Miami's oldest neighbourhood at walking pace: a bayfront park, then a pioneer's house in a surviving fragment of the old Miami hammock.
Photo: Greater Miami CVB
Time
1–2 hours including the Barnacle grounds and a house tour
Difficulty
Easy
Start
Peacock Park, 2820 McFarlane Road, Coconut Grove
Past
Peacock Park, on the site of the area's first hotel (1883), and its boardwalk over Biscayne Bay, Main Highway, The Barnacle (1891), the oldest residence in Miami-Dade County, in its bayfront hammock, The Barnacle's boathouse on the bay
Season
The Barnacle grounds open Thursday–Monday 09:00–17:00, closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Christmas and New Year's Day; house tours at 10:00, 11:30, 13:00 and 14:30. Entry $2 per person on foot or bike (Florida State Parks).
With children
Playground in Peacock Park. At The Barnacle, children 5 and under enter free; house tour $3 (13+), $1 (6–12).
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