Best Hotel in Miami
 

I am planning to travel to Miami in August for 2 days with my 60 Year+ parents.
I will appreciate any inputs from everyone.
Budget is not a constraint but I want to stay in the best on the Beach.
Thanks

akanksha.chawla,

welcome to FlyerTalk.

I'm a little puzzled why you posted in Budget Travel forum if budget is not a constraint, since to many of us in this forum it is.

I suspect you will get more answers in the Florida forum, so I am moving your query there.

EmailKid
Budget Travel moderator

Personally if you want South Beach I'd go with the Delano.

I'd recommend the Setai - very nice rooms, dining and spa:

http://www.setai.com/

I just returned from a 7 night stay in Miami, although my trip was very budget oriented. I stayed near 21st street, and while I see that money isn't an issue, you may want to base where you stay on what you and your parents would like to do.

I agree with the recommendation of the Setai. Looks nice, line to get in to dine and club is always super long and everyone is very well dressed. Many of the expensive hotels (though $$$ doesn't necessarily equal nice and luxury) are located towards 18th-21st streets, which is a 10-15 minute walk or $10 cab ride to most of the shopping and dining. There are also very nice hotels on the south end of Miami Beach (south of Collins Ave and past Ocean Blvd), while equidistant from the main Lincoln Rd shopping, have more clubs and stuff down that way.

Beachfront is always nice, as the beaches are pretty. The beaches from 14th street and UP seem to be less crowded than the beaches down past 14th street based on what my colleagues who were staying down that way said in comparison to my experience.

I would *not* recommend the Raleigh hotel.. I stayed at South Beach Hotel and worked every day in the Raleigh. The lobby and outside facilities are beautiful, but the rooms leave much to be desired, at least from what I can tell of the standard room types. Maybe there are much nicer rooms on the top floors, but the $400-$500 a night rooms were not even close to impressive for the price.

I'd recommend the Acqualina Resort. It's not in South Beach, but that's a good thing in my opinion. This way you can visit South Beach during your stay, but not deal with its craziness the entire trip.

:) Mordy

The Setai is OK. Miami/Miami Beach is really not my scene. As far as Florida is concerned I think the west coast is much nicer, and would go to Naples, where there are very nice hotels and resorts. Also, The Breakers in Palm Beach is nice if you are in for that kind of a large luxury hotel experience.

See my short thread on a recent Setai experience here.

I agree with Mordy2000, Acqualina is really a nice resort, very service oriented. Perfect for a relaxing stay.