Miami Beach proper ends (or starts) at the lovely recently renovated South Pointe Park. This is probably the best beach of the whole island. Before, there was mostly plain open space with no major attractions. Now, there are 20-foot-wide walkways lined with Florida limestone and restored natural sand dunes, covered with grass. Children can play around metal tubes that look like stems and spout water like daisies. This is a dog park for Miami Beach, so watch where you are stepping.

The project was first envisioned in the mid-1990s, but city officials had to acquire extra land to make it work.

There is a long stone breakwater popular with local fishermen, that forms Government Cut. This spot is the very best place to watch the great cruise liners leave the Port of Miami, including the world's largest passenger vessel, the 160,000 ton Freedom of the Seas. These mighty ships seem to sail by within hands grasp, and the best time to view them is on Saturday and Sunday afternoons between 16:00 and 17:00.

On the other side of the cut is exclusive Fisher Island, only accessible by ferry and with a hotel reservation or permission from a resident.

While in this area be sure to visit Miami Beach's most iconic and oldest restaurant Joe's Stone Crab, established in 1913 and still owned by the same family.

Parking
There is limited parking by "pay and display" at the park. The classy Smith and Wollensky Restaurant uses this same lot, so don't park in their area. Apart from that there are nearby on-street coin parking meters and pay and display machines.

Bus services

123 South Beach Local Circular shuttle service from Lincoln Road to South Pointe Park. Every 10/15 minutes.

South Pointe Beach	Government Cut

Children's playground	South Pointe sunset

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