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The GTA Vice City map is based on Miami and made of two main islands: Vice City Beach in the east and the Vice City Mainland in the west, with Starfish Island and Prawn Island between them. The game starts on the beach island. Starfish Island opens after the mission Guardian Angels, and the bridges to the Mainland open after Phnom Penh '86, when the hurricane warning ends.
| Area | Where | Districts and places | When it opens |
|---|---|---|---|
Vice City Beach | East | Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, Vice Point, Leaf Links | Open from the start |
Starfish Island | Between the two, in Ocean Bay | Mansions, including Ricardo Diaz's | After Guardian Angels |
Prawn Island | Between the two, in Ocean Bay | Abandoned mansions and InterGlobal Studios | Not confirmed |
Vice City Mainland | West | Downtown, Little Havana, Little Haiti, Viceport, Escobar International, Fort Baxter Air Base | After Phnom Penh '86 |
At the start of the game, a hurricane warning for Hurricane Hermione keeps the bridges to the Mainland closed, so Tommy Vercetti is limited to Vice City Beach. Completing Guardian Angels removes the locked gate of Starfish Island, where Ricardo Diaz's missions start from his mansion. Completing Phnom Penh '86 ends the storm warning: the game displays "Storm warning over, all bridges to the mainland are now open", a radio news report confirms that Hermione did not hit the city, and the whole map is open.
The eastern island, based on Miami Beach, holds Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, Vice Point and Leaf Links. Ocean Beach, modelled on South Beach, is home to the Ocean View Hotel, Tommy's first safehouse, and the Pole Position Club; Vice Point has the Malibu Club and the North Point Mall; Leaf Links is the golf course and country club.
The western island holds Downtown, Little Havana, Little Haiti, Viceport, Escobar International Airport and Fort Baxter Air Base. Among them are Downtown's Hyman Memorial Stadium, Sunshine Autos in Little Havana, Kaufman Cabs in Little Haiti and the boatyard in Viceport, all places Tommy can buy as his empire grows.
The two smaller islands sit in Ocean Bay, between the beach and the Mainland. Starfish Island is the wealthy one, with large mansions, including Ricardo Diaz's. Prawn Island has abandoned mansions and InterGlobal Studios, a film studio Tommy can take over.
Vice City Stories uses the same city two years earlier, in 1984. The biggest difference in how you explore it: the Mainland is the starting area there, while in GTA Vice City it only opens later in the story. The new game rebuilds the city on a far bigger scale in the state of Leonida, detailed on our GTA 6 map page.
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