Exploring South Beach restaurants is one of the finest pursuits offered in this land of exquisite cuisine and world-famous chefs. Eating out is a trademark activity on South Beach, so get ready for some first-class cuisine, stunning decor, and fun times. The combination of world tastes in the international flavor here in the South Beach [...]
Sat, July 16 2011 » South Beach Dining » No Comments
If you come to South Beach, you might want to learn all about the Art Deco in this area. You can take a walking tour, learn the history of this type of architecture, learn about the history of South Beach and how it’s intertwined with the style of architecture, or you can just stroll the [...]
Thu, June 16 2011 » Things to do in South Beach » No Comments
Practical Information for the Traveler Miami International Airport For travelers going to South Beach Florida and flying into Miami International Airpot (MIA), getting around the airport is very easy. The terminal is U-shaped, with concourses extending off different parts of the U in sunburst pattern. If you imagine an upside-down U, then Concourse A is [...]
Mon, May 16 2011 » South Beach Miami » No Comments
Lummus Park is a beach, but not just any beach. It’s the main stretch of beach that fronts the ocean in South Beach Miami. Extending from 5th Street to 15th Street, Lummus Park is the center of it all in South Beach Miami. With the trendiest and busiest nightclubs, cafes restaurants, and hotels facing Lummus [...]
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Villa Paradiso in South Beach is another type of classic South Beach hotel…not an oceanfront skyscraper, but a quaint smaller hotel, built in the 1930s as an apartment building. There are just 17 guest rooms, and they all look out onto the central courtyard, which is lavishly furnished with foliage, teak furniture and travertine walkways. [...]
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The Shelborne is classic Miami Beach…oceanfront, beachfront, high-rise hotel with an Art Deco construction direct to you from 1940. It’s undergoing a renovation, so at the moment their website offers just computer-generated visions of the new oceanfront pool area. But it promises to be wonderful and ever to South Beach-ey. The famous old 1940s style [...]
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What is Fantasy Architecture? Before the modern era, fantasy architecture was something indulged in by queens and ancient Egyptian pharaohs around the globe. It was the pastime of uber-rich over-indulged, imaginative, slightly eccentric people in the upper crust of society. It was fanciful and wasteful and very delightful to behold. Marie Antoinette was a patroness [...]
Wed, March 16 2011 » South Beach Miami » No Comments
What is South Beach’s Architectural Style? South Beach architecture is set amidst an urban architectural playground where photographers, art historians, and artists gather from all over the world to savor the nieghborhood’s sophisticated style of the buildings and parks. An architectural fantasy land created from boggy swampland, then neglected for decades, South Beach is today [...]
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Lincoln Road Mall is an open air pedestrian mall (one of the nation’s first)in the heart of South Beach Miami. It offers ultra ultra shopping, cafes and restaurants with sidewalk tables, art galleries, an 18-screen movie theater and endless people watching. The seven-block mall was redesigned in the 1990s, and features rows of giant palm [...]
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The Miami Beach Botanical Garden is a visible display of community action, and an ongoing effort of South Beach Miami residents to make their town even more beautiful than it already is. The site, located at the northern end of South Beach Miami, is nestled in between the Miami Beach Convention Center and the Holocaust [...]
Wed, March 16 2011 » Things to do in South Beach » No Comments
