Attractions in South Florida For Less Money • Feel Like A Tourist Without the Pricetag!
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hiThink Tourists have all the fun, and you don’t have that kind of money to spend?
Which South Florida ATTRACTIONS have you already been to? The ones your out-of-town friends always want to go to:
Monkey Jungle $25.95 + tax ($2 off coupon available) and free parking,
(Parrot) Jungle Island $27.95 + tax and $7 parking, or
Miami Seaquarium $31.95 ($2 off coupon available) + tax and $7 parking?
What about some of these . . .
You Can’t Beat FREE!
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Vizcaya offers free admission the last Sunday of the month every month in the summer. The last free Sunday is September the 29th! Normal admission is $12, $9 for Dade County residents with I.D. Parking is free. Talk about Romantic . . .
If there is a setting in Dade County more romantic than the gazebo on the waterfront at Vizcaya, please tell me where!
LESS EXPENSIVE Attractions include:
The Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum
Have you visited ‘IGFA’ yet (next door to Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World)?
And you call yourself a Floridian! IGFA is not just about fishing, but also a true appreciation and love for the adventure and beauty of our oceans. It is a surprisingly moving and humbling experience. Off I-95, near the wooden rollercoaster, you can’t miss it: Adults 17-61 are admitted for $6.00, seniors and kids ages 3-16 are $5.00, under 3, free, and parking is free. You won’t be disappointed.
MetroZoo
Just $11.50 + tax, $11.15 with no tax if you pay for your tickets online, plus there are discounts for AAA, county employees, travel agents and tour operators, and the military. And parking is free. Purrrrr!
HOW ABOUT 3 OR MORE FOR THE PRICE OF 1 . . . Spend more but get more!
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Admission is normally $20. But, if you become a Fairchild member, you get in for FREE: A 1-year membership is just $30 for students, $50 for an ‘Associate’ membership. Garden admission includes the narrated tram tour of the 83-acre site, offered hourly (10-3, 10-4 on weekends). Members only can take a Moonlight tram tour (in magical silence!) several times a year when the moon is full. Fairchild is open every day but Christmas, 9:30 AM-5:00 PM. PLUS Fairchild Membership gets you in free to over 270 other gardens, arboreta, and conservatories, as well as over 300 science museums all over the country (and the world), which includes the . . .
Miami Science Museum
at 3280 South Miami Avenue. The Dinosaurs of China exhibit is on through June 16, 2008. Normally admission would be $13-20, but not for you–if you joined Fairchild, it’s free! (Other higher levels of membership extend to include family members for free admission). 14 enormous skeletons are on display and 52 other specimens. With your membership, you could also visit the . . .
Museum of Discovery & Science 
in Fort Lauderdale for free! A favorite with kids (they love the giant gravity clock), it’s right next door to the I-MAX Theater! I-MAX films currently showing include Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with the final 20 minutes in 3-D! As well as films about dinosaurs, mummies, and for the brave, sharks in 3-D! Ending 9/20, they are also currently showing an All-American Film Festival with films about Country Music, NASCAR, Mark Twain, and Lewis & Clark (see 2 films for the price of 1, or 4 for the price of 2).
ATTRACTIONS
Butterfly World
Flamingo Gardens
Historical Museum of Southern Florida (incredible list of bike, coach, walking, and water tours, etc.)
IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum (next door to Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World)
International Swimming Hall of Fame
MetroZoo
Miami Science Museum
Miami Seaquarium
Monkey Jungle
Museum of Discovery & Science
(Parrot) Jungle Island
Vizcaya
World Chess Hall of Fame
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