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Best Hotel Pools in South Beach

The best pools in South Beach can all be found in one place.  The Setai, in Miami Beach, has three pools, and each one is fabulously different from the rest.  There’s a pool with very cool water – 75 F to be exact!  If you want to work out and do laps, this unique pool [...]

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Mon, October 17 2011 » South Beach Hotels » No Comments

Royal Palm Resort

The Royal Palm Resort The Royal Palm Resort is on Collins Ave, and features a classic Art Deco exterior.  They have tower rooms with sweeping views of the city and ocean, plus bungalow rooms that open up onto the beach.  It’s been newly renovated- the tower, that is- and features large rooms, some with balconies. And [...]

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Thu, October 6 2011 » South Beach Hotels » No Comments

Mondrian Miami

The Droog Design Collective has given us the brilliance of designer Marcel Wanders’s newest project: Mondrian Miami.   He’s famous for Lute Suites, near Amsterdam as well has his interiors at the restaurant Thor in New York or the Hotel on Rivington in that same city.  This is a much much bigger hotel than Lute Suites, [...]

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Sat, September 24 2011 » South Beach Hotels » No Comments

Villa Paradiso

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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Mon, May 16 2011 » South Beach Hotels » No Comments

Shelborne

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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Mon, May 16 2011 » South Beach Hotels » No Comments

Whitelaw Hotel

The Whitelaw Hotel in South Beach is our go-to hotel time after time for reasonable prices, cool decor, and awesome location. In summertime, they have specials, so I also subscribe to their email alerts. Some of the specials are for Florida residents only, and others are for anyone who wants to visit South Beach, Miami [...]

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Sat, December 5 2009 » South Beach Hotels » No Comments

Clevelander

The Clevelander is on Ocean Drive in South Beach- hotel, bar, and entertainment spot.  With the new renovation including lots of flat screen tvs at the outdoor bar, it’s a major hub for Spring Break central.  They aim for the tailgate crowd, or the ones who actually didn’t make it to the tailgate parties and [...]

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Mon, October 5 2009 » South Beach Bars & Clubs, South Beach Hotels » No Comments