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944 Collins Ave., Miami
305-553-7739

Blue Moon

Funky, Italian garden-type hotel, with animal print barstools and a history of being briefly owned by the great Merv Griffin. read more

700 Ocean Dr., Miami
305-538-0133

Staggering down the steps of Wet Willies after that ill-advised grain alcohol Slurpee, you might just be close enough to your hotel to make it before being arrested. Not that this is that kind of p... read more

1530 Collins Ave., Miami
305-538-4361

Aqua Hotel & Lounge

Boutique stylings right in the pulsing neon heart of South Beach. Host to the Aqua Art Miami fair during the world-renowned Art Basel art show in December. Light, airy rooms with clean, modern desi... read more

301 Ocean Dr., Miami
305-361-5441

The Kent

This modest one-story motel on Key Biscayne is the place to chill and write that short story you've always been meaning to. Go for the oceanfront suite with the kitchen because there's no restaurant. read more

1650 James Ave., Miami
305-913-1000

Albion Hotel

The Rubells are big-deal art collectors in Miami (not to mention kin to the late Steve Rubell of Studio 54) and they have an impressive, tourable warehouse in the Wynwood Art District, and this bou... read more

1732 Collins Ave., Miami
305-674-1160

Catalina Hotel & Beach Club

Here is where you stay if you want to do all the chic hotel bar-hopping at the Delano, Shore Club, et. al, but would rather not pay to stay there. Stark color scheme and mod furniture feels a litt... read more

2727 Indian Creek Dr., Miami
305-531-2727

Indian Creek Hotel

It's all about cheap charm. Bruce Weber puts up his lower-end models here, and it's a world onto itself, removed from the fray of South Beach and the big warhorse hotels up the Strip. The lobby and... read more

3500 Collins Ave., Miami
305-604-8485

Claridge Hotel

One of the oldest hotels on Miami Beach, circa 1928, but renovated to within an inch of its life. There's an atrium in the inner courtyard, an Italian restaurant, dark, ornate woods, gilded paintin... read more

6701 Collins Ave., Miami
305-865-8511

Deauville Beach Resort

The Deauville's history is long and replete with famous names. Back before the resurgence of South Beach, Mid-Beach was the hot spot, with the Deauville a favorite of Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, et... read more

5800 Blue Lagoon Dr., Miami
305-264-4888

Sofitel Miami

Another gem in the Sofitel lineage. Not exactly close to the action in South Beach or Downtown, but redeemed by typically luxurious appointments and totally beautiful view of Blue Lagoon. Le Bar ha... read more

2951 South Bayshore Dr., Miami
305-441-2100

The Mutiny

Once, two guests burned a pile of cash in the hot tub, climbed out a window and swung between balconies, coke spilling from their pockets and the heat in pursuit. But that's when it was Cocaine Cow... read more

3162 Commodore Plaza, Miami
305-448-2128

Commodore Inn

Extended-stay suites, one or two bedrooms, right in the middle of everything the Grove has to offer. Full kitchens and plenty of room to work. Because it's not like you're here to bling. Kids packa... read more

801 Brickell Bay Dr., Miami
305-371-6500

Four Ambassadors Suites Hotel

The four towers, offering condos and a hotel, once made for the slickest address in town. Plenty slicker have come since. If you don't focus on the less-than-lux decor, you can get off on the cool ... read more

162 Alcazar Ave., Miami
305-444-1666

Hotel Place St. Michel

Historic, 1926 boutique hotel in bustle of downtown Coral Gables. Plenty of Old World charm with none of the Euro short-sheeting. Meaning the air-conditioning actually works and the bathrooms are p... read more

1411 Collins Ave., Miami
305-531-1331

South Beach Plaza Villas

The 23 tiny apartments at inside the Brigham Gardens (now called South Beach Villas) remain a little cloistered world of civility. Most of the rooms face an inner courtyard, a pleasant garden with ... read more

1545 Collins Ave., Miami 33139
786-276-0100

The Royal Palm Resort

Spring-breakers book up the rooms at this hotel in March when prices hit below the ritzier Loews next door. You may dig it for its Collins Ave. address but you won't find Paris Hilton or Brody Jenn... read more

1020 Ocean Drive, Miami 33139
305-532-4006

The Clevelander

Check in with a Daiquiri in hand. That's the way vacation should go, and here, so it shall be so. The art deco ocean drive mainstay has received a face lift, keeping the classic party atmosphere th... read more

808 Collins Ave., Miami
305-398-7000

Whitelaw Hotel & Lounge

One of hippest, most social boutique hotels on the Beach. Exterior and over-the-top Victorian lobby furniture? Check: white. In-room furniture, plasmas and bathrooms? Also white. But the place boas... read more