Miami

United States

Miami is Florida's South Beach Art Deco capital with year-round outdoor dining, two designated off-leash beaches (Hobie Island on the Rickenbacker Causeway and Haulover Dog Beach in Sunny Isles), large fenced dog parks at South Pointe, Margaret Pace, Tropical Park and Amelia Earhart, a Brightline intercity rail that accepts pets up to 25 lb, a CDC-approved international dog-import gateway airport (MIA) with two indoor pet relief areas, and 24/7 emergency veterinary care across the metro. Top spots for pets include the Ocean Drive and Lummus Park Art Deco district between 5th and 15th Street, the Lincoln Road pedestrian mall, the Wynwood Walls outdoor mural district, Brickell waterfront patios along the Miami River, Coconut Grove's bayfront promenade, the Coral Gables Mediterranean Revival villas and Vizcaya gardens perimeter, plus the off-leash dog-swim lake at Amelia Earhart Park near Hialeah, especially around South Beach and Mid-Beach around Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue, Brickell and Downtown Miami along Biscayne Bay, Wynwood and the Design District north of downtown, Edgewater on Biscayne Boulevard, Coconut Grove on the southern bayfront, Coral Gables to the southwest, and Key Biscayne reached via the Rickenbacker Causeway past Hobie Beach.