Hop-on Hop-off

Two loops - we took both of them

We decided on the Big Bus Hop-on/Hop-off option, mostly because it came as part of a combo package and I had read that this is a good tour. There was no Groupon for it, and that's sometimes a good sign.

Lance - tour guide from Harlem

There are two routes, "red" and "blue", which intersect at two places. For us, the best intersection was near Bayside Marketplace, where we were the day before. We got on the blue route at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral near our building, and transferred to the red route for the Miami city tour. Lance was a great guide, and we sat close to him so we didn't have to use the headsets provided. Lots of interesting information, and, like most people, we just stayed on the bus for the entire tour.

We immediately got on the blue route for the tour of South Beach and the rest of Miami Beach. We got off at one of the South Beach stops and had a beer (OK, I had two Guinness) at Finnegan's Way on Ocean Drive.`The tostados and spinach dip app was delicious and enough to tide us over for the rest of the day.