Miami Beach Botanical Garden

Around the corner from the Holocaust Memorial [1] is the small five-acre Miami Beach Botanical Garden (2000 Convention Center Dr., 305/673-7256, www.mbgarden.org [2], 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Tues.–Sun., free). Despite its small size, the garden is a quiet pastoral reprieve from the buzz of Miami Beach [3], with several distinct horticultural areas dedicated to banyans, palms, vines, bromeliads, and other tropical plants native to South Florida.

The small Japanese garden is beautiful, meditative, and infused with a little bit of Miami Beach hipness.