and stylish ice cream museum, which is interesting to both adults and children! It is quite small – 6 rooms with installations and the main attribute of the museum – a pool with colored sugar sprinkles (not real of course, but made of plastic). It is unlikely you will leave with new knowledge, but a lot of beautiful pictures guaranteed. The biggest minus – the high ticket price and the need to book online in advance, as the number of visitors is strictly limited.
- Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale. Among other things here you can take a realistic trip through the Everglades Park on a simulated speedboat or explore Mars in a space rover. In the museum’s gift shop you can try the food that astronauts eat in space.
- Pinecrest Gardens is a small but very picturesque park and botanical garden just south of Miami. In addition to the lush tropical vegetation, there is an aquatic playground and a contact zoo.
- If you get to Naples, be sure to stop by the small but very cozy Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples Most of all it will be interesting for preschool-aged children.
- Under this item should be a zoo, but since South Florida has so many zoos and other places where you can come into contact with animals, there will be a separate review on them. Stay tuned for our updates!