Starfish Island
is inspired by Star Island, Miami Beach, Florida
Inspired by a real place
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
A bay island of luxury mansions, including Ricardo Diaz's mansion, which becomes Tommy's Vercetti Estate.
The real place
Star Island is a man-made island completed in 1922 off the MacArthur Causeway, long home to celebrities and one of the most expensive neighbourhoods in the US. The game's island was originally called Star Island, and Tommy still calls it that in the mission 'Death Row'; the layout also borrows from the nearby Venetian, Palm and Hibiscus islands.
Visiting
The island is private behind a guard gate, so you cannot drive in. The usual way to see the mansions is on one of the boat tours that leave from Bayside Marketplace.
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