The Best Hotels in Miami Beach

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Angler's Boutique Resort

Affordable

Originally built in the 1930s, The Angler’s Boutique Resort is a hip and stylish boutique hotel spread throughout four intimate buildings, two of which are historic Art Deco gems. Located off Miami Beach’s central Washington Avenue, the award-winning Angler’s Resort is one of the most popular hotels in South Beach due to its fresh and sophisticated decor, state-of-the-art amenities, superb service and overall value for money. This is the perfect choice if you're looking for a stylish boutique hotel without the pretentious scene or outrageous price tag of South Beach’s other flashier hotels.

 

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The Tides Hotel

Art Deco Luxury

An icon of Art Deco architecture on Miami's famed Ocean Drive, the towering 12-story Tides South Beach received a glamourous overhaul in 2007 by designer Kelly Wearstler (of Viceroy Hotels fame), which has re-launched The Tides as one of Miami’s coolest luxury hotels. Gorgeous vintage furniture blends with kitsch nautical-themed interiors. The Tides is a favourite of the visiting international A-list crowd for its immaculate service and exclusive setting, where don’t be surprised if you see Bono sitting discreetly in the pool area quietly reading a book.

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Soho Beach House

Exclusive Scene

As one of the hottest recent hotel openings in Miami, the Soho Beach House Miami has been turning heads since arriving on South Beach’s shores in 2010. Following the success of the Soho House Group’s other exclusive hotel, restaurant and nightlife ventures in London and New York, the group have exported their winning formula of creating exclusive, private “members club” sanctuaries for the jet-set crowd to Miami. Located on the site of the historic Sovereign Hotel, the space has been entirely redesigned and expanded to include a 16-story oceanfront tower with retro-inspired living spaces.

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Gansevoort Miami Beach

Party Scene

Bringing the pulse of New York to Miami’s South Beach, the Gansevoort Miami Beach hotel is a bright, brash and playful sun-drenched paradise with a prime oceanfront position and spectacular views to match. Like it’s sister property in New York City, the Gansevoort Miami Beach is centered around its dazzling rooftop pool bar and lounge scene, where surgically-enhanced starlets and their handsome beau’s lounge around sipping mojitos. Don't miss the enormous ground-floor infinity pool, the oceanfront beach club, the immense David Barton Spa & Fitness Centre, and the glamourous in-house restaurants, Mr. Chow and STK. 

5.

The Betsy Hotel

Boutique Glamour

Located in the heart of Miami’s Ocean Drive, The Betsy hotel is one of the most popular design hotels in South Beach for its warm, attentive service and its stylish-yet-comfortable interiors. Set within a historic 1930s landmark Art Deco building, The Betsy’s rooms and suites boast chic contemporary furnishings, sumptuous amenities and some of the most comfortable beds in town. Another highlight is the trendy BLT Steak restaurant, chef Laurent Tourondel’s award-winning modern American steakhouse. The Betsy also offers a beautiful outdoor pool, expansive rooftop views overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, and a luxury spa.

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Dream South Beach

Hot New Opening

As one of the hottest new openings in Miami Beach, the Dream Miami Beach hotel is a stylish, cosy and affordable design hotel located only one block from Miami's South Beach. With a prime central location on Collins Avenue, you'll be within only a short distance from some of Miami's best sights. The hotel's in house rooftop bar, swimming pool, and excellent cafe, the Tudor Cafe, are a few of the other highlights of the hotel. Don't miss a relaxing cocktail at the Dream Miami Beach's glamourous roof top bar, where the potent margaritas are some of the best in Miami.

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The Delano

Glamourous Adults Playground

The Delano hotel is the ultra-hip, sophisticated adult fantasyland which has been attracting the international see-and-be-seen crowd for over a decade. The Delano hotel represents one of the first acts of the inimitable Schraeger/ Starck partnership, where the duo went all-out in creating a wild and glamourous playground. Lushly landscaped gardens and minimalist, low-lit modern public spaces take centre stage. While some of the jaw-drop factor has left 10 years on, the fashionable crowd have remained loyal and there is still a thrill at being let loose in this seductive playground.

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The Mondrian Hotel

Over-The-Top Design

The Mondrian Hotel is famed Dutch designer Marcel Wanders over-the-top maximalist adults’ fantasy world. Likened to Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, you’ll discover shimmering white walls and ceilings, floating black staircases, eerie manga-style characters peering from you from the walls, and life sized bell-shaped lighting scattered throughout the lobby. Located on the quieter side of Miami Beach overlooking the picturesque Biscayne Bay, Miami’s downtown and the Atlantic Ocean, you’ll only be a stone’s throw from the action of Miami South Beach yet without the associated chaos or crowds. 

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The Standard MIami

Urban Spa Retreat

In stark contrast to the typical over-the-top 5-star designer hotels that line Miami South Beach’s oceanfront, The Standard Miami offers a refreshing hotel and spa experience. Firstly, the price tag is seriously affordable (a welcome change in South Beach) with a budget-chic philosophy that translates into simple yet stylish accommodation, and a peaceful location just outside of South Beach’s centre on Belle Isle. The hotel's masterpiece, however, is its state of the art health and spa facilities with decadent steam baths, saunas, mud wraps and a chlorine-free pool with soothing underwater sounds. 

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Miami Beach City Guide

The Essential Guide

To experience the ultimate that Miami has to offer, explore the rest of our highly selective Miami South Beach City Guide for the best selection of hotels, restaurants, nightlife and things to do in Miami South Beach. Don't miss our Local Expert interviews, where we open the address books of some of Miami's most discerning locals.

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