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A hotel at 100 Chopin Plaza on the downtown Miami waterfront, on Biscayne Bay, steps from Bayside and an easy walk to Brickell. There are twenty-two redesigned suites and the mySpa. Four places to eat and drink are on the property: Ole for breakfast, Toro Toro serving Pan Latin food, Bluewater and Freddy's Speakeasy. There are meeting and event rooms, valet parking and dogs are welcome.
A hotel in Brickell City Centre at 788 Brickell Plaza in Miami. Rooms run from Urban to Bay and Corner rooms and suites, and there are residence suites as well. There are five places to eat and drink: Quinto, Domain, Sugar on the roof, the Tea Room and the pool deck. Six spaces are set aside for meetings and events, and there is a fitness area.
A hotel of seven hundred and ninety rooms, sixty-nine of them suites, at 1601 Collins Avenue in the Art Deco district of South Beach, with direct access to the beach. There is a large pool deck with a jacuzzi and cabanas, some for adults only, a spa and a fitness center with yoga and barre classes. Six restaurants and lounges are on the property, and there is sixty-five thousand square feet of function space. Pets are welcome.
A hotel at 1440 Ocean Drive in South Beach. There are two pools, an infinity pool on the roof with a bar and a courtyard pool in the shade, a spa, and a fitness center with cardio and weights. Places to eat and drink are LT Steak and Seafood, The Alley, La Ventanita and a piano bar with live jazz every night. There is beach service, a library open around the clock and changing art exhibitions. Dogs are welcome.
A resort on three hundred acres at 19999 West Country Club Drive in Aventura. There are several pools, including one for adults only, and the Tidal Cove water park with slides and a lazy river. There are two eighteen hole golf courses, three practice areas, a racquet club with pickleball and padel courts, and a spa and wellness center. Places to eat include a steakhouse, a kitchen and bar, a grill and a lounge. Two pets a room are taken.
A boutique hotel of twelve suites at 721 Michigan Avenue in the middle of South Beach. The buildings are bungalows from the 1920s, and there is a tropical garden hidden inside the property.
A boutique hotel of eighteen rooms at 1568 Southwest Seventh Street, in the middle of Little Havana and steps from the neighborhood's art and music. It is a reuse of an older building, with a planted central courtyard. Every room has a kitchenette, a refrigerator and wireless internet, and all eighteen have a handheld shower. The hotel runs a wellness series, events, moonlight films and an artist residency.
A hotel of suites at 4220 Laguna Street in Coral Gables, on the tree lined streets near the city's dining and culture, about twenty minutes from Miami International Airport. There is a one bedroom suite and a two bedroom suite, with designer furnishings and Italian finishes. There is a rooftop pool looking out over Miami. Up to two dogs are taken.
A hotel at 1435 Brickell Avenue in Miami. The seventh floor pool terrace has a heated main pool, a shallow enclosed pool for children and private cabanas. Equinox is on the fourth floor, with more than a hundred studio classes, personal training and the Spa at Equinox inside it. There are four restaurants, meeting rooms looking over the city and Biscayne Bay, valet parking, a house car with a driver, and rooms that take pets.
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