On a budget, weigh it — Pinecrest Gardens isn't cheap for what it is.
~$5 adult
An affordable, shady green retreat well south of the tourist core — towering banyans, a petting barn, a splash pad, and a beloved Sunday farmers' market. It plays as a relaxed local-family morning, not a marquee sight: the appeal is that it's calm, cheap, and unhurried, the opposite of South Beach. The catch is the 25-minute-plus drive and the fact that out-of-towners on a tight itinerary will rightly feel it's a neighborhood park rather than a reason to come to Miami.