Our driver to Vizcaya and return was on time and courteous, as was the welcome we received at the admissions booth. Without Trip Advisor to guide us with information and verify daily the pickup location we were able to relax and enjoy fully our experience. The tour of the museum was enlightening and a 20-minute talk by our guide valuable for it's history in that golden era
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Roundtrip transportation
- Regular Admission to Vizcaya
Excludes
- Gratuities
- Food and Beverages
- Guided Tour
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Gray Line Miami provides bus pickup service from selected hotels in Miami Beach and Downtown Miami. If your hotel is not listed, please choose the nearest available option. Hotel pickups occur between 9.30am and 9.40am, with each location assigned a specific pickup time. Important: Passengers must wait outside the hotel at the main entrance for pickup.
Itinerary
Just beyond the candy-colored buildings of the Art Deco district is this must-see museum and garden, Villa Vizcaya, where the early days of the Magic City are beautifully preserved in the architecture and spirit. 4 hour duration includes pickup and drop off Villa Vizcaya was once the winter residence of industrialist James Deering and was designed as a palatial Italian Villa on tropical Biscayne Bay. He filled it with European art, state of the art technology and surrounded it with beautiful gardens that will transport you back to a golden age 100 years ago.
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Beautiful home and gardens ! Great audio program detailing all he rooms and the history of the mansion and grounds . Definitely a worthwhile trip !
The mansion was beautiful as were the gardens. 4 hours was too long for our self guided tour. We finished in 1 1/2 hours. We left in an Uber rather than waiting another 2 1/2 hours for our pickup. If you like beautiful old mansions then go.
I love using the Viator travel app whenever I travel - even to other countries. This is the first time in many, many years that I don’t think it was worth the price. You could easily order a Lyft or Uber and buy your tickets at the gate. Then you wouldn’t feel like you need to watch the clock so much in order to be picked up on time. Keep shopping for tours on Viator, but skip out on this option.
Visit on your own. Tour is mostly paying for a private transfer. Like others who have reviewed this tour, we had to call multiple times to get actual tickets. They repeatedly send a voucher which is not accepted at Vizcaya Museum. The Mansion and Museum are beautiful but we would have liked to leave sooner than our return transfer could show up. Uber and buy your own tickets
Vizcaya is a fantastic place and I highly recomend to go there iif you visit Miami. But I think the tour progtam cost is little bit high considering entrance fee and tranportation.
Viator never sent me an email with our tickets. We were denied admission after paying over $266 and it took Viator over 30 minutes to resolve the issue. Everyone was in a bad mood. We stood in the hot sun with a toddler for over a half an hour.
We love very comfortable ride to and from the Vizcaya We have enjoyed strolling though the intricate passages of the opulent gardens, paired with the exploring of the sophisticated interiors of the villa. It was a Truly great Day♥️
Pick up at hotel was early and late after our visit but communications was excellent. Interesting house beautiful gardens
Transportation was on time clean and the driver gave us great City info going and coming. Vizcaya is incredible and the walking Tour gives great stories of the 1920’s and 30’s. A wonderful experience for all ages!
The upstairs was closed for repairs so there wasn’t much to see inside as beautiful as it was. And in addition to that, the audio could barely be heard. No discount on admission and we got taken w trip advisor: 150.00 for 2. Tickets there are 18 per person. An Uber would have been 12.00. Ripped off
I have lived in South Florida for 25 years but didn’t visit Viscaya until last month, when family (my dad) came to visit. The house and gardens are very cool, very unusual for South Florida. I recommend it.
We took a cab from Dadeland South and spent more than 4 hours at leisure. Though the sun was hot, we enjoyed our stay inside the museum and outside in the garden.Felt the grandeur even hundred years back. A nice place to feel if you have an inclination towards history. The entry ticket is 22$ per person.
We took a Lyft from our downtown hotel and enjoyed our experience at the gardens. Highly recommend; we spent approximately 3 hours at the property.
<p>A very interesting place to visit. The Grayline coach which took us there and back, left from another hotel which was very close by. It was slightly annoying that, after having crossed across a busy road, the coach stopped on the other side so we had to cross over again. It did not really affect our enjoyment, but other sightseeing tours were bundled up with ours. Also the time allowed at the venue was in the end only 2 hours, so that we had to rush.</p>
<p>This a wonderful place: elegant, valuable and peaceful.</p>
<p>This museum will transport you into the past as you walk and see the elegance of the art, culture and gardens. It will tell you what success means to many people. The museum offers a recording device of the tour that will guide you as you explore on your own leisure pace. It is a very interesting glimpse of art history that compares to many great mansions of Europe. Enjoy!</p>
<p>Beautiful place. Chose not to visit the gardens as weather was too hot and humid for us, but spent more time, then, looking carefully at the lovely artifacts and the view of the bay also in the great lunch and gift shop.</p>
<p>This tour was a highlight of our trip to Florida. We especially appreciated round trip transportation to and from our hotel which was provided by Viator. Our only negative about the tour was that we had to separately pay for either/or audio tour or docent-led tour. We misunderstood to what degree Viator provided this.</p> <p>We expect to use Viator again when we travel to London, as the online listing of events and activities seems very attractive. We appreciate that Viator enjoys an excellent reputation among businesses,so we are confident of choosing reputable and reliable tours and attractions from Viator..</p>
<p>Beautiful house and grounds! Very worthwhile tour and the guide at the house was very informative</p>
The gardens are spectacular, but the museum itself is not worth much, they are $25 per person, admission, and the truth that much is not worth it. The place is dreamt of, but it doesn't have much historical support. It's more for a nice Instagram photo.
A hidden treasure just 5 minutes from downtown Miami. The house a marvel, with an eclectic architecture, a very interesting interior design and a luxury landscaping. Really unmissable and gives to return (without so much heat).
Could peacefully spend the day in this place...Everything is of extremely good taste and care. It's worth the 22 bucks of the entrance.
I had a great time even though it rained torrentially that day but it is an excellent place to take pictures.
The interior is visited in 2 engravings Attention with several steps. Architecturally and with regard to the time suitable furnishings really worth seeing.
<p>El museo es una obra de arte y el jardin precioso.</p> <p>Bonito lugar para despejar la mente.</p>
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