Art Deco Walking Tour: Explore Miami Beach History

Discover the captivating history and stunning architecture of Miami Beach on our Art Deco Walking Tour. Support our non-profit mission while exploring the iconic Art Deco Historic District.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Official Art Deco Gift Shop - Founded in 1976, The Miami Design Preservation League has proudly offered guided walking tours of The Art Deco District for over 40 years. All Proceeds go towards supporting preservation.
    Visitors are introduced to the history, architecture, and preservation efforts of Miami Beach. Tour ticket includes free…
What's Included
  • Headsets provided for the tour
  • Admission to the Art Deco Museum and Gift Shop included
  • Expert tour guide service
Additional Information

ENSURE YOUR ARRIVAL 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR CHECK-IN
TOP FIVE REASONS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ART DECO WALKING EXCURSION:

  1. Our tour guides skillfully use the buildings’ architecture to narrate the story of Miami Beach and its inhabitants.
  2. Proceeds from the tour are used to support our non-profit cause, focused on promoting, preserving, and…
Location
Art Deco Welcome Center
Ocean Drive
ARRIVE 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO TOUR DEPARTURE FOR CHECK- IN
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Nicole_b
Jan 17, 2025
Check out this tour - We enjoyed the walking tour with Howard. He was very friendly and kept the tour interesting. We learned so much about the architecture that we had been walking by each day during our trip to South Beach. The meeting point is easy to find and everything was well organized.
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Kay_s
Jan 17, 2025
It was great educational... - It was great educational experience. The tour leader was knowledgeable and very enthusiastic about the subject matter. Be prepared for a lot of walking and standing.
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Peter
Jan 15, 2025
Art Deco South Beach - the best tour! - Our guide, Howard, made our tour very interesting. He had carried out extensive research and was able to cover history, geography and architecture. We learned of key features of the South Beach neighborhood, architecture of the Art Deco movement on Miami Beach. Our guide Howard also showed us examples of other related architecture and explained the preservation movement and its successes here
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Trip03084913181
Jan 13, 2025
A Must-Do Miami Activity - Our tour guide Julie was energetic and amazing to listen to. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Miami!
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Drmomva
Jan 11, 2025
Worthwhile walk tour - Julie was our tour guide and she was perfect--knowledgeable, engaging and energetic. The tour starts by explaining the history of Miami Beach before talking about architecture. There was not too much walking. I think the tour would be boring for most children and there were only adults on the tour I went on.
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161sandyk
Jan 10, 2025
Art deco tour - Rick is amazing! knowledgeable, fun, went out of his way to show and talk about things that aren’t usually on the tour. Learned a lot about art deco architecture as well as the history of the art deco neighborhood. Highly recommend.
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V7158yjeduardov
Jan 9, 2025
Art Deco walking tour - Our guide Howard was excellent. He was outstanding in explaining all the history and architecture of the area . Howard answered all the questions asked. We learned a lot from the tour.
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387johannaf
Jan 8, 2025
Informative tour - highly recommended! - We really enjoyed our Sunrise Art Deco Tour lead by Howard Brayer. We learned equally lots about art deco architecture as well as local history from Howard. Doing the tour at sunrise was lovely as it provided a very different vibe from the usual tours later in the morning.
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Tim_s
Jan 6, 2025
We had a terrific time on... - We had a terrific time on this tour. The guide was knowledgeable, professional and friendly. The stories of this form of architecture and history of Miami were so interesting.
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Luv2travel076
Jan 15, 2025
More Walking, Less Talking - Overall comment is too much talking and not enough walking. Julie was very informative but sometimes less is better. After 2.5 hours we never ventured more than 3 blocks from the deco information center. We did go into 3 buildings and viewed the exterior of quite a few more.
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