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Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove, the Grove, is where Miami began, and where it still goes to breathe. Bahamian settlers arrived in the late 1800s, artists and sailors followed, and the result is the city's greenest, most village-like neighborhood: banyan trees, sailboats, peacocks in the streets, and a bohemian streak that never left.
We come to the Grove to slow down. Miami at walking pace, under the trees.
The story
Coconut Grove is Miami's oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood, settled by Bahamians in the late 19th century before the city itself was incorporated. It became the home of artists, writers and sailors. Miami's original bohemia.
The Barnacle Historic State Park preserves the 1891 home of Ralph Munroe, the sailor who helped put the Grove on the map. Vizcaya rises just north, on the bay.
The vibe
The Grove feels like a village that happens to be in a metropolis: sidewalk cafés, the marina full of sailboats, peacocks strutting through yards, the smell of salt and banyan leaves. Weekends bring the farmers' market crowd and families to the parks.
It is the neighborhood Miami natives are most sentimental about: the old soul of the city, still green.
What to experience
Visit the Barnacle, sail from the marina, walk the bayfront parks, and look for the peacocks. Then head north to Vizcaya Museum and Gardens and Brickell.
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